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Gparkes

Joined 15 June 2006


What started out as a few interesting classes in college turned into my major; I consider myself an avid student of history. After watching my father's many years of research in to family genealogy, I have turned to it to find those special stories that bring life to American history. My particular interest into the American Civil War has drawn me to my forefathers and others to seek the history of their time. Beyond just the study, I have spent considerable amounts of time in travel, wanting to visit the sites important to our history. This page shows the subjects that I have and continue to research.


Travel edit

National Park Service Sites I have Visited.

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Genealogy edit

Genealogy Page -- Carpenter Pages
Genealogy Page -- Other Family Members

A few other pages that are my user pages:

Genealogy Page -- Union Regiments
Genealogy Page -- Union Corps
Genealogy Page -- Confederate Regiments
Genealogy Page -- Confederate Corps


Regiments edit


Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Missouri

Union Regiments

Cavalry

Infantry

Confederate Regiments

New York

Artillery

Infantry

North Carolina

Infantry

Ohio

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

United States

Galvanized Yankees

Campaigns and Battles edit

Eastern Theater edit

Dates Battle or Event Units Involved
July 21, 1861 Battle of Bull Run 27 NY Inf
October 3, 1861 Expedition to Pohick Church 27 NY Inf
April 4–12, 1862 McDowell's advance on Fredricksburg 27 NY Inf
April 5-May 4, 1862 Siege of Yorktown, Virginia 98 NY Inf
April 24-May 4, 1862 Siege of Yorktown, Virgiania on transports 27 NY Inf
April 29, 1862 Reconnaissance toward Lee's Mills 98 NY Inf
May 5, 1862 Battle of Williamsburg 98 NY Inf
May 20, 1862 Near Mechanicsville 27 NY Inf
May 21-23, 1862 Operations about Bottom's Bridge 98 NY Inf
May 24-27, 1862 Reconnaissance to Seven Pines 98 NY Inf
May 24, 1862 Chickahominy, near Savage Station, and Seven Pines 98 NY Inf
May 31-June 1, 1862 Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks 98 NY Inf
June 25-July 1, 1862 Seven days before Richmond 27 NY Inf - 98 NY Inf
June 27, 1862 Gaines' Mill and Chickahominy 27 NY Inf
June 30, 1862 White Oak Swamp and Glendale 27 NY Inf - 98 NY Inf
July 1, 1862 Malvern Hill 27 NY Inf - 98 NY Inf
July 1862 At Harrison's Landing 27 NY Inf
August 16–28, 1862 Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville 27 NY Inf
August 28–31, 1862 In works at Centreville 27 NY Inf
September 1, 1862 Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House 27 NY Inf
September 14, 1862 Crampton's Gap, South Mountain 27 NY Inf
September 12–15, 1862 Defense of Harper's Ferry 111 NY Inf
September 16–17, 1862 Battle of Antietam 27 NY Inf
December 12–15, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virgiania 27 NY Inf
January 20–24, 1863 "Mud March" 27 NY Inf
February 1863 At Falmouth 27 NY Inf
April 27-May 6, 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign 27 NY Inf
April 29-May 2, 1863 Operations about Franklin's Crossing 27 NY Inf
May 3, 1863 Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg 27 NY Inf
May 3–4, 1863 Salem Heights 27 NY Inf
May 4, 1863 Banks' Ford 27 NY Inf
Gettysburg Campaign June 25 – July 24, 1863
July 2–4, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg 111 NY Inf
October 3, 1863 Lewinsville 111 NY Inf
Overland Campaign May - June 1864
May 5–7, 1864 Battle of the Wilderness 111 NY Inf
May 5, 1864 Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred 98 NY Inf
May 8-10, 1864 Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church 98 NY Inf
May 8–12, 1864 Spottsylvania 111 NY Inf
May 10, 1864 Po River 111 NY Inf
May 12–21, 1864 Spottsylvania Court House 111 NY Inf
May 12, 1864 Assault on the Salient, or "Bloody Angle" 111 NY Inf
May 12-16, 1864 Operations against Fort Darling 98 NY Inf
May 14-16, 1864 Battle of Drury's Bluff 98 NY Inf
May 16-28, 1864 Bermuda Hundred 98 NY Inf
May 26, 1864 Battle of North Anna 9 NYHA - 111 NY Inf
May 27-31, 1864 Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor 98 NY Inf
May 28-31, 1864 Battle of Totopotomoy Creek 9 NYHA - 111 NY Inf
June 1-12, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor 9 NYHA - 98 NY Inf - 111 NY Inf
June 1-3, 1864 Bethesda Church 9 NYHA
June 15-18, 1864 Before Petersburg 98 NY Inf
June 16, 1864 Siege of Petersburg begins 111 NY Inf
June 18, 1864 Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond begin 98 NY Inf
June 18-July 6, 1864 Beginning of the Siege of Petersburg 9 NYHA
June 22-23, 1864 Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad Jerusalem Plank Road 9 NYHA - 111 NY Inf
July 9, 1864 Battle of Monocacy 9 NYHA
July 27–29, 1864 Demonstration north of the James 111 NY Inf
July 27–28, 1864 Deep Bottom 111 NY Inf
July 30, 1864 Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) 98 NY Inf
August-September 1864 Duty in the trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front 98 NY Inf
Shenandoah Campaign of 1864 August 7 - November 28, 1864
August 13–20, 1864 Demonstration north of the James 111 NY Inf
August 14–18, 1864 Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom 111 NY Inf
August 21-22, 1864 Battle of Summit Point 9 NYHA
August 25, 1864 Ream's Station 111 NY Inf
August 29, 1864 Battle of Summit Point 9 NYHA
September 19, 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill 9 NYHA
September 22, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek 9 NYHA
September 28-30, 1864 Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights 98 NY Inf
October 19, 1864 Fort Fisher 9 NYHA
October 27-28, 1864 Battle of Fair Oaks 98 NY Inf
Siege of Petersburg December 1864 - April 1865
December 9–10, 1864 Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run 111 NY Inf
February 5–7, 1865 Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run 111 NY Inf
March 25. 1865 Watkins' House 111 NY Inf
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865
March 29–30, 1865 On line of Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs 111 NY Inf
March 31, 1865 Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road and White Oak Road 111 NY Inf
April 2, 1865 Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg 111 NY Inf
April 2, 1865 Assault and fall of Petersburg 9 NYHA
April 3–9, 1865 Pursuit of Lee 111 NY Inf
April 5, 1865 Battle of Amelia Springs 9 NYHA
April 6, 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek (also known as Sailor's Creek, Hillsman Farm, or Lockett Farm) 9 NYHA - 111 NY Inf
April 7, 1865 High Bridge and Farmville 111 NY Inf
April 9, 1865 Battle of Appomattox Court House: surrender of Lee and his Army 9 NYHA - 111 NY Inf
April 1865 At Burkesville 111 NY Inf


