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New York 157th Infantry (Union)

13/09/62

Battle - Charleston (1862) - Charleston, West Virginia

19/09/62

Organized - New York 157th Infantry - New York

13/12/62

Battle - Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Fredericksburg

In early November, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac, and made immediate plans to move the army once again toward Richmond.READ MORE

30/04/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig

Brigadier GeneralAlexander Schimmelfennig

30/04/63

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Carl Schurz

Major GeneralCarl Schurz

30/04/63

Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia

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Chancellorsville

On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE

1/07/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Philip P. Brown, undefined Jr., and Lieutenant Colonel George Arrowsmith

ColonelPhilip P. Brown

Jr.

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge Arrowsmith

1/07/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig, and Colonel George von Amsberg

1/07/63

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig, and Major General Carl Schurz

Brigadier GeneralAlexander Schimmelfennig

Major GeneralCarl Schurz

1/07/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George Arrowsmith

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge Arrowsmith

1/07/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Jr.

1/07/63

Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Gettysburg

In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE

30/11/64

Battle - Honey Hill - Jasper County, South Carolina; Beaufort County, South Carolina

9/04/65

Battle - Dingle's Mill - Sumpterville, South Carolina

10/07/65

Mustered Out - New York 157th Infantry - New York

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