Ohio 58th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
01/10/1861
Organized - Ohio 58th Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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 - Regiment - Colonel Valentine Bausenwein
ColonelValentine Bausenwein
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Lew Wallace
Major GeneralLew 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
26/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Peter Dister
Lieutenant ColonelPeter Dister
26/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Brigadier GeneralFrancis Preston Blair Jr.
26/12/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Frederick Steele
Brigadier GeneralFrederick Steele
26/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Peter Dister
Lieutenant ColonelPeter Dister
26/12/1862
Battle - Chickasaw Bayou - Warren County, Mississippi
09/01/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Bastian Benkler
CaptainBastian Benkler
09/01/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Frederick Steele, and undefined Escort: Dodson's Kane County Cavalry: Cpt William C. Wilder
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
29/04/1863
Battle - Grand Gulf - Grand Gulf, Mississippi
The river batteries at Grand Gulf were the southernmost leg of the Vicksburg defenses. Grant tried to land his army at Grand Gulf but was driven off by the Confederate batteries.READ MORE
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
16/09/1865
Mustered Out - Ohio 58th Volunteer Infantry - Ohio
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