Michigan 21st Volunteer Infantry (Union)
9/09/62
Organized - Michigan 21st Volunteer Infantry - Michigan
8/10/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Ambrose A. Stevens
ColonelAmbrose A. Stevens
8/10/62
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
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 - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel William B. McCreery
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam B. McCreery
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill, and Colonel Nicholas Greusel
Brigadier GeneralJoshua W. Sill
ColonelNicholas Greusel
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Philip Sheridan
Brigadier GeneralPhilip Sheridan
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill
Brigadier GeneralJoshua W. Sill
31/12/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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
19/09/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William B. McCreery, and Major Seymour Chase
ColonelWilliam B. McCreery
MajorSeymour Chase
19/09/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William Haines Lytle, and Colonel Silas Miller
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Haines Lytle
ColonelSilas Miller
19/09/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Philip Sheridan
Major GeneralPhilip Sheridan
19/09/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William B. McCreery
ColonelWilliam B. McCreery
19/09/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William Haines Lytle
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Haines Lytle
19/09/63
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
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
13/03/65
Battle - Fayetteville, North Carolina
16/03/65
Battle - Averasborough - Harnett County, North Carolina; Cumberland County, North Carolina
After his march through Georgia, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north into the Carolinas, reaching central North Carolina by mid-March 1865. On the afternoon of March 15, Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's Union cavalry came up against Lt. Gen. William Hardee's corps, consisting of two divisions of infantry and one of cavalry deployed across the Raleigh Road near Averasboro. Hardee's orders from Gen. Joseph E. Johnston were to delay the progress of Sherman's army so that Johnston could consolidate the rema…READ MORE
19/03/65
Battle - Bentonville - Bentonville, North Carolina
After his march to the sea, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman headed north in early 1865 to unite with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army in Virginia. Only Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston's army stood between Sherman and Grant. After briefly blocking Sherman's advance at Averasboro, North Carolina on March 16, Johnston struck Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum's wing of Sherman's army near Bentonville on March 19. The Confederates ran into stiff resistance, as Slocum established a defensive position. Johnston's assaults con…READ MORE
8/06/65
Mustered Out - Michigan 21st Volunteer Infantry - Michigan
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