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1861

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Activity of Civil War

December	December 11th	Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862
	December 27th

1862

January	January 5th	Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until March, 1862	On January 27, President Lincoln issued a war order authorizing the Union to launch a unified aggressive action against the Confederacy. General McClellan ignored the order
	January 17th
	January 20th
	January 26th
February	February 2nd
	February 9th
	February 16th
March	March 3rd	Moved to Fortress Monroe, VA.	On March 8, President Lincoln issued an order reorganizing the Army of Virginia and relieving McClellan of supreme command. The Peninsular Campaign began. On March 9, the battle of the ironclad ships took place off Norfolk, VA.
	March 15th
	March 24th	Advanced to Yorktown
	March 31st
April	April 8th	Siege of Yorktown 4/5 - 5/4.	-The Battle of Shiloh. -David Farragut gains control of New Orleans. -The Peninsular Campaign.
	April 16th
	April 20th
	April 28th
May	May 4th
	May 5th	Battle of Williamsburg 5/5	-"Stonewall" Jackson Defeats Union Forces. -Union forces rushed to protect Washington D.C.
	May 10th
	May 18th
	May 25th	Battle of Hanover Court House 5/27
June	June 4th	Battles of... Mechanicsville 6/26. Gaines' Mill 6/27. Savage Station 6/29. Turkey Bridge, White Oak Swamp, 6/30. Malvern Hill 7/1.	-The Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). -Mechanicsville (June 26-27) -Gaines's Mill (June 27) -Savage's Station (June 29) -Frayser's Farm (June 30)
	June 7th
	June 19th
	June 22nd
July	July 4th		-Malvern Hill (July 1) -Peninsular Campaign ends -General Henry Halleck was named general-in-chief of the Union army.
	July 6th	Duty at Harrison's Landing until 8/15
	July 12th
	July 18th
	July 20th
	July 27th
	July 30th
August	August 5th		The Second Battle of Bull Run on August 29-30
	August 10th
	August 14th
	August 22nd	Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia 8/28-9/2: -Battles of Groveton 8/29; -Bull Run 8/30
September	September 11th	Maryland Campaign 9/6 - 9/22: -South Mountain 9/14. -Antietam 9/16-17. -Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown Ford, 9/19	-South Mountain and Crampton's Gap -Battle of Harper's Ferry
	September 16th
	September 21st		-Battle of Antietam -Lincoln declares his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
	September 27th
October	October 5th
	October 15th
	October 18th
	October 28th	Movement to Falmouth 10/29 - 11/17
November	November 9th		-General McClellan replaced by Ambrose E. Burnside
	November 12th
	November 16th
	November 21st
	November 25th
	November 27th
December	December 7th	Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., 12/12 - 12/15	-The Battle of Fredericksburg -General Burnside replaced by Joseph Hooker
	December 15th
	December 17th
	December 21st
	December 28th	Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River, 12/29 - 12/30

1863

January	January 1st		Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became effective, stating that all slaves in rebelling areas were considered free
	January 3rd
	January 7th
	January 11th
	January 15th
	January 19th	"Mud March" 1/20 - 1/24
February	February 1st	At Falmouth until April
	February 8th
	February 22nd
March	March 3rd		The First Conscription Act was set in affect, making all men, ages 20-45, liable to be call for military service.
	March 8th
	March 15th
	March 21st
	March 28th
April	April 3rd
	April 5th
	April 11th
	April 19th
	April 21st	Chancellorsville Campaign 4/27 - 5/6: Battle of Chancellorsville 5/1 - 5/5	The Battle of Chancellorsville
May	May 4th
	May 11th		The Vicksburg Campaign under General Grant
	May 17th
	May 23rd
	May 24th
	May 31st
June	June 7th		General Lee pushes against Union army
	June 16th	Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign 6/11 - 7/24: -Battle of Gettysburg 7/1 - 7/3. -Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap 7/5 - 7/24. -Wapping Heights 7/23.	Gettysburg Campaign -Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3
July	July 3rd
	July 5th
	July 17th
	July 19th
	July 26th	Hardaway transferred to the 114th NY Volunteers and went to Louisiana
August	August 30th
	August 31st
September	September 12th	Sabine Pass Expedition 9/4 - 9/12
	September 16th	Moved to Algiers, thence to Berwick 9/17	The Battle of Chickamauga -Union forces retreat to Chattanooga
	September 29th
October	October 1st	Western Louisiana Campaign 10/3 - 11/30
	October 9th
	October 17th
	October 25th
November	November 2nd
	November 15th
	November 22nd		The Battle of Chattanooga
	November 29th
December	December 20th	At New Iberia	Union army successfully defends Knoxville

1864

January	January 18th	Moved to Franklin 1/8 - 1/10, and duty there till 3/15
	January 21st
February	February 7th
	February 14th
	February 21st
	February 28th
March	March 20th	Red River Campaign 3/15 - 3/22: -Advance from Franklin to Alexandria 3/15 - 3/26. -Sabing Cross Roads 4/8. -Pleasant Hill 4/9. -Cane River Crossing 4/23. -Construction of dam at Alexandria 4/30 - 5/10. -Retreat to Morganza 5/13 - 5/22. -Mansura 5/16.
April	April 3rd
	April 12th
	April 30th
May	May 23rd		Grant's Wilderness Campaign: -The Battle of Spotsylvania -The Battle of Cold Harbor
	May 29th	At Morganza till July 1
June	June 5th		Grant attempts to seize Petersburg
	June 19th
	June 26th
July	July 12th	Repulse of Early's attack on Washington 7/12 - 7/13	Confederate Troops attack Washington, D.C
	July 24th	Snicker's Gap Expedition 7/14 - 7/23	Confederate troops driven back to Virginia July 13
August	August 2nd		General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign Sherman occupies Atlanta 9/1
	August 7th	Shenandoah Valley Campaign 8/7 - 11/28: -Battle of Winchester 9/19 -Fisher's Hill 9/22 -Battle of Cedar Creek 10/19 -Duty near Middletown till 11/9
	August 20th
September	September 10th		General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea
	September 18th
	September 22nd
	September 30th
October	October 3rd
	October 23rd 1
	October 23rd 2
	October 30th
November	N/A		Abraham Lincoln is re-elected
December	December 12th	Duty near Newtown till 1/1	General Sherman continues his domination of the south, capturing Savannah, GA
	December 23rd

1865

January	January 18th	Duty near Stephenson's Depot till 4/5	The confederacy begins to fall as blockades cause food and supply shortages in the south
	January 22nd
February	February 19th		Jefferson Davis sends delegates for a peace conference with the Union Lincoln refuses to recognize the South's independence
	February 26th
March	March 5th
	March 12th
	March 19th		General Lee attacks General Grant at Petersburg and loses, causing the fall of Richmond, VA
	March 23rd
April	April 6th 1	Moved to Washington, D.C., 4/5, and duty there till 5/23	General Lee's surrender as Appomattox Courthouse President Lincoln is assassinated
	April 6th 2
May	May 14th		Jefferson Davis is captured in GA Remaining Confederate troops surrender
	May 21st