Ohio 41st Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1861-10-29
Organized - Ohio 41st Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George Mygatt
Lieutenant ColonelGeorge Mygatt
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William "Bull" Nelson
Major GeneralWilliam "Bull" Nelson
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
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel George S. Mygatt
ColonelGeorge S. Mygatt
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William Babcock Hazen
ColonelWilliam Babcock Hazen
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 27 guns k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0, undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran, Brigadier General William Sooy Smith, and undefined Escort:
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran
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 - Lieutenant Colonel Aquila Wiley
Lieutenant ColonelAquila Wiley
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William B. Hazen
ColonelWilliam B. Hazen
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John M. Palmer
Brigadier GeneralJohn M. Palmer
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
1863-01-24
Battle - Woodbury, Tennessee
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Aquila Wiley
ColonelAquila Wiley
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William Babcock Hazen
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Babcock Hazen
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John M. Palmer
Major GeneralJohn M. Palmer
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
1864-05-17
Battle - Adairsville - Bartow County, Georgia
1864-05-27
Battle - Dallas - Paulding County, Georgia
During early and mid-May 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman successfully outmaneuvered the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in multiple battles in northwest Georgia. Each time, Johnston fell back to a new defensive position closer to the strategic Confederate city of Atlanta. Stopped at New Hope Church on Johnston's left on May 26th, Sherman attacked Johnston's right at Pickett's Mill on May 27th. The next day, Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps probed the Union defensive line, held by Maj. Gen. John A. Log…READ MORE
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Philip S. Post
ColonelPhilip S. Post
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood
Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood
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
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Kimberly
Lieutenant ColonelRobert L. Kimberly
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
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Ezra Dunham, and Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Kimberly
CaptainEzra Dunham
Lieutenant ColonelRobert L. Kimberly
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Philip S. Post, and Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Kimberly
ColonelPhilip S. Post
Lieutenant ColonelRobert L. Kimberly
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Samuel Beatty
Brigadier GeneralSamuel Beatty
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Philip S. Post
ColonelPhilip S. Post
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
1865-11-27
Mustered Out - Ohio 41st Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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