Texas Terry's Rangers Infantry (Confederate)
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 - Colonel Thomas Harrison
ColonelThomas Harrison
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John A. Wharton
Brigadier GeneralJohn A. Wharton
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler
Brigadier GeneralJoseph Wheeler
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
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