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Michigan 13th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

17/01/1862

Organized - Michigan 13th Volunteer Infantry - Michigan

06/04/1862

Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee

Shiloh
Shiloh

On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck the encamped divisions of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.READ MORE

29/04/1862

Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi

Siege of Corinth
Siege of Corinth

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

08/10/1862

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Wordon

Lieutenant ColonelFrederick William Wordon

08/10/1862

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles Garrison Harker, and undefined k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0

08/10/1862

Leadership Change - Division - undefined 18 guns k-0 w-0 m-2 = 2, and Brigadier General Thomas John Wood

08/10/1862

Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky

Perryville
Perryville

On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE

31/12/1862

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Michael Shoemaker

31/12/1862

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles G. Harker

31/12/1862

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall, and Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralMilo S. Hascall

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

31/12/1862

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

31/12/1862

Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Stones River
Stones River

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

19/09/1863

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Joshua B. Culver, and Major Willard G. Eaton

19/09/1863

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel George P. Buell

19/09/1863

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

19/09/1863

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Joshua B. Culver

19/09/1863

Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia

Chickamauga
Chickamauga

After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE

19/03/1865

Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina

Bentonville
Bentonville

After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE

25/07/1865

Mustered Out - Michigan 13th Volunteer Infantry - Michigan

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