Indiana 73rd Infantry (Union)

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

ColonelCharles G. Harker

Brigadier GeneralMilo S. Hascall

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

Stones River

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

Day's Gap

In the spring of 1863, Union colonel Abel Streight set out from Nashville, under orders from General William S. Rosecrans to target railroads and other Confederate supply lines. With him went a brigade of about 1,300 soldiers opposed, while their opponents numbered only 500. But that 500 was commanded by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who by then had gathered a solid reputation as a tenacious fighter.READ MORE