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Markgraf’s Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1862–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
McLaughlin’s Squadron of Cavalry
1862–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
McMullin’s Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1861–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
Meridian Campaign
February 3 – March 4, 1864 Union General William T. Sherman's Meridian Campaign served as a modest rehearsal for his later "March to the Sea" in Georgia, and the Carolinas Campaign, by spreading a path of destruction across central Mississippi in early 1864. Following the Federal breakout from Chattanooga in November 1863, Major General William…
Message Assigning Hardee to Command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
October 28, 1864 On October 28, 1864, CSA Secretary of War James Seddon announced that William J. Hardee was appointed commander of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 257 ADJT. AND JNSP. GENERALS OFFIC1~, Richmond, October 28, 1864. XII. Lieutenant-General Hardee is relieved from duty in the Army of Tennessee,…
Message from Braxton Bragg Assuming Command of the Army of the Mississippi (CSA)
June 27, 1862 On June 27, 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg issued a message announcing that he was taking permanent command of the Army of the Mississippi. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT No. 2, Tupelo, Miss., June 27, 1862. Pursuant to the orders of the President I assume the permanent command of the forces in this department. The…
Message from Braxton Bragg Requesting to be Relieved from Command of the Army of Tennessee
November 29, 1863 On November 29, 1863, General Braxton Bragg wrote to General Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army, asking to be relieved from command of the Army Tennessee. General S. COOPER: Our advance last night was at Tunnel Hill, the enemy just this side of Ringgold. We hope to maintain…
Message from Jefferson Davis Appointing Braxton Bragg to Command the Western Department
June 20, 1862 On June 20, 1862, Confederate President Jefferson Davis informed Braxton Bragg that he (Bragg) was replacing P.G.T. Beauregard as permanent commander of the Western Department. Richmond, Va., June 20, 1862. General Braxton Bragg, Tupelo, Miss.: Your dispatch informing me that General Beauregard had turned over command to you and left for Mobile…
Message from Jefferson Davis Appointing Joseph E. Johnston to Command of the Army of Tennessee
December 16, 1863 On December 16, 1863, Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed General Joseph E. Johnston to command the Army of Tennessee. RICHMOND, December 16, 1863. General J. E. JOHNSTON: You will turn over the immediate command of the Army of the Mississippi to Lieutenant-General Polk, and proceed to Dalton and assume command of the…
Message from Jefferson Davis Instructing Leonidas Polk to Join Forces with Joseph E. Johnston in Georgia
May 4, 1864 On May 4, 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis instructed Leonidas Polk to bring his Army of Mississippi to Georgia to join forces with Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee. RICHMOND, May 4, 1864. Lieutenant General L. POLK: The President directs, in consequence of the movements of the enemy in front of General…