New York 91st Infantry (Union)
9/1/61
Organized - New York 91st Infantry - New York
4/14/63
Battle - Irish Bend - St Mary Parish, Louisiana
4/17/63
Battle - Vermillion Bayou - Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
4/17/63
Battle - Bayou Vermillion, Louisiana
5/21/63
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Jonathan Tarbell
ColonelJonathan Tarbell
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Azor Kellogg
ColonelJohn Azor Kellogg
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Bvt MG Samuel W. Crawford
4/1/65
Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia
The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w…READ MORE
4/9/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
7/3/65
Mustered Out - New York 91st Infantry - New York
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