Indiana 6th Independent Light Artillery (Union)
07/09/1861
Organized - Indiana 6th Independent Light Artillery - Indiana
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Frederick Behr
CaptainFrederick Behr
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William T. Sherman
Brigadier GeneralWilliam T. Sherman
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 - Captain Michael Mueller
CaptainMichael Mueller
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Captain William Cogswell
CaptainWilliam Cogswell
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 7th Illinois Cavalry Company B: Cpt Henry C. Forbes, Brigadier General William Sooy Smith, and undefined Escort
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
22/07/1865
Mustered Out - Indiana 6th Independent Light Artillery - Indiana
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