February 24, 1861 |
Peter Turney organizes a company of men after a secession meeting in Winchester; these later become Company C, and the nycleus of the regiment. |
April 21, 1861 |
Organized at Winchester, Tennessee under Colonel Peter Turney |
May 1 |
Left by rail for Virginia |
May 8 |
Mustered into service at Lynchburg, Virginia |
May 17 |
Travelled by rail to Richmond and drilled by Virginia Military Institute cadets. |
June 1 |
Posted to Harpers Ferry as part of Johnston's Division, Bee's Brigade |
July 21 |
Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) |
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General William Whiting takes over the brigade after General Bee dies of his Manassas wound. |
September 30 |
Duty along the Potomac between Occoquan and Aquia Creeks |
January 10, 1862 |
At Dumfries, Virginia, under Brig. Gen. Whiting and Maj. Gen. Holmes |
March 8, 1862 |
Became part of the Tennessee Brigade (replacing Maney's First Tennessee Regiment) under Brig. Gen. Samuel Anderson, part of General Whiting's Division |
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Moved to the Peninsula as part of A. P. Hill's Division. General Anderson retired due to health, being replaced by the 7th Tennessee's Robert Hatton, promoted to brigadier general. |
May 31 |
Battle of Seven Pines
General Hatton is killed and General James Archer takes command of the brigade. |
June 26 - 27 |
Battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines' Mills
Lost the regimental colors to the 13th New York Infantry |
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Seven Days Battles
Lost 99 casualties total |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Lost 24 men |
August 28 |
Second Manassas
Lost 57 men |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Lost 57 men, including Colonel Turney, who was woundd and never returned to field service. Lt. Colonel N.J. George took over command of the regiment. |
May 3, 1863 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
Lost 58 men |
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Archer's Brigade becomes part of Heth's Division of A. P. Hill's Third Corps. |
July 1 - 3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Lost 16 killed, 67 wounded and 95 missing out of 281 engaged, including Major Felix G. Buchanan (WIA), commanding. The regiment took part in the initial heavy fighting on July 1st, as well as Pickett's Charge (more propery, the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble charge) on July 3. The 1st made it to the stone wall north of The Angle but was unable to hold its position and lost its colors to the 14th Connecticut Infantry. |
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The brigade was consolidated with that of Brigadeir General H. H. Walker. Major Buchanan continued to command the regiment. |
May 5 - 7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 12-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse
Colonel Fry takes over brigade as General Walker is wounded. |
June 3 |
Battle of Cold Harbor
Captain William S. Daniel commanding |
June 7 |
Siege of Petersburg |
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2nd Maryland Battalion added to Brigade; Colonel George returns to command of the regiment |
August 19 |
Genral Archer returns from captivity to command the brigade, but with his health shattered from prison, he dies on October 24. |
October 31 |
Colonel Robert Mayo takes command of the brigade, followed by Colonel William McComb of the 14th Tennessee |
April 9, 1865 |
Surrendered at Appomattox 8 officers and 30 men under Major Buchanan |
