Tennessee 25th Infantry (Confederate)
10/8/61
Organized - Tennessee 25th Infantry - Tennessee
19/1/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Sidney S. Stanton
ColonelSidney S. Stanton
19/1/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer
Brigadier GeneralFelix Kirk Zollicoffer
19/1/62
Battle - Mill Springs - Pulaski County, Kentucky; Wayne County, Kentucky
Early in the war, the Lincoln administration knew well the importance of keeping the border state of Kentucky in the Union. Any Rebel armies operating successfully there could encourage secessionist sympathies. In late 1861, a Confederate force of around 6,000 men under Brig. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer encamped for the winter near Mill Springs, on the Cumberland River in the southeast corner of the state just north of the Tennessee border and close to the strategic Cumberland Gap. A Union force under Brig. Gen…READ MORE
8/10/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John M. Hughes
ColonelJohn M. Hughes
8/10/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Bushrod Rust Johnson
Brigadier GeneralBushrod Rust Johnson
8/10/62
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
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
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John M. Hughs, and Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Davis
ColonelJohn M. Hughs
Lieutenant ColonelSamuel Davis
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson
Brigadier GeneralBushrod R. Johnson
31/12/62
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel John M. Hughs
ColonelJohn M. Hughs
31/12/62
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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 - Lieutenant Colonel R. B. Snowden
Lieutenant ColonelR. B. Snowden
19/9/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John S. Fulton
ColonelJohn S. Fulton
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
20/9/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John M. Hughs
ColonelJohn M. Hughs
20/9/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
9/4/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
9/4/65
Mustered Out - Tennessee 25th Infantry - Tennessee
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