Nebraska 1st Infantry (Union)
11/06/1861
Organized - Nebraska 1st Infantry - Nebraska
11/02/1862
Battle - Fort Donelson - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Early in the war, Union commanders realized control of the major rivers would be the key to success in the Western Theater.READ MORE
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel William D. McCord
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam D. McCord
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Lew Wallace
Major GeneralLew Wallace
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
26/04/1863
Battle - Cape Girardeau - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
26/04/1863
Battle - Cape Girardeau, Missouri
01/05/1863
Battle - Chalk Bluff - Clay County, Arkansas
The town of Chalk Bluff, now long gone, was the site of several skirmishes during the Civil War, the most significant of which was the May 1-2, 1863 action as General John S. Marmaduke retreated from an unsuccessful raid into Missouri. The battle and the town's history are interpreted though markers placed along a walking trail.READ MORE
02/05/1863
Battle - Chalk Bluff, Arkansas
06/11/1863
Mustered Out - Nebraska 1st Infantry - Nebraska
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