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Indiana 57th Infantry (Union)

18/11/1861

Organized - Indiana 57th Infantry - Indiana

06/04/1862

Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee

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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

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Cyrus Hines

29/04/1862

Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi

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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 - Colonel Cyrus Cooke Hines

08/10/1862

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel George Day Wagner, and undefined k-0 w-0 m-2 = 2

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

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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 Cyrus C. Hines, Captain John S. McGraw, and Lieutenant Colonel George W. Lennard

ColonelCyrus C. Hines

CaptainJohn S. McGraw

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge W. Lennard

31/12/1862

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel George D. Wagner

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 - Regiment - Colonel Cyrus C. Hines

31/12/1862

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George W. Lennard

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge W. Lennard

31/12/1862

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

31/12/1862

Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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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 - Lieutenant Colonel George W. Lennard

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge W. Lennard

19/09/1863

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George D. Wagner

Brigadier GeneralGeorge D. Wagner

19/09/1863

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

19/09/1863

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

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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

25/11/1863

Battle - Missionary Ridge - Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Missionary Ridge

From the last days of September through October 1863, Gen. Braxton Bragg's army laid siege to the Union army under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans at Chattanooga, cutting off its supplies. On October 17, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant received command of the Western armies; he moved to reinforce Chattanooga and replaced Rosecrans with Maj. Gen. George Thomas. A new supply line was soon established. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman arrived with his four divisions in mid-November, and the Federals began offensive operat…READ MORE

13/05/1864

Battle - Resaca - Gordon County, Georgia; Whitfield County, Georgia

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Resaca

Following his withdrawal from Rocky Face Ridge, the first battle in Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston established a four-mile defensive position protecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad west and north of Resaca, where the railroad crossed the Oostanaula River. On May 13th, Sherman tested the Rebel lines, sending forward divisions to skirmish with the Confederates, with little substantive result. On the 14th, the fighting erupted into a full-…READ MORE

27/06/1864

Battle - Kennesaw Mountain - Cobb County, Georgia

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Kennesaw Mountain

Fearing envelopment northwest of Atlanta, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston withdrew his army to a new defensive position astride Kennesaw Mountain near Marietta. Johnston selected this position in order to protect the Western & Atlantic Railroad, his supply link to Atlanta. Prior to taking up this new line on June 19th, Johnston had pioneers working through the night digging trenches and erecting fortifications, turning Kennesaw into a formidable earthen fortress. Having defeated Lieut. Gen. John…READ MORE

20/07/1864

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John W. Blake

20/07/1864

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John Newton

Brigadier GeneralJohn Newton

20/07/1864

Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia

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Peachtree Creek

Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE

22/07/1864

Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia

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Atlanta

Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE

31/08/1864

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George D. Wagner

Brigadier GeneralGeorge D. Wagner

31/08/1864

Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia

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Jonesborough

By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE

29/11/1864

Battle - Spring Hill - Maury County, Tennessee

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Spring Hill

On the night of November 28, 1864, Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee marched toward Spring Hill to get astride Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield's Union army's supply line. Hood was pursuing Schofield as the Yankees withdrew north from Columbia towards Nashville. Cavalry skirmishing between Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson's Union cavalry and Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate troopers continued throughout the day as the Confederates advanced. On November 29th, Hood's infantry crossed the Duck…READ MORE

30/11/1864

Leadership Change - Regiment - Major John S. McGraw

30/11/1864

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John Q. Lane

30/11/1864

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General George D. Wagner

Brigadier GeneralGeorge D. Wagner

30/11/1864

Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee

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Franklin (1864)

After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE

15/12/1864

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Willis Blanch, and Major John S. McGraw

Lieutenant ColonelWillis Blanch

MajorJohn S. McGraw

15/12/1864

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Washington Lafayette Elliott

15/12/1864

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Willis Blanch

Lieutenant ColonelWillis Blanch

15/12/1864

Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee

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Nashville

Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE

14/12/1865

Mustered Out - Indiana 57th Infantry - Indiana

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