Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
01/06/1861
Organized - Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry - Missouri
06/03/1862
Battle - Pea Ridge - Leetown, Arkansas
Pea Ridge
By the spring of 1862, Union forces had pushed Confederates south and west through Missouri into northwestern Arkansas. On the night of March 6, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn and his 16,000-man Army of the West set out to counterattack the Union position near Pea Ridge. Hoping to move quickly, in a fateful decision, Van Dorn ordered the supply trains far to the rear. Learning of Van Dorn's approach, some 10,000 Federals in Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Southwest marched to meet the…READ MORE
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Everett Peabody, and Colonel John L. Doran
ColonelEverett Peabody
ColonelJohn L. Doran
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin M. Prentiss
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Everett Peabody
ColonelEverett Peabody
06/04/1862
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin M. Prentiss
06/04/1862
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
17/02/1864
Mustered Out - Missouri 25th Volunteer Infantry - Missouri
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