Iowa 14th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
11/6/61
Organized - Iowa 14th Volunteer Infantry - Iowa
2/6/62
Battle - Fort Henry - Stewart County, Tennessee; Henry County, Tennessee; Calloway County, Kentucky
Beginning in the autumn of 1861, a variety of voices in the Union command structure began speculating on the possibility of seizing Forts Henry and Donelson to open a water route into the Confederate heartland. On January 30, 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses Grant received the long-anticipated word that he and Flag Officer Andrew Foote would lead a joint expedition against the twin forts. The two divisions of infantry under Grant numbered some 15,000 men and were accompanied by Foote's flotilla of ironclad and tim…READ MORE
2/11/62
Battle - Fort Donelson - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Early in the war, Union commanders realized control of the major rivers would be the key to success in the Western Theater.READ MORE
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James M. Tuttle, and Lieutenant Colonel James Baker
ColonelJames M. Tuttle
Lieutenant ColonelJames Baker
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace, and Colonel James M. Tuttle
Brigadier GeneralW.H.L. Wallace
ColonelJames M. Tuttle
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace
Brigadier GeneralW.H.L. Wallace
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
10/3/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Pleasant A. Hackleman, and Colonel Thomas W. Sweeny
Brigadier GeneralPleasant A. Hackleman
ColonelThomas W. Sweeny
10/3/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas A. Davies
Brigadier GeneralThomas A. Davies
10/3/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Pleasant A. Hackleman
Brigadier GeneralPleasant A. Hackleman
10/3/62
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
2/14/64
Battle - Meridian - Lauderdale County, Mississippi
4/9/64
Battle - Pleasant Hill - Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana
5/18/64
Battle - Yellow Bayou - Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
6/7/64
Battle - Ripley, 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
9/27/64
Battle - Fort Davidson - Iron County, Missouri
Facing battlefield defeats in the late summer of 1864, the Confederacy desperately sought victories in hopes of persuading the war-weary Union population to vote against the reelection of Abraham Lincoln that November. That September, the 12,000-man Confederate Army of Missouri under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price moved north with the goal of capturing St. Louis. Eighty miles south of the city, Price encountered Fort Davidson near the town of Ironton, defended by 1,500 men under Union Brig. Gen. Thomas Ewing. On…READ MORE
10/23/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James Isham Gilbert
ColonelJames Isham Gilbert
10/23/64
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel David Moore
ColonelDavid Moore
10/23/64
Battle - Westport - Westport, Missouri
The Battle of Westport, fought October 21-23, was the largest battle west of the Mississippi River and the decisive battle of Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's 1864 Missouri campaign. Directions guide the visitor to the first of twenty-five narrative markers on a 32-mile, self-guided automobile tour and a self-guided walking tour of Byram's Ford and the Big Blue Battlefield. Each marker provides directions to the next stop on the tour. A written brochure is available from the Battle of Westport Visitor Cen…READ MORE
8/8/65
Mustered Out - Iowa 14th Volunteer Infantry - Iowa
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