Western Theater edit

Dates Battle or Event Units Involved
Tullahoma Campaign June 24 and July 3, 1863
Chickamauga Campaign August 16 to September 22, 1863
Chattanooga Campaign September to November 1863
September 19–20, 1863 Battle of Chickamauga 78 IL Inf
September 24 - November 23, 1863 Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee 78 IL Inf
November 23–24, 1863 Tunnel Hill 78 IL Inf
November 24–25, 1863 Missionary Ridge 78 IL Inf
Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864
May 6–7, 1864 Tunnel Hill 78 IL Inf
May 8–11, 1864 Battle of Rocky Face Ridge 78 IL Inf
May 8–9, 1864 Buzzard's Roost Gap 78 IL Inf
May 14–15, 1864 Battle of Resaca 78 IL Inf
May 17–18, 1864 Rome 78 IL Inf
May 19–25, 1864 Battle of Dallas 78 IL Inf
May 25-May 26, 1864 Battle of New Hope Church 78 IL Inf
June 9 - July 3, 1864 Battle of Marietta 78 IL Inf
June 11–14, 1864 Pine Mountain 78 IL Inf
June 15–17, 1864 Lost Mountain 78 IL Inf
June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain 78 IL Inf
July 19–20, 1864 Battle of Peach Tree Creek 78 IL Inf
July 22 - August 25, 1864 Battle of Atlanta 78 IL Inf
August 5–7, 1864 Battle of Utoy Creek 78 IL Inf
August 31 - September 1, 1864 Battle of Jonesboro 78 IL Inf
September 2–6, 1864 Lovejoy Station 78 IL Inf
October 6–8, 1864 Florence 78 IL Inf
Sherman's March to the Sea November 15 to December 21, 1864
December 10–21, 1864 Siege of Savannah 78 IL Inf
Carolinas Campaign January to April 1865
March 16, 1865 Battle of Averasborough, Taylor's Hole Creek, North Carolina. 78 IL Inf
March 19–21, 1865 Battle of Bentonville 78 IL Inf
April 26, 1865 Bennett Place. Surrender of Johnston and his army. 78 IL Inf

