Indiana 34th Infantry (Union)
16/09/1861
Organized - Indiana 34th Infantry - Indiana
28/02/1862
Battle - Island Number Ten - New Madrid, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee
In addition to prosecuting the coastal blockade and pursuing Confederate commerce raiders, the U.S. Navy's other main role in the Civil War, and arguably its most important one, was seizing and controlling the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In this effort, the main obstacle was not the tiny Confederate navy, but rather the formidable shore fortifications erected by the Confederates along the banks of the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers. This war, therefore, was less often a matter of s…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 - Regiment - Major Robert B. Jones
MajorRobert B. Jones
16/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George F. McGinnis
Brigadier GeneralGeorge F. McGinnis
16/05/1863
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Alvin P. Hovey
Brigadier GeneralAlvin P. Hovey
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
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
12/05/1865
Battle - Palmito Ranch - Cameron County, Texas
Union Col. Theodore H. Barrett, commanding forces at Brazos Santiago, Texas, dispatched an expedition composed of 250 men of the 62nd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment and 50 men of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment under the command of Lt. Col. David Branson to the mainland, on May 11, 1865, to attack reported Rebel outposts and camps. At 2:00 am, on May 12th, the expeditionary force surrounded the Rebel outpost at White's Ranch, but found no one there. Later that morning, people on the Mexican side of the rive…READ MORE
03/02/1866
Mustered Out - Indiana 34th Infantry - Indiana
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