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Arkansas 19th Infantry (Confederate)

21/11/61

Organized - Arkansas 19th Infantry - Arkansas

6/03/62

Battle - Pea Ridge - Leetown, Arkansas

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Pea Ridge

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

29/04/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas P. Dockery

29/04/62

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Dabney H. Maury

Brigadier GeneralDabney H. Maury

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

3/10/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William L. Cabell

Brigadier GeneralWilliam L. Cabell

3/10/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William L. Cabell

Brigadier GeneralWilliam L. Cabell

3/10/62

Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi

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Battle of Corinth

Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE

9/01/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John W. Dunnington

9/01/63

Battle - Arkansas Post - Arkansas Post, Arkansas

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Arkansas Post

The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as the Battle of Fort Hindman, was a combined land-river assault by Union forces on the Confederate Fort Hindman, which loomed over a bend in the Arkansas River near the town of Arkansas Post. As the Union advance down the Mississippi River passed the mouth of the Arkansas, the presence of Fort Hindman outflanked the Federal forward positions.READ MORE

18/05/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Martin E. Green, and Colonel Thomas P. Dockery

Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green

ColonelThomas P. Dockery

18/05/63

Leadership Change - Division - Major General John S. Bowen

Major GeneralJohn S. Bowen

18/05/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Martin E. Green

Brigadier GeneralMartin E. Green

18/05/63

Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Vicksburg

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

19/09/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General James Deshler

Brigadier GeneralJames Deshler

19/09/63

Leadership Change - Division - Major General Patrick Cleburne

Major GeneralPatrick Cleburne

19/09/63

Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia

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Chickamauga

After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE

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

9/04/65

Mustered Out - Arkansas 19th Infantry - Arkansas

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