Ohio 62nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
17/09/61
Organized - Ohio 62nd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
23/03/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Shields
Brigadier GeneralJames Shields
23/03/62
Battle - First Kernstown - Frederick County, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia
In the spring of 1862, relying on faulty intelligence that under-reported the strength of the Union garrison at Winchester in the lower Shenandoah Valley, Confederate Maj. Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson marched aggressively north with his 3,800-man division. In Winchester, the 8,500 Federals were a detachment from the Army of the Potomac's Fifth Corps, and were commanded by Col. Nathan Kimball, who outnumbered Jackson more than two to one. Kimball established a defensive position on the Valley Turnpike and Midd…READ MORE
15/05/62
Battle - Drewry's Bluff - Chesterfield County, Virginia
24/05/62
Battle - Strasburg, Virginia
25/05/62
Battle - First Winchester - Winchester, Virginia
Part of Jackson's Valley Campaign, the First Battle of Winchester took place May 24, 1862. The battle was huge victory for Jackson's troops and disrupted the Union's plans to take Richmond.READ MORE
9/06/62
Battle - Port Republic - Rockingham County, Virginia
One day after the battle at Cross Keys, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson concentrated his division east of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River near Port Republic against the isolated brigades of Brig. Gen. Erastus Tyler and Col. Samuel S. Carroll. Confederate assaults across the bottomland of the Lewis family farm, along the River Road, spearheaded by the Stonewall Brigade, were repulsed with heavy casualties. A Confederate flank attack, including a brigade of the Louisiana Tigers, overtook an ar…READ MORE
18/07/63
Battle - Second Fort Wagner - Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
17/08/63
Battle - Second Charleston Harbor - Charleston, South Carolina
16/08/64
Battle - Malvern Hill, Virginia
20/09/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis B. Pond & Col Thomas Mulcahy & Ltc Alvin C. Voris
20/09/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry
Brigadier GeneralAlfred H. Terry
20/09/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis B. Pond & Col Thomas Mulcahy & Ltc Alvin C. Voris
20/09/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
7/10/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis B. Pond
ColonelFrancis B. Pond
7/10/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Alfred H. Terry
Major GeneralAlfred H. Terry
7/10/64
Battle - Darbytown and New Market Roads - Henrico County, Virginia
13/10/64
Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia
9/04/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
1/09/65
Mustered Out - Ohio 62nd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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