Michigan 12th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
09/12/1861
Organized - Michigan 12th Volunteer Infantry - Michigan
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
24/12/1862
Battle - Middleburg, Tennessee
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William H. Graves
ColonelWilliam H. Graves
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Adolph Engelmann
ColonelAdolph Engelmann
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Nathan Kimball
Brigadier GeneralNathan Kimball
18/05/1863
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg
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
04/09/1864
Battle - White River, Arkansas
15/02/1866
Mustered Out - Michigan 12th Volunteer Infantry - Michigan
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