Illinois 50th Infantry (Union)
1861-09-12
Organized - Illinois 50th Infantry - Illinois
1862-02-06
Battle - Fort Henry - Stewart County, Tennessee; Henry County, Tennessee; Calloway County, Kentucky
Beginning in the autumn of 1861, a variety of voices in the Union command structure began speculating on the possibility of seizing Forts Henry and Donelson to open a water route into the Confederate heartland. On January 30, 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses Grant received the long-anticipated word that he and Flag Officer Andrew Foote would lead a joint expedition against the twin forts. The two divisions of infantry under Grant numbered some 15,000 men and were accompanied by Foote's flotilla of ironclad and tim…READ MORE
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
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Moses M. Bane, and Captain T. W. Gaines
ColonelMoses M. Bane
CaptainT. W. Gaines
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Silas D. Baldwin, and Colonel Thomas W. Sweeny
ColonelSilas D. Baldwin
ColonelThomas W. Sweeny
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 - Regiment - Colonel Moses M. Bane
ColonelMoses M. Bane
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas W. Sweeny
ColonelThomas W. Sweeny
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
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
1862-05-28
Battle - Corinth, Mississippi
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel William Swarthout
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam Swarthout
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John V. Du Bois, and Colonel Silas D. Baldwin
ColonelJohn V. Du Bois
ColonelSilas D. Baldwin
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas A. Davies
Brigadier GeneralThomas A. Davies
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Silas D. Baldwin
ColonelSilas D. Baldwin
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
1864-05-13
Battle - Resaca - Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia
Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, the first battle in Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a four-mile defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad west and north of Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On May 13th, Sherman tested the Rebel lines, sending forward divisions to skirmish with the Confederates, with little substantive result. On the 14th, the fighting erupted into a full-…READ MORE
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 Frederick J. Hurlbut
ColonelFrederick J. Hurlbut
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
1864-10-05
Battle - Allatoona - Bartow County, Georgia
1865-03-19
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
1865-07-13
Mustered Out - Illinois 50th Infantry - Illinois
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