Arkansas 13th Infantry (Confederate)
1861-07-29
Organized - Arkansas 13th Infantry - Arkansas
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James C. Tappan, Lieutenant Colonel A. D. Grayson, and Major James A. McNeely
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alexander P. Stewart
Brigadier GeneralAlexander P. Stewart
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel A. D. Grayson
Lieutenant ColonelA. D. Grayson
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major James A. McNeely
MajorJames A. McNeely
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles Clark
Brigadier GeneralCharles Clark
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-04-29
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
1862-08-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Lucius E. Polk
ColonelLucius E. Polk
1862-08-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Benjamin J. Hill
ColonelBenjamin J. Hill
1862-08-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Lucius E. Polk
ColonelLucius E. Polk
1862-08-30
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
Brigadier GeneralPatrick Ronayne Cleburne
1862-08-30
Battle - Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County, Kentucky
In Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith's 1862 Confederate offensive into Kentucky, Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne led the advance with Col. John S. Scott's cavalry out in front. The Rebel cavalry, while moving north from Big Hill on the road to Richmond, Kentucky, encountered Union troopers on August 29th and began skirmishing. After noon, Union artillery and infantry joined the fray, forcing the Confederate cavalry to retreat to Big Hill. At that time, Brig. Gen. Mahlon D. Manson, who commanded Union forces in the area…READ MORE
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Lucius Eugene Polk
ColonelLucius Eugene Polk
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
Brigadier GeneralPatrick Ronayne Cleburne
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Lucius Eugene Polk
ColonelLucius Eugene Polk
1862-10-08
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Charles H. Carlton, and Major Robert A. Duncan
MajorCharles H. Carlton
MajorRobert A. Duncan
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Lucius E. Polk
Brigadier GeneralLucius E. Polk
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Charles H. Carlton
MajorCharles H. Carlton
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Robert A. Duncan
MajorRobert A. Duncan
1862-12-31
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
1864-11-30
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
1865-04-09
Mustered Out - Arkansas 13th Infantry - Arkansas
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