Kentucky 22nd Volunteer Infantry Militia (Union)

Jennie's Creek

A skirmish before the Battle of Middle Creek, Union troops under James A Garfield sent a West Virginian Cavalry Regiment under the command of William Bolle to route a group of Confederates under Humphrey Marshall. When Marshall learned that more men under Garfield were to arrive shortly, he and his troops left after burning what they could not carry. As a result of the win, Garfield, who would eventually become President, was promoted to brigadier general.READ MORE

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge W. Monroe

MajorWilliam J. Worthington

Brigadier GeneralPeter J. Osterhaus

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

Port Gibson

On April 30, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army crossed the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, 30 miles south of his objective of Vicksburg. Grant hoped to move east toward the capital at Jackson to block the Confederate army there under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from reinforcing Vicksburg. Port Gibson, ten miles east of Bruinsburg on the Bayou Pierre River, commanded the best approach routes and was the first Federal objective. A Confederate force there was commanded by Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen. Grant's A…READ MORE

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge W. Monroe

ColonelDaniel W. Lindsey

Champion Hill

The Battle of Champion Hill was the largest and bloodiest action of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.READ MORE

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