Missouri 22nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
2/28/62
Battle - Island Number Ten - New Madrid, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee
Island Number Ten
In addition to prosecuting the coastal blockade and pursuing Confederate commerce raiders, the U.S. Navy's other main role in the Civil War, and arguably its most important one, was seizing and controlling the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In this effort, the main obstacle was not the tiny Confederate navy, but rather the formidable shore fortifications erected by the Confederates along the banks of the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers. This war, therefore, was less often a matter of s…READ MORE
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Crafts J. Wright
ColonelCrafts J. Wright
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John McArthur, and Colonel Thomas Morton
Brigadier GeneralJohn McArthur
ColonelThomas Morton
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace, and Colonel James M. Tuttle
Brigadier GeneralW.H.L. Wallace
ColonelJames M. Tuttle
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John McArthur
Brigadier GeneralJohn McArthur
4/6/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace
Brigadier GeneralW.H.L. Wallace
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
7/22/62
Mustered Out - Missouri 22nd Volunteer Infantry - Missouri
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