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John T. Wilder was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 17th Indiana Infantry in June of 1861, and was promoted to Colonel of the regiment in March of 1862. In the spring of 1863, Wilder...
After his army was defeated at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, Major General William Rosecrans retreated to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Confederate General Braxton Bragg then laid siege to Chattanooga, occupying the high ground...
The Battle of Stones River was fought at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on December 31st, 1862 to January 2nd, 1863. The Union Army of the Cumberland under Major General William Rosecrans fought Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s...
January 1864 in the Civil War The major armies on both sides remained in Winter Quarters in January of 1864. It was a time to rest and recover after many major campaigns in 1863. The...
October 1863 in the Civil War After being defeated at Chickamauga in September, Major General William Rosecrans withdrew the Army of the Cumberland to Chattanooga. The Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg occupied Lookout...
September 1863 in the Civil War After an August of reduced activity, the action in the Civil War picked up again as the summer of 1863 came to an end. The focus in September...
Date: September 19-20, 1863. Location: Catoosa and Walker Counties in northern Georgia Approximate Troop Strength: Union 58,000 to 60,000: Confederate 66,000-68,000. Commanders: Major General William Rosecrans (Union); General Braxton Bragg (Confederate). Estimated Union Casualties:...
The 36th Illinois Infantry entered U.S. service in September 1861, and saw significant action at the battles of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, and Perryville, Kentucky in 1862. In late December 1862, the regiment was part...
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UNION
Abraham Lincoln
John Buford
Ambrose E. Burnside
Joshua L. Chamberlain
George A. Custer
David G. Farragut
James A. Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant
Winfield Scott Hancock
Nathaniel Lyon
George B. McClellan
James B. McPherson
George G. Meade
John F. Reynolds
John Sedgwick
Philip H. Sheridan
William T. Sherman
Edwin M. Stanton
George H. Thomas
CONFEDERACY
Jefferson Davis
Richard H. Anderson
Braxton Bragg
Patrick Cleburne
Nathan Bedford Forrest
A. P. Hill
John Bell Hood
Stonewall Jackson
Albert Sidney Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston
Robert E. Lee
James Longstreet
John S. Mosby
George E. Pickett
Leonidas Polk
Sterling Price
Edmund Kirby Smith
J.E.B. Stuart
Richard Taylor
