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United States 5th Infantry (Union)

30/04/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Major J. Watts de Peyster Jr.

30/04/63

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Albion P. Howe

Brigadier GeneralAlbion P. Howe

15/05/64

Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry A. du Pont

31/05/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Samuel S. Elder

20/09/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alonzo G. Draper

20/09/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles J. Paine

Brigadier GeneralCharles J. Paine

20/09/64

Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia

13/01/65

Leadership Change - Regiment - Major William R. Brazie

13/01/65

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Elias Wright

13/01/65

Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina

Second Fort Fisher
Second Fort Fisher

By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE

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