Mississippi 43rd Infantry (Confederate)
19/09/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry Little
Brigadier GeneralHenry Little
19/09/1862
Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William H. Moore, and Lieutenant Colonel Richard W. Leigh
ColonelWilliam H. Moore
Lieutenant ColonelRichard W. Leigh
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Martin E. Green, and Colonel William H. Moore
Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green
ColonelWilliam H. Moore
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Louis Hébert, and Brigadier General Martin E. Green
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Richard W. Leigh
Lieutenant ColonelRichard W. Leigh
03/10/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William H. Moore
ColonelWilliam H. Moore
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
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Richard Harrison
ColonelRichard Harrison
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Louis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John H. Forney
Major GeneralJohn H. Forney
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
20/07/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Adams
Brigadier GeneralJohn Adams
20/07/1864
Leadership Change - Division - undefined Company B 7th Tennessee Cavalry: Cpt James P. Russell, undefined Escort, and Major General William W. Loring
20/07/1864
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
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
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Adams, and Colonel Robert Lowry
Brigadier GeneralJohn Adams
ColonelRobert Lowry
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William W. Loring
Major GeneralWilliam W. Loring
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Adams
Brigadier GeneralJohn Adams
30/11/1864
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
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 - Brigade - Colonel Robert Lowry
ColonelRobert Lowry
15/12/1864
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
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
07/03/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Robert Lawrence
Lieutenant ColonelRobert Lawrence
07/03/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward C. Walthall
Major GeneralEdward C. Walthall
07/03/1865
Battle - Wyse Fork - Kinston, North Carolina
By the end of February 1865, the North Carolina port city of Wilmington, defended by Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, had fallen to the army of Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield. The port city became a supply base for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's army in North Carolina, then beginning to close in on Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army. To consolidate forces against Johnston, Sherman ordered Schofield's Army of the Ohio to advance inland from Wilmington, at the same time assigning Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox to move the U…READ MORE
09/04/1865
Mustered Out - Mississippi 43rd Infantry - Mississippi
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