Michigan 13th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
1/17/62
Organized - Michigan 13th Volunteer Infantry - Michigan
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
4/29/62
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Wordon
Lieutenant ColonelFrederick William Wordon
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles Garrison Harker, and undefined k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0
10/8/62
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 18 guns k-0 w-0 m-2 = 2, and Brigadier General Thomas John Wood
Brigadier GeneralThomas John 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 - Colonel Michael Shoemaker
ColonelMichael Shoemaker
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles G. Harker
ColonelCharles G. Harker
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall, and Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood
Brigadier GeneralMilo S. Hascall
Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood
12/31/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood
Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood
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 - Colonel Joshua B. Culver, and Major Willard G. Eaton
ColonelJoshua B. Culver
MajorWillard G. Eaton
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel George P. Buell
ColonelGeorge P. Buell
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood
Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood
9/19/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Joshua B. Culver
ColonelJoshua B. Culver
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
3/19/65
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
7/25/65
Mustered Out - Michigan 13th Volunteer Infantry - Michigan
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