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Connecticut 8th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:21/09/1861
  • Muster Out Date:12/12/1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General George J. Stannard
    • Brigadier General Hiram Burnham Col Michael Donohoe Ltc Stephen Moffitt temp 29 Sept Col Edgar M. Cullen
    • Brigadier General Isaac P. Rodman
    • Brigadier General John G. Parke
    • Colonel Edward Harland
    • Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Appelman
    • Lieutenant Colonel John E. Ward
    • Major John H. Ward
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21/06/186424/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Siege of Suffolk11/04/18634/05/186323 day(s)Suffolk, Virginia
Proctor's Creek12/05/186416/05/18644 day(s)Chesterfield County, Virginia
Chaffin's Farm20/09/186430/09/186410 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Crater30/07/186430/07/1864< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Second Petersburg15/06/186418/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Port Walthall Junction6/05/18647/05/18641 day(s)Chesterfield County, Virginia
Drewry's Bluff15/05/186215/05/1862< 1 dayChesterfield County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9/04/18659/04/1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Globe Tavern18/08/186421/08/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fort Macon23/03/186226/04/186234 day(s)Carteret County, North Carolina
Swift Creek9/05/18649/05/1864< 1 dayChesterfield County, Virginia
New Bern14/03/186214/03/1862< 1 dayCraven County, North Carolina
South Mountain14/09/186214/09/1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Fort Macon, North Carolina12/04/186212/04/1862< 1 dayFort Macon, North Carolina

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