Arkansas 17th Infantry (Confederate)
17/11/61
Organized - Arkansas 17th Infantry - Arkansas
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 - Brigadier General Louis Hébert, and Colonel John W. Whitfield
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
ColonelJohn W. Whitfield
29/04/62
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Lewis H. Little, and Brigadier General Samuel Jones
Brigadier GeneralLewis H. Little
Brigadier GeneralSamuel Jones
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
19/09/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Louis Hébert
Brigadier GeneralLouis Hébert
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 - Colonel W. Bruce Colbert
ColonelW. Bruce Colbert
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
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
1/01/63
Mustered Out - Arkansas 17th Infantry - Arkansas
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