Florida 1st Infantry (Confederate)
10/9/61
Battle - Santa Rosa Island - Santa Rosa Island, Florida
After midnight on October 9, Brig. Gen. Richard Anderson crossed from the mainland to Santa Rosa Island with 1,200 men in two small steamers to surprise Union camps and capture Fort Pickens. He landed on the north beach about four miles east of Fort Pickens and divided his command into three columns. After proceeding about three miles, the Confederates surprised the 6th Regiment, New York Volunteers, in its camp and routed the regiment. Gen. Anderson then adopted a defensive stance to entice the Federals t…READ MORE
10/9/61
Battle - Santa Rosa Island - Santa Rosa Island, Florida
An unsuccessful attempt by Confederate forces to take control of Fort Pickens.READ MORE
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
8/15/62
Organized - Florida 1st Infantry - Florida
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William Miller
ColonelWilliam Miller
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Calvin Brown
Brigadier GeneralJohn Calvin Brown
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James Patton Anderson
Brigadier GeneralJames Patton Anderson
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Calvin Brown
Brigadier GeneralJohn Calvin Brown
10/8/62
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
10/11/62
Battle - Harrodsburg, Kentucky
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William Preston
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Preston
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John C. Breckinridge
Major GeneralJohn C. Breckinridge
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William Miller
ColonelWilliam Miller
12/31/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William S. Dilworth
ColonelWilliam S. Dilworth
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Marcellus A. Stovall
Brigadier GeneralMarcellus A. Stovall
9/19/63
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
11/25/63
Battle - Missionary Ridge - Chattanooga, Tennessee
From the last days of September through October 1863, Gen. Braxton Bragg's army laid siege to the Union army under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans at Chattanooga, cutting off its supplies. On October 17, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant received command of the Western armies; he moved to reinforce Chattanooga and replaced Rosecrans with Maj. Gen. George Thomas. A new supply line was soon established. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman arrived with his four divisions in mid-November, and the Federals began offensive operat…READ MORE
11/26/63
Battle - Ringgold, Georgia
2/20/64
Battle - Olustee - Baker County, Florida
In February 1864, the commander of the Union Department of the South, Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, launched an expedition into Florida to secure Union enclaves, sever Rebel supply routes, and recruit black soldiers. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour moved his 5,500-man force from Jacksonville deep into the state, meeting little resistance. On February 20th, as he advanced toward Lake City, he approached Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan's 5,000 Confederates entrenched in an open pine woods near Olustee. Finegan send forw…READ MORE
5/13/64
Battle - Resaca - Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia
Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, the first battle in Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a four-mile defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad west and north of Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On May 13th, Sherman tested the Rebel lines, sending forward divisions to skirmish with the Confederates, with little substantive result. On the 14th, the fighting erupted into a full-…READ MORE
5/27/64
Battle - Dallas - Paulding County, Georgia
During early and mid-May 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman successfully outmaneuvered the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in multiple battles in northwest Georgia. Each time, Johnston fell back to a new defensive position closer to the strategic Confederate city of Atlanta. Stopped at New Hope Church on Johnston's left on May 26th, Sherman attacked Johnston's right at Pickett's Mill on May 27th. The next day, Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps probed the Union defensive line, held by Maj. Gen. John A. Log…READ MORE
5/31/64
Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE
6/6/64
Battle - Marietta - Cobb County, Georgia
7/22/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Matthew Strain
CaptainMatthew Strain
7/22/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Jesse J. Finley
Brigadier GeneralJesse J. Finley
7/22/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William B. Bate
Major GeneralWilliam B. Bate
7/22/64
Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE
8/31/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined 4th Florida Infantry
8/31/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Angus D. McLean, and Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Kenan
ColonelAngus D. McLean
Lieutenant ColonelDaniel Kenan
8/31/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John C. Brown
Major GeneralJohn C. Brown
8/31/64
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
9/24/64
Battle - MARianna, Florida
9/27/64
Battle - Marianna - Marianna, Florida
9/28/64
Battle - Vernon, Florida
11/30/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Edward Badger, and Major Jacob A. Lash
Lieutenant ColonelEdward Badger
MajorJacob A. Lash
11/30/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Robert Bullock, and Major Jacob A. Lash
ColonelRobert Bullock
MajorJacob A. Lash
11/30/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William B. Bate
Major GeneralWilliam B. Bate
11/30/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Edward Badger
Lieutenant ColonelEdward Badger
11/30/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
12/5/64
Battle - Third Murfreesboro - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Matthew H. Strain
CaptainMatthew H. Strain
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major Glover A. Ball, and Major Jacob A. Lash
MajorGlover A. Ball
MajorJacob A. Lash
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major Jacob A. Lash
MajorJacob A. Lash
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
12/17/64
Battle - Franklin, Tennessee
12/18/64
Battle - Franklin, Tennessee
3/19/65
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
4/9/65
Mustered Out - Florida 1st Infantry - Florida
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