Prisons edit

Camp Douglas - Chicago, Illinois
Libby Prison - Richmond, Virginia
Point Lookout - Maryland

Locations edit

Civil War Defenses of Washington

Civil War Campaign Medal edit

Military Campaigns edit

Revolutionary War edit

16 Streamers/Campaigns

Lexington 19 April 1775 Ticonderoga 10 May 1775 Boston 17 June 1775-17 March 1776 Quebec 28 August 1775-3 July 1776 Charleston 28-29 June 1776; 29 March-12 May 1780 Long Island 26-29 August 1776 Trenton 26 December 1776 Princeton 3 January 1777 Saratoga 2 July-17 October 1777 Brandywine 11 September 1777 Germantown 4 October 1777 Monmouth 28 June 1778 Savannah 29 December 1778; 16 September-10 October 1779 Cowpens 17 January 1781 Guilford Court House 15 March 1781 Yorktown 28 September-19 October 1781

War of 1812 edit

6 Streamers/Campaigns

Canada 18 June 1812-17 February 1815 Chippewa 5 July 1814 Lundy's Lane 25 July 1814 Bladensburg 17-29 August 1814 McHenry 13 September 1814 New Orleans 23 September 1814-8 January 1815

Mexican War edit

10 Streamers/Campaigns

Palo Alto 8 May 1846 Resaca de la Palma 9 May 1846 Monterey 21 September 1846 Buena Vista 22-23 February 1847 Vera Cruz 9-29 March 1847 Cerro Gordo 17 April 1847 Contreras 18-20 August 1847 Churubusco 20 August 1847 Molino del Rey 8 September 1847 Chapultepec 13 September 1847

Civil War edit

Ironically, it was 40 years before a campaign medal would be authorized. Today, it is only days after, and sometimes even during a conflict, when a campaign medal is authorized.

There are 25 Streamers/Campaigns authorized.[1]

Campaign Effective Dates of the Campaign
Sumter April 12 - 13, 1861
Bull Run July 16 - 22, 1861
Henry & Donelson February 6 - 16, 1862
Mississippi River February 6, 1862 - July 9, 1863
Peninsula March 17 - August 3, 1862
Shiloh April 6 - 7, 1862
Valley May 15 - June 17, 1862
Manassas August 7 - September 2, 1862
Antietam September 3 - 17, 1862
Fredericksburg November 9 - December 15, 1862
Murfreesborough December 26, 1862 - January 4, 1863
Chancellorsville April 27 - May 3, 1863
Gettysburg June 29 - July 3, 1863
Vicksburg March 29 - July 4, 1863
Chickamauga August 16 - September 22, 1863
Chattanooga November 23 - 27, 1863
Wilderness May 4 - 7, 1864
Atlanta May 7 - September 2, 1864
Spotsylvania 8-21 May 1864
Cold Harbor May 22 - June 3, 1864
Petersburg June, 1864 - April 2, 1865
Shenandoah August 7 - November 28, 1864
Franklin November 17 - 30, 1864
Nashville December 1 - 16, 1864
Appomattox April 3 - 9, 1865

