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Indiana 60th Infantry (Union)

19/02/62

Organized - Indiana 60th Infantry - Indiana

14/09/62

Battle - Munfordville - Hart County, Kentucky

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Munfordville

After the Confederate victory at Richmond, Kentucky at the end of August, Gen. Braxton Bragg continued to operate in the strategic border state and moved his army to cover pursuing Union army routes in the area. Munfordville, with its 1,800-foot-long railroad bridge over the Green River, was a key station on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and therefore of great military importance. Approaching the town on September 14th, Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers urged Union Col. John T. Wilder to surrender his 4,0…READ MORE

26/12/62

Battle - Chickasaw Bayou - Warren County, Mississippi

9/01/63

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Andrew Jackson Smith

Brigadier GeneralAndrew Jackson Smith

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

1/05/63

Battle - Port Gibson - Claiborne County, Mississippi

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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

16/05/63

Battle - Champion Hill - Hinds County, Mississippi

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Champion Hill

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

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

3/11/63

Battle - Grand Coteau, Louisiana

3/11/63

Battle - Bayou Bourbeux - Carrion Crow Bayou, Louisiana

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Bayou Bourbeux

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11/11/63

Battle - Carrion Crow Bayou, Louisiana

11/03/65

Mustered Out - Indiana 60th Infantry - Indiana

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