Illinois 28th Infantry (Union)
15/08/1861
Organized - Illinois 28th Infantry - Illinois
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Amory K. Johnson
ColonelAmory K. Johnson
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Isaac C. Pugh, and Colonel Nelson G. Williams
ColonelIsaac C. Pugh
ColonelNelson G. Williams
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Nelson G. Williams
ColonelNelson G. Williams
06/04/1862
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
29/04/1862
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
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Hinman Rhodes
MajorHinman Rhodes
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Amory K. Johnson, and Colonel George E. Bryant
ColonelAmory K. Johnson
ColonelGeorge E. Bryant
18/05/1863
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg, defended by a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton. Capture of the Mississippi River town was critical to Union control of the strategic river. Vicksburg was located on a high river bluff defended with artillery, and Pemberton's men had constructed a series of fortifications in an 8-mile arc surrounding the city on the landward side. After crossing the…READ MORE
22/07/1864
Battle - Vidalia, Louisiana
26/03/1865
Battle - Spanish Fort, Alabama
27/03/1865
Battle - Spanish Fort - Baldwin, Alabama
15/03/1866
Mustered Out - Illinois 28th Infantry - Illinois
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