Arkansas 21st Infantry (Confederate)
1862-05-14
Organized - Arkansas 21st Infantry - Arkansas
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William L. Cabell
Brigadier GeneralWilliam L. Cabell
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
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Augustus Tyler
CaptainAugustus Tyler
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Martin E. Green, and Colonel Thomas P. Dockery
Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green
ColonelThomas P. Dockery
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John S. Bowen
Major GeneralJohn S. Bowen
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Martin E. Green
Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green
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
1864-01-01
Mustered Out - Arkansas 21st Infantry - Arkansas
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