Indian Wars edit

14 Streamers/Campaigns

Miami January 1790-August 1795 Tippecanoe 21 September-18 November 1811 Creeks 27 July 1813-August 1814; February 1836-July 1837 Seminoles 20 November 1817-31 October 1818; 28 December 1835-14 August 1842; 15 December 1855-May 1858 Black Hawk 26 April-20 September 1832 Comanches 1867-1875 Modocs 1872-1873 Apaches 1873; 1885-1886 Little Big Horn 1876-1877 Nez Perces 1877 Bannocks 1878 Cheyennes 1878-1879 Utes September 1879-November 1880 Pine Ridge November 1890-January 1891

War with Spain edit

3 Campaigns/Streamers

Santiago 22 June-11 July 1898 Puerto Rico 25 July-13 August 1898 Manila 31 July-13 August 1898

China Relief Expedition edit

3 Campaigns/Streamers

Tientsin 13 July 1900 Yang-tsun 6 August 1900 Peking 14-15 August 1900

Philippine Insurrection edit

3 Campaigns/Streamers

Manila 4 February-17 March 1899 Iloilo 8-12 February 1899 Malolos 24 March-16 August 1899 Laguna de Bay 8-17 April 1899 San Isidro 12 April-30 May 1899; 15 October-19 November 1899 Zapote River 13 June 1899 Cavite 7-13 October 1899; 4 January-9 February 1900 Tarlac 5-20 November 1899 San Fabian 6-19 November 1899 Mindanao 4 July 1902-31 December 1904; 22 October 1905 Jolo 1-24 May 1905; 6-8 March 1906; 6 August 1906; 11-15 June 1913

Mexican Expedition edit

3 Campaigns/Streamers

Mexico 1916-1917 14 March 1916-7 February 1917

World War I edit

3 Campaigns/Streamers

Cambrai 20 November-4 December 1917 Somme Defensive 21 March-6 April 1918 Lys 9-27 April 1918 Aisne 27 May-5 June 1918 Montdidier-Noyon 9-13 June 1918 Champagne-Marne 15-18 July 1918 Aisne-Marne 18 July-6 August 1918 Somme Offensive 8 August-11 November 1918 Oise-Aisne 18 August-11 November 1918 Ypres-Lys 19 August-11 November 1918 St. Mihiel 12-16 September 1918 Meuse-Argonne 26 September-11 November 1918 Vittoria Veneto 24 October-4 November 1918

World War II edit

38 Campaigns/Streamers

There are three theaters considered with this war.

American Theater edit

1 Campaign/Streamer

Antisubmarine 7 December 1941-2 September 1945

Asiatic-Pacific Theater edit

21 Campaigns/Streamers

Philippine Islands 7 December 1941-10 May 1942 Burma, 1942 7 December 1941-26 May 1942 Central Pacific 7 December 1941-6 December 1943 East Indies 1 January-22 July 1942 India-Burma 2 April 1942-28 January 1945 Air Offensive, Japan 17 April 1942-2 September 1945 Aleutian Islands 3 June 1942-24 August 1943 China Defensive 4 July 1942-4 May 1945 Papua 23 July 1942-23 January 1943 Guadalcanal 7 August 1942-21 February 1943 New Guinea 24 January 1943-31 December 1944 Northern Solomons 22 February 1943-21 November 1944 Eastern Mandates 31 January-14 June 1944 Bismarck Archipelago 15 December 1943-27 November 1944 Western Pacific 15 June 1944-2 September 1945 Leyte 17 October 1944-1 July 1945 Luzon 15 December 1944-4 July 1945 Central Burma 29 January-15 July 1945 Southern Philippines 27 February-4 July 1945 Ryukyus 26 March-2 July 1945 China Offensive 5 May-2 September 1945

European-African-Middle Eastern Theater edit

16 Campaigns/Streamers

Egypt-Libya 11 June 1942-12 February 1943 Air Offensive, Europe 4 July 1942-5 June 1944 Algeria-French Morocco 8-11 November 1942 Tunisia 17 November 1942-13 May 1943 Sicily 9 July-17 August 1943 Naples-Foggia 18 August 1943-21 January 1944 (Air); 9 September 1943-21 January 1944 (Ground) Anzio 22 January-24 May 1944 Rome-Arno 22 January-9 September 1944 Normandy 6 June-24 July 1944 Northern France 25 July-14 September 1944 Southern France 15 August-14 September 1944 Northern Apennines 10 September 1944-4 April 1945 Rhineland 15 September 1944-21 March 1945 Ardennes-Alsace 16 December 1944-25 January 1945 Central Europe 22 March-11 May 1945 Po Valley 5 April-8 May 1945

