Illinois 58th Infantry (Union)
11/02/1862
Organized - Illinois 58th Infantry - Illinois
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 - Brigade - Colonel Silas D. Baldwin, and Colonel Thomas W. Sweeny
ColonelSilas D. Baldwin
ColonelThomas W. Sweeny
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 - Brigade - Colonel Thomas W. Sweeny
ColonelThomas W. Sweeny
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 - 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 - 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
08/04/1864
Battle - Mansfield - DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
The Red River Campaign of 1864 was one General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant's initiatives to apply simultaneous pressure on Confederate armies along five separate fronts from Louisiana to Virginia. In addition to defeating the defending Confederate army, the campaign sought to confiscate cotton stores from plantations along the river and to give support to pro-Union governments in Louisiana. By early April, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks' Union army was about 150 miles up the Red River threatening Shreveport. C…READ MORE
09/04/1864
Battle - Pleasant Hill - Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana
18/05/1864
Battle - Yellow Bayou - Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
23/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel T. J. Kinney
ColonelT. J. Kinney
23/10/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Colonel David Moore
ColonelDavid Moore
23/10/1864
Battle - Westport - Westport, Missouri
The Battle of Westport, fought October 21-23, was the largest battle west of the Mississippi River and the decisive battle of Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's 1864 Missouri campaign. Directions guide the visitor to the first of twenty-five narrative markers on a 32-mile, self-guided automobile tour and a self-guided walking tour of Byram's Ford and the Big Blue Battlefield. Each marker provides directions to the next stop on the tour. A written brochure is available from the Battle of Westport Visitor Cen…READ MORE
15/12/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Robert W. Healy
MajorRobert W. Healy
15/12/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James I. Gilbert
ColonelJames I. Gilbert
15/12/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Kenner Garrard
Brigadier GeneralKenner Garrard
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
15/04/1866
Mustered Out - Illinois 58th Infantry - Illinois
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