Wisconsin 6th Light Independent Artillery (Union)
10/2/61
Organized - Wisconsin 6th Light Independent Artillery - Wisconsin
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
10/3/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Jeremiah C. Sullivan, and Colonel Samuel A. Holmes
Brigadier GeneralJeremiah C. Sullivan
ColonelSamuel A. Holmes
10/3/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Charles S. Hamilton, and undefined Escort: 5th Missouri Cavalry Company C
Brigadier GeneralCharles S. Hamilton
10/3/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Brigadier GeneralJeremiah C. Sullivan
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
5/1/63
Battle - Port Gibson - Claiborne County, Mississippi
On April 30, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army crossed the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, 30 miles south of his objective of Vicksburg. Grant hoped to move east toward the capital at Jackson to block the Confederate army there under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from reinforcing Vicksburg. Port Gibson, ten miles east of Bruinsburg on the Bayou Pierre River, commanded the best approach routes and was the first Federal objective. A Confederate force there was commanded by Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen. Grant's A…READ MORE
5/16/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Frank C. Sands
CaptainFrank C. Sands
5/16/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Isaac F. Quinby, and Brigadier General Marcellus M. Crocker
Brigadier GeneralIsaac F. Quinby
Brigadier GeneralMarcellus M. Crocker
5/16/63
Battle - Champion Hill - Hinds County, Mississippi
The Battle of Champion Hill was the largest and bloodiest action of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.READ MORE
5/18/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Henry Dillon, and Lieutenant Samuel F. Clark
CaptainHenry Dillon
LieutenantSamuel F. Clark
5/18/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain Frank C. Sands, and Captain Henry Dillon
CaptainFrank C. Sands
CaptainHenry Dillon
5/18/63
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 4th Missouri Cavalry Company F: Lt Alexander Mueller, Brigadier General Isaac Quinby, Brigadier General John E. Smith, and undefined Escort
4th Missouri Cavalry Company F: Lt Alexander Mueller
Brigadier GeneralIsaac Quinby
Brigadier GeneralJohn E. Smith
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
11/23/63
Battle - Chattanooga Campaign - Chattanooga, Tennessee
After taking charge of the Union's western armies in October of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant focused on lifting the Confederate siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which had been in place since the Battle of Chickamauga in September. Grant opened the 'Cracker Line' across the Tennessee River to bring supplies to the beleaguered Army of the Cumberland inside the city, and, in mid-November, brought Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee into the city as well. The Confederates under Maj. Gen.…READ MORE
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
7/3/65
Mustered Out - Wisconsin 6th Light Independent Artillery - Wisconsin
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