Mississippi 37th Infantry (Confederate)
19/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry Little
Brigadier GeneralHenry Little
19/09/1862
Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Robert McLain
ColonelRobert McLain
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John D. Martin, and Colonel Robert McLain
ColonelJohn D. Martin
ColonelRobert McLain
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Louis Hébert, and Brigadier General Martin E. Green
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John D. Martin
ColonelJohn D. Martin
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Robert McLain
ColonelRobert McLain
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
08/10/1862
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Orlando S. Holland
ColonelOrlando S. Holland
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Louis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John H. Forney
Major GeneralJohn H. Forney
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
20/07/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edward A. O'Neal
ColonelEdward A. O'Neal
20/07/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Edward C. Walthall
Brigadier GeneralEdward C. Walthall
20/07/1864
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
28/07/1864
Battle - Ezra Church - Fulton County, Georgia
After his July 22, 1864 victory at the Battle of Atlanta, with the Georgia Railroad cut, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman turned his attention to the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads, running southwest from the city. Prior to moving, Sherman adjusted his armies: Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio would hold the east edge of the city, while Maj. Gen. George Thomas' Army of the Cumberland took up position to the north. Spearheading the movement to the southwest toward the Macon…READ MORE
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Charles M. Shelley
Brigadier GeneralCharles M. Shelley
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward C. Walthall
Major GeneralEdward C. Walthall
30/11/1864
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
15/12/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Samuel H. Terral
MajorSamuel H. Terral
15/12/1864
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
26/04/1865
Mustered Out - Mississippi 37th Infantry - Mississippi
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