Iowa 4th Volunteer Cavalry (Union)
1861-11-23
Organized - Iowa 4th Volunteer Cavalry - Iowa
1862-06-05
Battle - Little Red River, Arkansas
1862-07-14
Battle - Helena, Arkansas
1862-11-08
Battle - MARianna, Arkansas
1863-05-12
Battle - Raymond - Hinds County, Mississippi
On May 12th, 1863, after days of hard marching towards Jackson, Mississippi, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant fought to secure the crossings of Fourteenmile Creek southwest of Raymond, which would provide a vital water source for his men and animals and serve as a staging area for a strike on the Confederate rail supply line between Clinton and Edwards, Mississippi. Cutting the railroad here would cut off supplies to Grant's ultimate goal, the Mississippi River city of Vicksburg 30 miles to the west. At around…READ MORE
1863-05-17
Battle - Big Black River Bridge - Hinds County, Mississippi
Reeling from their defeat at Champion Hill and heading west toward Vicksburg, the Confederates reached Big Black River Bridge, the night of May 16-17th. Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton ordered Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, with three brigades, to man the fortifications on the east bank of the river and impede any Union pursuit. Three divisions of Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand's Thirteenth Corps moved out from Edwards Station on the morning of the 17th. They encountered the Confederates behind breastworks and took co…READ MORE
1863-05-18
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg, defended by a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton. Capture of the Mississippi River town was critical to Union control of the strategic river. Vicksburg was located on a high river bluff defended with artillery, and Pemberton's men had constructed a series of fortifications in an 8-mile arc surrounding the city on the landward side. After crossing the…READ MORE
1863-05-24
Battle - Mechanicsburg, Mississippi
1863-05-29
Battle - Mechanicsburg, Mississippi
1863-06-18
Battle - Big Black River, Mississippi
1863-06-22
Battle - Bear Creek, Mississippi
1863-06-22
Battle - Big Black River, Mississippi
1863-08-18
Battle - Grenada, Mississippi
1863-10-18
Battle - Clinton, Mississippi
1864-06-07
Battle - Ripley, Mississippi
1864-06-10
Battle - Brice's Crossroads - Baldwyn, Mississippi
In late May 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest set out from Mississippi with his cavalry corps to enter Tennessee and destroy the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, which was carrying men and supplies from Nashville to support Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. Sherman, who suspected the Confederate cavalry leader would cause havoc behind his lines, ordered Brig. Gen. Samuel Sturgis to move from Memphis to counter Forrest and to control northern Mississippi. Sturgis's first ob…READ MORE
1864-07-14
Battle - Tupelo - Tupelo, Mississippi
Union Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, commanding the Sixteenth Corps with more than 14,000 men, left LaGrange, Tennessee on July 5, 1864, and advanced south. Smith's mission was to insure that Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest and his cavalry did not raid Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's railroad supply line in middle Tennessee supporting the campaign against Atlanta. Laying waste to the countryside as he advanced, Smith reached Pontotoc, Mississippi, on July 11th. Forrest was in nearby Okolona with about 6,000 men, bu…READ MORE
1864-07-15
Battle - Old Town Creek, Mississippi
1864-10-21
Battle - Little Blue River - Jackson County, Missouri
1864-10-22
Battle - Byram's Ford - Kansas City, Missouri
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of Missouri headed towards Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Leavenworth, hoping to capture Missouri for the South in the weeks prior to Abraham Lincoln's reelection in 1864. Union Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Border, in and around Westport, was blocking Price's movement, while Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's provisional cavalry division was pressing Price's rearguard. On October 22nd, Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt's division held a defensive position on the we…READ MORE
1864-10-22
Battle - Second Independence - Independence, Missouri
1864-10-23
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Abial R. Pierce
MajorAbial R. Pierce
1864-10-23
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edward F. Winslow, and Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen
ColonelEdward F. Winslow
Lieutenant ColonelFrederick W. Benteen
1864-10-23
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Alfred Pleasonton
Major GeneralAlfred Pleasonton
1864-10-23
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edward F. Winslow
ColonelEdward F. Winslow
1864-10-23
Battle - Westport - Westport, Missouri
The Battle of Westport, fought October 21-23, was the largest battle west of the Mississippi River and the decisive battle of Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's 1864 Missouri campaign. Directions guide the visitor to the first of twenty-five narrative markers on a 32-mile, self-guided automobile tour and a self-guided walking tour of Byram's Ford and the Big Blue Battlefield. Each marker provides directions to the next stop on the tour. A written brochure is available from the Battle of Westport Visitor Cen…READ MORE
1864-10-25
Battle - Marmiton River - Vernon County, Missouri
1864-10-25
Battle - Marais des Cygnes - Linn County, Kansas
1864-10-25
Battle - Mine Creek - Linn County, Kansas
About six miles south of Trading Post, Kansas, where the Marais de Cygnes cavalry engagement had occurred earlier in the day, the Union brigades of Col. Frederick Benteen and Col. John Phillips, of Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's Provisional Cavalry Division, overtook a retreating Confederate cavalry column from Maj. Gen Sterling Price's Army of Missouri crossing Mine Creek. The rebels, stalled by their 500-wagon supply train crossing the rain-swollen ford, formed a line of about 7,000 men on the north side…READ MORE
1864-12-14
Battle - Memphis, Tennessee
1865-04-02
Battle - Selma - Selma, Alabama
The war was almost over when Union troops under the leadership of Gen. James H. Wilson and 13,500 cavalry and mounted infantry (the Raiders) invaded Alabama. Anticipating invasion, Selma prepared as best it could. But Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's highly outnumbered 2,000 men, consisting of mostly old men and boys, could not hold Wilson's Raiders. The people of Selma were doomed even before the battle started on April 2, 1865. Selma has the largest historic district in Alabama, and it is the second-old…READ MORE
1865-04-16
Battle - Columbus - Columbus, Georgia
1865-08-24
Mustered Out - Iowa 4th Volunteer Cavalry - Iowa
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