Korean War edit

10 Campaigns/Streamers

UN Defensive 27 June-15 September 1950 UN Offensive 16 September-2 November 1950 CCF Intervention 3 November 1950-24 January 1951 First UN Counteroffensive 25 January-21 April 1951 CCF Spring Offensive 22 April-8 July 1951 UN Summer-Fall Offensive 9 July-27 November 1951 Second Korean Winter 28 November 1951-30 April 1952 Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 1 May-30 November 1952 Third Korean Winter 1 December 1952-30 April 1953 Korea, Summer 1953 1 May-27 July 1953

Vietnam edit

17 Campaigns/Streamers

Advisory 15 March 1962-7 March 1965 Defense 8 March-24 December 1965 Counteroffensive 25 December 1965-30 June 1966 Counteroffensive, Phase II 1 July 1966-31 May 1967 Counteroffensive, Phase III 1 June 1967-29 January 1968 Tet Counteroffensive 30 January-1 April 1968 Counteroffensive, Phase IV 2 April-30 June 1968 Counteroffensive, Phase V 1 July-1 November 1968 Counteroffensive, Phase VI 2 November 1968-22 February 1969 Tet 69 Counteroffensive 23 February-8 June 1969 Summer-Fall 1969 9 June-31 October 1969 Winter-Spring 1970 1 November 1969-30 April 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 May-30 June 1970 Counteroffensive, Phase VII 1 July 1970-31 June 1971 Consolidation I 1 July-30 November 1971 Consolidation II 1 December 1971-29 March 1972 Cease-Fire 30 March 1972-28 January 1973

Armed Forces Expeditions edit

17 Campaigns/Streamers

Dominican Republic 28 April 1965-21 September 1966 Grenada 23 October-21 November 1983 Panama 20 December 1989-31 January 1990

Armed Forces Expeditions edit

3 Campaigns/Streamers

Dominican Republic 28 April 1965-21 September 1966 Grenada 23 October-21 November 1983 Panama 20 December 1989-31 January 1990

Southwest Asia edit

3 Campaigns/Streamers

Defense of Saudi Arabia 2 August 1990-16 January 1991 Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 17 January-11 April 1991 Cease-Fire 12 April 1991-30 November 1995

Kosovo edit

2 Campaigns/Streamers

Kosovo Air Campaign 24 March - 10 June 1999 Kosovo Defense Campaign 11 June 1999 - (Closing date to be determined)

War on Terrorism edit

12 Campaigns/Streamers


Afghanistan edit

5 Campaigns/Streamers

Liberation of Afghanistan 11 September 2001 - 30 November 2001 Consolidation I 1 December 2001 - 30 September 2006 Consolidation II 1 October 2006 -30 November 2009 Consolidation III 1 December 2009 – 30 June 2011 Transition I 1 July 2011 – (Closing date to be determined, not authorized for display)

Iraq edit

7 Campaigns/Streamers

Liberation of Iraq 19 March 2003 - 1 May 2003 Transition of Iraq 2 May 2003 - 28 June 2004 Iraqi Governance 29 June 2004 - 15 December 2005 National Resolution 16 December 2005 – 9 January 2007 Iraqi Surge 10 January 2007 -31 December 2008 Iraqi Sovereignty 1 January 2009 – 31 August 2010 New Dawn 1 September 2010 – 31 December 2011

Post Script edit

This list is certain to grow. I started this page in October of 2012. My intent was to start a list of interest, to share with other. I welcome your assistance as I learn, just as I am willing to aid you in your study.

Travels edit

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Pop Culture edit

For the less serious side of me, here are a couple pages for movies, TV and the like:

Star Trek Films and TV
DC Commics Films and TV
Marvel Films and TV
Comic Connections -- Marvel and DC Comics
  1. ^ "Listing of the Campaigns of the U.S. Army Displayed on the Army Flag". U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY. March 13, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
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