Georgia 25th Infantry (Confederate)
2/9/61
Organized - Georgia 25th Infantry - Georgia
6/4/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
10/4/62
Battle - Fort Pulaski - Chatham County, Georgia
Fort Pulaski, built between 1829 and 1847, was placed near the mouth of the Savannah River to block upriver access to the city. Brick and masonry fortifications such as Pulaski, called "third system" forts, were considered invincible, but the new technology of rifled artillery would soon change that. To shut down blockade running traffic from coastal Georgia and South Carolina, the Union army and navy mounted an expedition in November, 1861 to occupy the land area surrounding Savannah. Tybee Island, opposi…READ MORE
16/5/63
Battle - Jackson, Mississippi
19/9/63
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
8/5/64
Battle - Spotsylvania Court House - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi…READ MORE
20/5/64
Battle - Cartersville, Georgia
20/5/64
Battle - Cartersville, Georgia
25/5/64
Battle - New Hope Church - Paulding County, Georgia
During early May 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman successfully outmaneuvered the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in multiple battles in northwest Georgia. Each time, Johnston fell back to a new defensive position closer to the strategic Confederate city of Atlanta. After Johnston retreated to Allatoona Pass on May 19-20th following the battle at Adairsville, Sherman determined to move around Johnston's left flank rather than attack the strong Confederate defenses in his front. On May 23rd, Sherman set in…READ MORE
6/6/64
Battle - Marietta - Cobb County, Georgia
20/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Clement H. Stevens
Brigadier GeneralClement H. Stevens
20/7/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William H.T. Walker
Major GeneralWilliam H.T. Walker
20/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Clement H. Stevens
Brigadier GeneralClement H. Stevens
20/7/64
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William J. Winn, and Major A.W. Smith
ColonelWilliam J. Winn
MajorA.W. Smith
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel George A. Smith, Colonel J. Cooper Nisbet, and Colonel William J. Winn
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Hugh W. Mercer, and Major General William H.T. Walker
Brigadier GeneralHugh W. Mercer
Major GeneralWilliam H.T. Walker
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel George A. Smith
ColonelGeorge A. Smith
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel J. Cooper Nisbet
ColonelJ. Cooper Nisbet
22/7/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William H.T. Walker
Major GeneralWilliam H.T. Walker
22/7/64
Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE
31/8/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Henry R. Jackson
Brigadier GeneralHenry R. Jackson
31/8/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General John C. Brown
Major GeneralJohn C. Brown
31/8/64
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
30/11/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William B. Bate
Major GeneralWilliam B. Bate
30/11/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
5/12/64
Battle - Third Murfreesboro - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain Joseph E. Fulton
CaptainJoseph E. Fulton
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Henry R. Jackson
Brigadier GeneralHenry R. Jackson
15/12/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
7/3/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel James C. Gordon
Lieutenant ColonelJames C. Gordon
7/3/65
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Henry D. Clayton
Major GeneralHenry D. Clayton
7/3/65
Battle - Wyse Fork - Kinston, North Carolina
By the end of February 1865, the North Carolina port city of Wilmington, defended by Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, had fallen to the army of Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield. The port city became a supply base for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's army in North Carolina, then beginning to close in on Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army. To consolidate forces against Johnston, Sherman ordered Schofield's Army of the Ohio to advance inland from Wilmington, at the same time assigning Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox to move the U…READ MORE
19/3/65
Leadership Change - Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel Osceola Kyle
Lieutenant ColonelOsceola Kyle
19/3/65
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
9/4/65
Mustered Out - Georgia 25th Infantry - Georgia
12/4/65
Battle - Salisbury, North Carolina
16/4/65
Battle - West Point - West Point, Georgia
20/4/65
Battle - Macon, Georgia
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