Wisconsin 28th Infantry (Union)
14/10/1862
Organized - Wisconsin 28th Infantry - Wisconsin
04/07/1863
Battle - Helena - Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
Helena
Lt. Gen. Theophilus Holmes, Confederate commander in Arkansas, sought to relieve Union pressure on Vicksburg, Mississippi as the army of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant besieged that strategic city. Holmes won approval for a plan to assault the Union-held river town of Helena, Arkansas, 170 miles north of Vicksburg, with a combined force of about 7,600 men. About 4,000 Union soldiers were in Helena under the command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss. Four artillery batteries defended the town, surrounded on the la…READ MORE
27/03/1865
Battle - Spanish Fort - Baldwin, Alabama
23/08/1865
Mustered Out - Wisconsin 28th Infantry - Wisconsin
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