Iowa 14th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
06/11/1861
Organized - Iowa 14th Volunteer Infantry - Iowa
06/02/1862
Battle - Fort Henry - Stewart County, Tennessee; Henry County, Tennessee; Calloway County, Kentucky
Beginning in the autumn of 1861, a variety of voices in the Union command structure began speculating on the possibility of seizing Forts Henry and Donelson to open a water route into the Confederate heartland. On January 30, 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses Grant received the long-anticipated word that he and Flag Officer Andrew Foote would lead a joint expedition against the twin forts. The two divisions of infantry under Grant numbered some 15,000 men and were accompanied by Foote's flotilla of ironclad and tim…READ MORE
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 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
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
14/02/1864
Battle - Meridian - Lauderdale County, Mississippi
09/04/1864
Battle - Pleasant Hill - Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana
18/05/1864
Battle - Yellow Bayou - Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
07/06/1864
Battle - Ripley, Mississippi
14/07/1864
Battle - Tupelo - Tupelo, Mississippi
Union Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, commanding the Sixteenth Corps with more than 14,000 men, left LaGrange, Tennessee on July 5, 1864, and advanced south. Smith's mission was to insure that Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest and his cavalry did not raid Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's railroad supply line in middle Tennessee supporting the campaign against Atlanta. Laying waste to the countryside as he advanced, Smith reached Pontotoc, Mississippi, on July 11th. Forrest was in nearby Okolona with about 6,000 men, bu…READ MORE
15/07/1864
Battle - Old Town Creek, Mississippi
27/09/1864
Battle - Fort Davidson - Iron County, Missouri
Facing battlefield defeats in the late summer of 1864, the Confederacy desperately sought victories in hopes of persuading the war-weary Union population to vote against the reelection of Abraham Lincoln that November. That September, the 12,000-man Confederate Army of Missouri under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price moved north with the goal of capturing St. Louis. Eighty miles south of the city, Price encountered Fort Davidson near the town of Ironton, defended by 1,500 men under Union Brig. Gen. Thomas Ewing. On…READ MORE
23/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James Isham Gilbert
ColonelJames Isham Gilbert
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
08/08/1865
Mustered Out - Iowa 14th Volunteer Infantry - Iowa
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