Iowa 2nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
27/05/1861
Organized - Iowa 2nd Volunteer Infantry - Iowa
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 James Baker
Lieutenant ColonelJames Baker
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James M. Tuttle, and Lieutenant Colonel James Baker
ColonelJames M. Tuttle
Lieutenant ColonelJames Baker
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace, and Colonel James M. Tuttle
Brigadier GeneralW.H.L. Wallace
ColonelJames M. Tuttle
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General W.H.L. Wallace
Brigadier GeneralW.H.L. 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
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James Baker
ColonelJames Baker
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Pleasant A. Hackleman, and Colonel Thomas W. Sweeny
Brigadier GeneralPleasant A. Hackleman
ColonelThomas W. Sweeny
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas A. Davies
Brigadier GeneralThomas A. Davies
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James Baker
ColonelJames Baker
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Pleasant A. Hackleman
Brigadier GeneralPleasant A. Hackleman
03/10/1862
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
05/10/1862
Battle - Corinth, Mississippi
20/12/1862
Battle - Holly Springs - Holly Springs, Mississippi
07/07/1863
Battle - Corinth, Mississippi
27/05/1864
Battle - Dallas - Paulding County, Georgia
During early and mid-May 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman successfully outmaneuvered the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in multiple battles in northwest Georgia. Each time, Johnston fell back to a new defensive position closer to the strategic Confederate city of Atlanta. Stopped at New Hope Church on Johnston's left on May 26th, Sherman attacked Johnston's right at Pickett's Mill on May 27th. The next day, Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps probed the Union defensive line, held by Maj. Gen. John A. Log…READ MORE
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Elliott W. Rice
Brigadier GeneralElliott W. Rice
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John M. Corse
Brigadier GeneralJohn M. Corse
31/08/1864
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
24/02/1865
Battle - Camden, South Carolina
03/03/1865
Battle - Cheraw, South Carolina
20/07/1865
Mustered Out - Iowa 2nd Volunteer Infantry - Iowa
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