Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1861-06-01
Organized - Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry - Missouri
1862-03-06
Battle - Pea Ridge - Leetown, Arkansas
Pea Ridge
By the spring of 1862, Union forces had pushed Confederates south and west through Missouri into northwestern Arkansas. On the night of March 6, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn and his 16,000-man Army of the West set out to counterattack the Union position near Pea Ridge. Hoping to move quickly, in a fateful decision, Van Dorn ordered the supply trains far to the rear. Learning of Van Dorn's approach, some 10,000 Federals in Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Southwest marched to meet the…READ MORE
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Everett Peabody, and Colonel John L. Doran
ColonelEverett Peabody
ColonelJohn L. Doran
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin M. Prentiss
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Everett Peabody
ColonelEverett Peabody
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin M. Prentiss
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1864-02-17
Mustered Out - Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry - Missouri
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