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Ohio 16th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

5/3/61

Organized - Ohio 16th Volunteer Infantry - Ohio

6/3/61

Battle - Philippi - Barbour County, Virginia

Philippi
Philippi

Fighting at Philippi in Barbour County on June 3, 1861, was the first organized land battle of the war. Union troops had been ordered to the vicinity to secure the critical river crossings and rail junctions. Confederate units in the area recruiting troops for Southern service concentrated at Philippi as Union columns advanced from the north and west.READ MORE

7/11/61

Battle - Rich Mountain - Randolph County, Virginia

Rich Mountain
Rich Mountain

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union forces in western Virginia in June 1861. After their defeat by McClellan at Philippi, Confederate troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett had fortified two key mountain passes. The one furthest south, Camp Garnett, consisted of earth and log entrenchments overlooking the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike at Rich Mountain, just west of Beverly. On June 27th, McClellan moved his brigades of Ohio and Indiana soldiers from Clarksburg south aga…READ MORE

8/6/62

Battle - Tazewell, Tennessee

9/17/62

Battle - Antietam - Sharpsburg, Maryland

Antietam
Antietam

The Army of the Potomac, under the command of Maj. Gen. George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against General Robert E. Lee's forces along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17th, 1862.READ MORE

12/26/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Philip Kershner

Lieutenant ColonelPhilip Kershner

12/26/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Philip Kershner

Lieutenant ColonelPhilip Kershner

12/26/62

Battle - Chickasaw Bayou - Warren County, Mississippi

1/9/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Eli W. Botsford

1/9/63

Battle - Arkansas Post - Arkansas Post, Arkansas

Arkansas Post
Arkansas Post

The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Battle of Fort Hindman, was a combined land-river assault by Union forces on the Confederate Fort Hindman, which loomed over a bend in the Arkansas River near the town of Arkansas Post. As the Union advance down the Mississippi River passed the mouth of the Arkansas, the presence of Fort Hindman outflanked the Federal forward positions.READ MORE

4/29/63

Battle - Grand Gulf - Grand Gulf, Mississippi

Grand Gulf
Grand Gulf

The river batteries at Grand Gulf were the southernmost leg of the Vicksburg defenses. Grant tried to land his army at Grand Gulf but was driven off by the Confederate batteries.READ MORE

5/16/63

Battle - Champion Hill - Hinds County, Mississippi

Champion Hill
Champion Hill

The Battle of Champion Hill was the largest and bloodiest action of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.READ MORE

5/17/63

Battle - Big Black River Bridge - Hinds County, Mississippi

Big Black River Bridge
Big Black River Bridge

Reeling from their defeat at Champion Hill and heading west toward Vicksburg, the Confederates reached Big Black River Bridge, the night of May 16-17th. Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton ordered Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, with three brigades, to man the fortifications on the east bank of the river and impede any Union pursuit. Three divisions of Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand's Thirteenth Corps moved out from Edwards Station on the morning of the 17th. They encountered the Confederates behind breastworks and took co…READ MORE

5/18/63

Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg
Vicksburg

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

10/31/64

Mustered Out - Ohio 16th Volunteer Infantry - Ohio

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