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Illinois 43rd Infantry (Union)

10/12/61

Organized - Illinois 43rd Infantry - Illinois

4/6/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Julius Raith

4/6/62

Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee

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Shiloh

On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck the encamped divisions of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.READ MORE

5/18/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Dengler

Lieutenant ColonelAdolph Dengler

5/18/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Adolph Engelmann

5/18/63

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Nathan Kimball

Brigadier GeneralNathan Kimball

5/18/63

Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Vicksburg

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

11/30/65

Mustered Out - Illinois 43rd Infantry - Illinois

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