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Michigan 13th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

1/17/62

Organized - Michigan 13th Volunteer Infantry - Michigan

4/6/62

Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee

Shiloh
Shiloh

On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck the encamped divisions of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.READ MORE

4/29/62

Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi

Siege of Corinth
Siege of Corinth

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

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

12/31/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Michael Shoemaker

12/31/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles 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

Stones River
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

9/19/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Joshua B. Culver, and Major Willard G. Eaton

9/19/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel George 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

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

3/19/65

Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina

Bentonville
Bentonville

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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