Tennessee 28th Infantry (Confederate)
28/09/1861
Organized - Tennessee 28th Infantry - Tennessee
19/01/1862
Battle - Mill Springs - Pulaski County, Kentucky; Wayne County, Kentucky
Early in the war, the Lincoln administration knew well the importance of keeping the border state of Kentucky in the Union. Any Rebel armies operating successfully there could encourage secessionist sympathies. In late 1861, a Confederate force of around 6,000 men under Brig. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer encamped for the winter near Mill Springs, on the Cumberland River in the southeast corner of the state just north of the Tennessee border and close to the strategic Cumberland Gap. A Union force under Brig. Gen…READ MORE
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John P. Murray
ColonelJohn P. Murray
06/04/1862
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Preston D. Cunningham
ColonelPreston D. Cunningham
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow, and Colonel Joseph B. Palmer
Brigadier GeneralGideon J. Pillow
ColonelJoseph B. Palmer
31/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Preston D. Cunningham
ColonelPreston D. Cunningham
31/12/1862
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
08/03/1863
Mustered Out - Tennessee 28th Infantry - Tennessee
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