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Arkansas 31st Infantry (Confederate)

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

27/05/1862

Organized - Arkansas 31st Infantry - Arkansas

30/08/1862

Leadership Change - Regiment - Major James W. Clark

30/08/1862

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas H. McCray

30/08/1862

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas James Churchill

Brigadier GeneralThomas James Churchill

30/08/1862

Battle - Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County, Kentucky

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Richmond, Kentucky

In Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith's 1862 Confederate offensive into Kentucky, Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne led the advance with Col. John S. Scott's cavalry out in front. The Rebel cavalry, while moving north from Big Hill on the road to Richmond, Kentucky, encountered Union troopers on August 29th and began skirmishing. After noon, Union artillery and infantry joined the fray, forcing the Confederate cavalry to retreat to Big Hill. At that time, Brig. Gen. Mahlon D. Manson, who commanded Union forces in the area…READ MORE

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