Arkansas 20th Infantry (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
29/04/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Thomas P. Dockery
ColonelThomas 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
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
13/05/62
Organized - Arkansas 20th Infantry - Arkansas
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William L. Cabell
Brigadier GeneralWilliam L. Cabell
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Henry P. Johnson
ColonelHenry P. Johnson
3/10/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William L. Cabell
Brigadier GeneralWilliam L. Cabell
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
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
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
29/11/64
Mustered Out - Arkansas 20th Infantry - Arkansas
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