Illinois Jenks' Cavalry (Union)
23/09/1861
Organized - Illinois Jenks' Cavalry - Illinois
19/09/1862
Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Iuka
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE
25/12/1862
Mustered Out - Illinois Jenks' Cavalry - Illinois
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