Pennsylvania 2nd Provisional Army Heavy Artillery (Union)
4/20/64
Organized - Pennsylvania 2nd Provisional Army Heavy Artillery - Pennsylvania
5/5/64
Battle - Wilderness - Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
The first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee erupted late in the morning of May 5, 1864, as Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's Union V Corps attacked Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps on the Orange Turnpike southwest of the old Chancellorsville battlefield. Although Federal infantry managed to break through at several points, the Confederate line held. Fighting shifted to the south as Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill's Third Corps engaged Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock's II Corps and ele…READ MORE
5/8/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Elisha G. Marshall
ColonelElisha G. Marshall
5/8/64
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
5/31/64
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
6/15/64
Battle - Second Petersburg - Petersburg, Virginia
As the Overland Campaign concluded, the strategic goals of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant shifted from the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army in the field to eliminating the supply and communication routes to the Confederate capital at Richmond. The city of Petersburg, 24 miles south of Richmond, was the junction point of five railroads that supplied the entire upper James River region. Grant knew Petersburg was the key to the capture of Richmond and that Lee would be forced to defend it. Marching south from Co…READ MORE
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain John Norris
CaptainJohn Norris
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Haskin
Lieutenant ColonelJoseph A. Haskin
7/11/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Martin D. Hardin
Brigadier GeneralMartin D. Hardin
8/18/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain James W. Haig
CaptainJames W. Haig
8/18/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert P. Robinson
Lieutenant ColonelGilbert P. Robinson
8/18/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Julius White
Brigadier GeneralJulius White
9/5/64
Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 2nd Provisional Army Heavy Artillery - Pennsylvania
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James L. Anderson
ColonelJames L. Anderson
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Harrison S. Fairchild
ColonelHarrison S. Fairchild
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles A. Heckman Col Harrison S. Fairchild BG Charles A. Heckman
Brigadier GeneralCharles A. Heckman Col Harrison S. Fairchild BG Charles A. Heckman
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James L. Anderson
ColonelJames L. Anderson
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