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Indiana 51st Infantry (Union)

14/12/61

Organized - Indiana 51st Infantry - Indiana

6/04/62

Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee

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Shiloh

On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck the encamped divisions of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.READ MORE

29/04/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Abel Streight

29/04/62

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

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Abel D. Streight

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles Garrison Harker, and undefined k-0 w-0 m-0 = 0

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Division - undefined 18 guns k-0 w-0 m-2 = 2, and Brigadier General Thomas John Wood

8/10/62

Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky

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Perryville

On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE

31/12/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Charles G. Harker

31/12/62

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall, and Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralMilo S. Hascall

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

31/12/62

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

31/12/62

Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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Stones River

After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE

30/04/63

Battle - Day's Gap - Cullman County, Arkansas

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Day's Gap

In the spring of 1863, Union colonel Abel Streight set out from Nashville, under orders from General William S. Rosecrans to target railroads and other Confederate supply lines. With him went a brigade of about 1,300 soldiers opposed, while their opponents numbered only 500. But that 500 was commanded by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who by then had gathered a solid reputation as a tenacious fighter.READ MORE

31/08/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George D. Wagner

Brigadier GeneralGeorge D. Wagner

31/08/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General John Newton

Brigadier GeneralJohn Newton

31/08/64

Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia

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Jonesborough

By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE

30/11/64

Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain William W. Scearce

30/11/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Abel D. Streight

30/11/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Brigadier GeneralThomas J. Wood

30/11/64

Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee

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Franklin (1864)

After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE

15/12/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Samuel Beatty

Brigadier GeneralSamuel Beatty

15/12/64

Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee

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Nashville

Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE

13/12/65

Mustered Out - Indiana 51st Infantry - Indiana

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