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
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
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
MajorGeorge W. Rogers
11/07/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Leonard D. H. Currie
ColonelLeonard 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
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
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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