United States 15th Infantry (Union)
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major John H. King
MajorJohn H. King
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
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Jesse Fulmer, and Major John H. King
CaptainJesse Fulmer
MajorJohn H. King
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. Shepherd
Lieutenant ColonelOliver L. Shepherd
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Lovell H. Rousseau
Major GeneralLovell H. Rousseau
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major John H. King
MajorJohn H. King
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
1864-07-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John H. King
Brigadier GeneralJohn H. King
1864-07-20
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Richard W. Johnson
Brigadier GeneralRichard W. Johnson
1864-07-20
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Horace Jewett
CaptainHorace Jewett
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major John R. Edie
MajorJohn R. Edie
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William Passmore Carlin
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Passmore Carlin
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
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