Mississippi 15th Sharpshooters Battalion (Confederate)
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Sterling Alexander Martin Wood
Brigadier GeneralSterling Alexander Martin Wood
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
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain A. T. Hawkins
CaptainA. T. Hawkins
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Sterling A. M. Wood
Brigadier GeneralSterling A. M. Wood
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Patrick R. Cleburne
Major GeneralPatrick R. Cleburne
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 - Captain Daniel Coleman, and Major A. T. Hawkins
CaptainDaniel Coleman
MajorA. T. Hawkins
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Patrick Cleburne
Major GeneralPatrick Cleburne
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
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