Arkansas 14th Infantry (Confederate)
23/09/1861
Organized - Arkansas 14th Infantry - Arkansas
06/03/1862
Battle - Pea Ridge - Leetown, Arkansas
By the spring of 1862, Union forces had pushed Confederates south and west through Missouri into northwestern Arkansas. On the night of March 6, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn and his 16,000-man Army of the West set out to counterattack the Union position near Pea Ridge. Hoping to move quickly, in a fateful decision, Van Dorn ordered the supply trains far to the rear. Learning of Van Dorn's approach, some 10,000 Federals in Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Southwest marched to meet the…READ MORE
29/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Louis Hébert, and Colonel John W. Whitfield
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
ColonelJohn W. Whitfield
29/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Lewis H. Little, and Brigadier General Samuel Jones
Brigadier GeneralLewis H. Little
Brigadier GeneralSamuel Jones
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
19/09/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Louis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
19/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry Little, and Brigadier General Louis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralHenry Little
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
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 - Brigade - Colonel W. Bruce Colbert
ColonelW. Bruce Colbert
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
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
21/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William Beall
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Beall
21/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Franklin Gardner
Major GeneralFranklin Gardner
21/05/1863
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE
01/01/1864
Mustered Out - Arkansas 14th Infantry - Arkansas
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