Missouri 1st Field Light Artillery (Confederate)
6/03/62
Battle - Pea Ridge - Leetown, Arkansas
By the spring of 1862, Union forces had pushed Confederates south and west through Missouri into northwestern Arkansas. On the night of March 6, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn and his 16,000-man Army of the West set out to counterattack the Union position near Pea Ridge. Hoping to move quickly, in a fateful decision, Van Dorn ordered the supply trains far to the rear. Learning of Van Dorn's approach, some 10,000 Federals in Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis's Army of the Southwest marched to meet the…READ MORE
21/04/62
Organized - Missouri 1st Field Light Artillery - Missouri
19/09/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Martin E. Green
Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green
19/09/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry Little, and Brigadier General Louis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralHenry Little
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
19/09/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Henry Little
Brigadier GeneralHenry Little
19/09/62
Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi
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
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Martin E. Green, and Colonel William H. Moore
Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green
ColonelWilliam H. Moore
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Louis Hébert, and Brigadier General Martin E. Green
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William H. Moore
ColonelWilliam H. Moore
3/10/62
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
7/12/62
Battle - Prairie Grove - Washington County, Arkansas
Nine months after their victory at Pea Ridge, the Union Army of the Frontier in the area was geographically divided. One division under Brig. Gen. James Blunt remained in the northwestern part of Arkansas, and the second under Brig. Gen. Francis Herron was stationed around the Missouri capital of Springfield. The Confederates, hoping to use Arkansas as a base for operations into the border state of Missouri, looked to defeat the Union armies in the area. Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman gathered a Confederate f…READ MORE
18/05/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Francis Cockrell
ColonelFrancis Cockrell
18/05/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John S. Bowen
Major GeneralJohn S. Bowen
18/05/63
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
20/07/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Major George S. Storrs
MajorGeorge S. Storrs
20/07/64
Leadership Change - Division - Lieutenant Colonel Samuel C. Williams
Lieutenant ColonelSamuel C. Williams
20/07/64
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
30/11/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
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 - Major General Samuel G. French, and undefined temporarily attached to Walthall's Division
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Samuel G. French
Major GeneralSamuel G. French
15/12/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
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
7/06/65
Mustered Out - Missouri 1st Field Light Artillery - Missouri
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