Ohio 72nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1/10/62
Organized - Ohio 72nd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
4/4/62
Battle - Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Herman Canfield
Lieutenant ColonelHerman Canfield
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William T. Sherman
Brigadier GeneralWilliam T. Sherman
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
4/29/62
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
5/18/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Le Roy Crockett, and Major Charles G. Eaton
Lieutenant ColonelLe Roy Crockett
MajorCharles G. Eaton
5/18/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Ralph P. Buckland, and Colonel William L. McMillen
Brigadier GeneralRalph P. Buckland
ColonelWilliam L. McMillen
5/18/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James M. Tuttle
Brigadier GeneralJames M. Tuttle
5/18/63
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
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
7/13/64
Battle - Harrisburg, Mississippi
7/14/64
Battle - Tupelo - Tupelo, Mississippi
Union Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, commanding the Sixteenth Corps with more than 14,000 men, left LaGrange, Tennessee on July 5, 1864, and advanced south. Smith's mission was to insure that Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest and his cavalry did not raid Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's railroad supply line in middle Tennessee supporting the campaign against Atlanta. Laying waste to the countryside as he advanced, Smith reached Pontotoc, Mississippi, on July 11th. Forrest was in nearby Okolona with about 6,000 men, bu…READ MORE
7/15/64
Battle - Old Town Creek, Mississippi
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Eaton
Lieutenant ColonelCharles G. Eaton
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William L. McMillen
ColonelWilliam L. McMillen
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John McArthur
Brigadier GeneralJohn McArthur
12/15/64
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
3/27/65
Battle - Spanish Fort - Baldwin, Alabama
4/9/65
Battle - Fort Blakeley - Baldwin County, Alabama
Although the harbor of Mobile Bay had been closed to blockade running traffic since mid-summer 1864 with Admiral David G. Farragut's victory there, the port city of Mobile still remained in Confederate control. In late March 1865, two Federal infantry columns converged on the defenses of the city at Fort Blakeley and Spanish Fort. One force of 13,000 Union soldiers commanded by Gen. Frederick Steele moved west from Pensacola with orders to take Blakely from the rear. Union Gen. Edward R.S. Canby's Sixteent…READ MORE
9/11/65
Mustered Out - Ohio 72nd Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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