Illinois Thielman's Cavalry Battalion (Union)
09/12/1861
Organized - Illinois Thielman's Cavalry Battalion - Illinois
12/09/1862
Battle - Frederick, Maryland
25/12/1862
Mustered Out - Illinois Thielman's Cavalry Battalion - Illinois
09/01/1863
Battle - Arkansas Post - Arkansas Post, Arkansas
The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Battle of Fort Hindman, was a combined land-river assault by Union forces on the Confederate Fort Hindman, which loomed over a bend in the Arkansas River near the town of Arkansas Post. As the Union advance down the Mississippi River passed the mouth of the Arkansas, the presence of Fort Hindman outflanked the Federal forward positions.READ MORE
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Milo Thielemann
CaptainMilo Thielemann
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Major GeneralFrancis Preston Blair Jr.
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
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