Arkansas 18th Carroll's Infantry (Confederate)
1861-12-17
Battle - Rowlett's Station - Hart County, Kentucky
1862-04-02
Organized - Arkansas 18th Carroll's Infantry - Arkansas
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
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John N. Daly, and Captain William N. Parish
ColonelJohn N. Daly
CaptainWilliam N. Parish
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William L. Cabell
Brigadier GeneralWilliam L. Cabell
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John N. Daly
ColonelJohn N. Daly
1862-10-03
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William N. Parish
CaptainWilliam N. Parish
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
1863-05-21
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel W.N. Parish
ColonelW.N. Parish
1863-05-21
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Isaiah G. W. Steedman
ColonelIsaiah G. W. Steedman
1863-05-21
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Franklin Gardner
Major GeneralFranklin Gardner
1863-05-21
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE
1864-04-09
Battle - Prairie D'Ane - Nevada Count, Arkansas
By the spring of 1864, the Federal high command set forth a plan to bring pressure across the whole of the Southern Confederacy. Overall Union commander Ulysses S. Grant, thrust Federal armies into Virginia, north Georgia, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The Battle of Prairie D'Ane was part of two larger Federal operations-the Camden Expedition and the Red River Campaign.READ MORE
1864-04-25
Battle - Marks' Mills - New Ediburg, Arkansas
Marks' Mills was one of four battles that defined the limits of Union Gen. Frederick Steele's foray into south Arkansas during the Red River campaign of 1864. Following the crushing Federal defeat, Steele abandoned Camden and retreated to Little Rock.READ MORE
1864-04-29
Battle - Jenkins' Ferry - Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
At Jenkins Ferry on April 29 and 30, 1864, Union troops fought off an attack by the Confederates and, using an inflatable pontoon bridge, crossed the flooded Saline River and retreated to Little Rock. The land where this Civil War battle took place was settled by Thomas Jenkins, who started the ferry in 1815. It was run by his sons, William and John DeKalb, until the Civil War circa 1861.READ MORE
1865-05-26
Mustered Out - Arkansas 18th Carroll's Infantry - Arkansas
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