Wisconsin 18th Infantry (Union)
15/03/1862
Organized - Wisconsin 18th Infantry - Wisconsin
06/04/1862
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
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
01/05/1863
Battle - Port Gibson - Claiborne County, Mississippi
On April 30, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army crossed the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, 30 miles south of his objective of Vicksburg. Grant hoped to move east toward the capital at Jackson to block the Confederate army there under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from reinforcing Vicksburg. Port Gibson, ten miles east of Bruinsburg on the Bayou Pierre River, commanded the best approach routes and was the first Federal objective. A Confederate force there was commanded by Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen. Grant's A…READ MORE
16/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John B. Sanborn
ColonelJohn B. Sanborn
16/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Isaac F. Quinby, and Brigadier General Marcellus M. Crocker
Brigadier GeneralIsaac F. Quinby
Brigadier GeneralMarcellus M. Crocker
16/05/1863
Battle - Champion Hill - Hinds County, Mississippi
The Battle of Champion Hill was the largest and bloodiest action of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.READ MORE
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - undefined 4th Missouri Cavalry Company F: Lt Alexander Mueller, Brigadier General Isaac Quinby, Brigadier General John E. Smith, and undefined Escort
4th Missouri Cavalry Company F: Lt Alexander Mueller
Brigadier GeneralIsaac Quinby
Brigadier GeneralJohn E. Smith
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
05/10/1864
Battle - Allatoona - Bartow County, Georgia
07/03/1865
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Horace Boughton
ColonelHorace Boughton
07/03/1865
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer
Brigadier GeneralInnis N. Palmer
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
19/03/1865
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
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
18/07/1865
Mustered Out - Wisconsin 18th Infantry - Wisconsin
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