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New York 173rd Infantry State Guard (Union)

1/10/62

Organized - New York 173rd Infantry State Guard - New York

12/04/63

Battle - Fort Bisland - St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

21/05/63

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Halbert E. Paine

Brigadier GeneralHalbert E. Paine

21/05/63

Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Port Hudson
Port Hudson

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

8/04/64

Battle - Mansfield - DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

Mansfield
Mansfield

The Red River Campaign of 1864 was one General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant's initiatives to apply simultaneous pressure on Confederate armies along five separate fronts from Louisiana to Virginia. In addition to defeating the defending Confederate army, the campaign sought to confiscate cotton stores from plantations along the river and to give support to pro-Union governments in Louisiana. By early April, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks' Union army was about 150 miles up the Red River threatening Shreveport. C…READ MORE

9/04/64

Battle - Pleasant Hill - Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana

23/04/64

Battle - Monett's Ferry - Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

11/07/64

Leadership Change - Regiment - Major George W. Rogers

11/07/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leonard D. H. Currie

11/07/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William Dwight

Brigadier GeneralWilliam Dwight

11/07/64

Battle - Fort Stevens - District of Columbia, DC

Fort Stevens
Fort Stevens

After his victory over Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace at the Battle of Monocacy in central Maryland on July 9th, Confederate Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early pressed his advantage and moved south toward the Union capital in Washington, DC. On July 11th, Early's exhausted Confederates reached the outskirts of Washington near Silver Spring. Skirmishers advanced to feel the fortifications that encircled the city, which at the time were manned only by Home Guards, clerks, and convalescent troops. During the night, Union reinfo…READ MORE

19/10/64

Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Majr George W. Rogers

19/10/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James W. McMillan

Brigadier GeneralJames W. McMillan

19/10/64

Battle - Cedar Creek - Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia

Cedar Creek
Cedar Creek

Also known as: Cedar Creek, Belle GroveREAD MORE

18/10/65

Mustered Out - New York 173rd Infantry State Guard - New York

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