Ohio 72nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1862-01-10
Organized - Ohio 72nd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
1862-04-04
Battle - Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Herman Canfield
Lieutenant ColonelHerman Canfield
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William T. Sherman
Brigadier GeneralWilliam T. Sherman
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
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Le Roy Crockett, and Major Charles G. Eaton
Lieutenant ColonelLe Roy Crockett
MajorCharles G. Eaton
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Ralph P. Buckland, and Colonel William L. McMillen
Brigadier GeneralRalph P. Buckland
ColonelWilliam L. McMillen
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James M. Tuttle
Brigadier GeneralJames M. Tuttle
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
1864-07-13
Battle - Harrisburg, Mississippi
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
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Eaton
Lieutenant ColonelCharles G. Eaton
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William L. McMillen
ColonelWilliam L. McMillen
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John McArthur
Brigadier GeneralJohn McArthur
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
1865-03-27
Battle - Spanish Fort - Baldwin, Alabama
1865-04-09
Battle - Fort Blakeley - Baldwin County, Alabama
Although the harbor of Mobile Bay had been closed to blockade running traffic since mid-summer 1864 with Admiral David G. Farragut's victory there, the port city of Mobile still remained in Confederate control. In late March 1865, two Federal infantry columns converged on the defenses of the city at Fort Blakeley and Spanish Fort. One force of 13,000 Union soldiers commanded by Gen. Frederick Steele moved west from Pensacola with orders to take Blakely from the rear. Union Gen. Edward R.S. Canby's Sixteent…READ MORE
1865-09-11
Mustered Out - Ohio 72nd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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