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Tennessee 12th Cavalry Battalion (Confederate)

9/1/62

Organized - Tennessee 12th Cavalry Battalion - Tennessee

10/8/62

Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky

Perryville
Perryville

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

9/19/63

Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia

Chickamauga
Chickamauga

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

6/5/64

Battle - Piedmont - Augusta County, Virginia

7/9/64

Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Major George W. Day

7/9/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John Echols

Brigadier GeneralJohn Echols

7/9/64

Battle - Monocacy - Frederick County, Maryland

Monocacy
Monocacy

After marching north down the Shenandoah Valley from Lynchburg, the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early side-stepped the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry and crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown into Maryland on July 5-6th, 1864. On July 9th, a makeshift Union force under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace attempted to stop Early's invading Confederate divisions along the Monocacy River, just east of Frederick. The strategic area was near the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Georgetown…READ MORE

9/19/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Onslow Bean

Lieutenant ColonelOnslow Bean

9/19/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Lunsford L. Lomax

Major GeneralLunsford L. Lomax

9/19/64

Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia

Third Winchester
Third Winchester

To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE

4/12/65

Mustered Out - Tennessee 12th Cavalry Battalion - Tennessee

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