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Tennessee 31st Infantry (Confederate)

12/10/61

Organized - Tennessee 31st Infantry - Tennessee

28/2/62

Battle - Island Number Ten - New Madrid, Missouri; Lake County, Tennessee

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Island Number Ten

In addition to prosecuting the coastal blockade and pursuing Confederate commerce raiders, the U.S. Navy's other main role in the Civil War, and arguably its most important one, was seizing and controlling the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In this effort, the main obstacle was not the tiny Confederate navy, but rather the formidable shore fortifications erected by the Confederates along the banks of the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers. This war, therefore, was less often a matter of s…READ MORE

29/4/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alexander P. Stewart

Brigadier GeneralAlexander P. Stewart

29/4/62

Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi

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Siege of Corinth

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

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Erasmus Egbert Tansil

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Alexander Peter Stewart

Brigadier GeneralAlexander Peter Stewart

8/10/62

Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky

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Perryville

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

Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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Stones River

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

19/9/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Egbert E. Tansil

19/9/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Otho F. Strahl

Brigadier GeneralOtho F. Strahl

19/9/63

Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia

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Chickamauga

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

20/7/64

Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia

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Peachtree Creek

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 - Lieutenant Colonel Fountain E.P. Stafford

Lieutenant ColonelFountain E.P. Stafford

22/7/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Otho F. Strahl, and Lieutenant Colonel James D. Tillman

Brigadier GeneralOtho F. Strahl

Lieutenant ColonelJames D. Tillman

22/7/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Otho F. Strahl

Brigadier GeneralOtho F. Strahl

22/7/64

Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia

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Atlanta

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 - Colonel James D. Tillman

31/8/64

Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia

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Jonesborough

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 - Brigade - Brigadier General Otho F. Strahl, and Colonel Andrew J. Kellar

Brigadier GeneralOtho F. Strahl

ColonelAndrew J. Kellar

30/11/64

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Fountain E.P. Stafford

Lieutenant ColonelFountain E.P. Stafford

30/11/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Otho F. Strahl

Brigadier GeneralOtho F. Strahl

30/11/64

Leadership Change - Division - Major General John C. Brown

Major GeneralJohn C. Brown

30/11/64

Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee

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Franklin (1864)

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

9/4/65

Mustered Out - Tennessee 31st Infantry - Tennessee

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