United States 1st Infantry (Union)
8/10/61
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Joseph B. Plummer
CaptainJoseph B. Plummer
8/10/61
Battle - Wilson's Creek - Green County, Missouri; Christian County, Missouri
In the summer of 1861, the Union and the Confederacy struggled for control of Missouri. Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon Army of the West was camped at Springfield, Missouri, with Confederate troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Ben McCulloch and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price approaching.READ MORE
2/28/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain George A. Williams
CaptainGeorge A. Williams
2/28/62
Battle - Island Number Ten - New Madrid, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee
In addition to prosecuting the coastal blockade and pursuing Confederate commerce raiders, the U.S. Navy's other main role in the Civil War, and arguably its most important one, was seizing and controlling the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In this effort, the main obstacle was not the tiny Confederate navy, but rather the formidable shore fortifications erected by the Confederates along the banks of the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers. This war, therefore, was less often a matter of s…READ MORE
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
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Levi C. Bootes
CaptainLevi C. Bootes
9/17/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major Charles S. Lovell
MajorCharles S. Lovell
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Justin E. Dimick
LieutenantJustin E. Dimick
12/13/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain James E. Smith
CaptainJames E. Smith
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant James A. Sanderson, and Lieutenant Justin E. Dimick
LieutenantJames A. Sanderson
LieutenantJustin E. Dimick
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Thomas W. Osborn
CaptainThomas W. Osborn
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Justin E. Dimick
LieutenantJustin E. Dimick
4/30/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Hiram Berry
Major GeneralHiram Berry
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
6/9/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William M. Graham
CaptainWilliam M. Graham
6/9/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain James M. Robertson
CaptainJames M. Robertson
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Dunbar R. Ransom
CaptainDunbar R. Ransom
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Batteries - Lieutenant Chandler P. Eakin
LieutenantChandler P. Eakin
7/1/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Dunbar R. Ransom
CaptainDunbar R. Ransom
5/31/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Samuel S. Elder
CaptainSamuel S. Elder
8/14/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Freeman McGilvery
Lieutenant ColonelFreeman McGilvery
9/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Henry Holman
ColonelJohn Henry Holman
10/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Jackson
Lieutenant ColonelRichard H. Jackson
1/13/65
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Giles H. Rich
Lieutenant ColonelGiles H. Rich
1/13/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Elias Wright
ColonelElias Wright
1/13/65
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE
4/1/65
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Chandler P. Eakin
LieutenantChandler P. Eakin
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