Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
6/1/61
Organized - Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry - Missouri
3/6/62
Battle - Pea Ridge - Leetown, Arkansas
Pea Ridge
By the spring of 1862, Union forces had pushed Confederates south and west through Missouri into northwestern Arkansas. On the night of March 6, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn and his 16,000-man Army of the West set out to counterattack the Union position near Pea Ridge. Hoping to move quickly, in a fateful decision, Van Dorn ordered the supply trains far to the rear. Learning of Van Dorn's approach, some 10,000 Federals in Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Southwest marched to meet the…READ MORE
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Everett Peabody, and Colonel John L. Doran
ColonelEverett Peabody
ColonelJohn L. Doran
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin M. Prentiss
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Everett Peabody
ColonelEverett Peabody
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin M. Prentiss
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
2/17/64
Mustered Out - Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry - Missouri
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