Missouri 1st Light Artillery (Union)
1861-06-01
Organized - Missouri 1st Light Artillery - Missouri
1861-08-10
Battle - Wilson's Creek - Green County, Missouri; Christian County, Missouri
In the summer of 1861, the Union and the Confederacy struggled for control of Missouri. Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon Army of the West was camped at Springfield, Missouri, with Confederate troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Ben McCulloch and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price approaching.READ MORE
1862-02-11
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William R. Morrison
ColonelWilliam R. Morrison
1862-02-11
Battle - Fort Donelson - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Early in the war, Union commanders realized control of the major rivers would be the key to success in the Western Theater.READ MORE
1862-02-28
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Frederick Sparrestrom
CaptainFrederick Sparrestrom
1862-02-28
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Napoleon B. Buford
ColonelNapoleon B. Buford
1862-02-28
Battle - Island Number Ten - New Madrid, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee
In addition to prosecuting the coastal blockade and pursuing Confederate commerce raiders, the U.S. Navy's other main role in the Civil War, and arguably its most important one, was seizing and controlling the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In this effort, the main obstacle was not the tiny Confederate navy, but rather the formidable shore fortifications erected by the Confederates along the banks of the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers. This war, therefore, was less often a matter of s…READ MORE
1862-03-06
Battle - Pea Ridge - Leetown, Arkansas
By the spring of 1862, Union forces had pushed Confederates south and west through Missouri into northwestern Arkansas. On the night of March 6, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn and his 16,000-man Army of the West set out to counterattack the Union position near Pea Ridge. Hoping to move quickly, in a fateful decision, Van Dorn ordered the supply trains far to the rear. Learning of Van Dorn's approach, some 10,000 Federals in Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Southwest marched to meet the…READ MORE
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry Richardson
CaptainHenry Richardson
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace, and Colonel James M. Tuttle
Brigadier GeneralW.H.L. Wallace
ColonelJames M. Tuttle
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace
Brigadier GeneralW.H.L. Wallace
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Albert M. Powell
CaptainAlbert M. Powell
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Warren L. Lothrop
Lieutenant ColonelWarren L. Lothrop
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
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry Richardson
CaptainHenry Richardson
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major George H. Stone
MajorGeorge H. Stone
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas A. Davies
Brigadier GeneralThomas A. Davies
1862-10-03
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry Hescock
CaptainHenry Hescock
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 12 guns k-51 w-288 m-14 = 353, Brigadier General Philip Henry Sheridan, undefined Company L 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:, and undefined Escort:
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 - Brigade - Captain Henry Hescock
CaptainHenry Hescock
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Philip Sheridan
Brigadier GeneralPhilip Sheridan
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
1863-01-09
Battle - Arkansas Post - Arkansas Post, Arkansas
The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Battle of Fort Hindman, was a combined land-river assault by Union forces on the Confederate Fort Hindman, which loomed over a bend in the Arkansas River near the town of Arkansas Post. As the Union advance down the Mississippi River passed the mouth of the Arkansas, the presence of Fort Hindman outflanked the Federal forward positions.READ MORE
1863-05-16
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain George W. Schofield
CaptainGeorge W. Schofield
1863-05-16
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alvin P. Hovey
Brigadier GeneralAlvin P. Hovey
1863-05-16
Battle - Champion Hill - Hinds County, Mississippi
The Battle of Champion Hill was the largest and bloodiest action of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.READ MORE
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Nelson Cole
CaptainNelson Cole
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William Vandever
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Vandever
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Francis J. Herron
Major GeneralFrancis J. Herron
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
1863-07-04
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant John O'Connell
LieutenantJohn O'Connell
1863-07-04
Battle - Helena - Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes, Confederate commander in Arkansas, sought to relieve Union pressure on Vicksburg, Mississippi as the army of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant besieged that strategic city. Holmes won approval for a plan to assault the Union-held river town of Helena, Arkansas, 170 miles north of Vicksburg, with a combined force of about 7,600 men. About 4,000 Union soldiers were in Helena under the command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss. Four artillery batteries defended the town, surrounded on the la…READ MORE
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Gustavus Schueler
LieutenantGustavus Schueler
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Bernard Laiboldt
ColonelBernard Laiboldt
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Philip Sheridan
Major GeneralPhilip Sheridan
1863-09-19
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Capt Frederick Welker
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John M. Corse
Brigadier GeneralJohn M. Corse
1864-08-31
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant John Zepp
LieutenantJohn Zepp
1864-12-15
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
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