Civil War Battles

Battle of Shiloh, also called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. The name Shiloh was taken from that of a meetinghouse, 5 km (3 mi) from Pittsburg Landing, that is on the Tennessee River, 14 km (9 mi) north of Savannah, Tennessee. Here on April 6, 1862, a Confederate army of 40,000 men under General Albert S. Johnston surprised and attacked a Union army of 45,000 ...

April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn. No. 134. -- Organization of the Army of the Mississippi, April 6-7, 1862.(*) FIRST CORPS.(+) Maj. Gen. LEONIDAS POLK. FIRST DIVISION. Brig. Gen CHARLES CLARK. First Brigade. Col. R. M. RUSSELL. 11th Louisiana. 12th Tennessee. 13th Tennessee. 22d Tennessee. Bankhead's battery. Second Brigade. Brig. Gen. A. P. STEWART 13th Arkansas. 4th Tennessee. 5th Tennessee. 33d Tennessee ...

 JUNE 3-AUGUST 1, 1863.--The Gettysburg Campaign. No. 529.--Report of Col. S. B. Pickens, Twelfth Alabama Infantry. HAGERSTOWN, MD., July 9, 1863. SIR: The Twelfth Alabama Regiment left Grace Church, Caroline County, Va., on June 4; arrived at Culpeper Court-House on the 7th. On the 9th, we were marched rapidly toward Brandy Station, to assist our cavalry in a fight that was then going on, but ...

  PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN--SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES No. 263. -- Report of Col. B. B. Gayle, Twelfth Alabama Infantry, of the battle of Gaines' Mill. HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH ALABAMA REGIMENT. About 2 o'clock on the morning of June 26 the Twelfth Alabama Regiment, in conjunction with the others of General Rodes' brigade, left its position on the Williamsburg road and commenced the march in the direction of the ...

 SEPTEMBER 3-20, 1862.-The Maryland Campaign. No. 293.--Report of Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hill, C. S. Army, commanding division, of operations July 23-September 17. Affairs were now very serious on our left. A division of Yankees was advancing in handsome style against Rodes. I had every possible gun turned upon the Yankee columns, but, owing to the steepness of the acclivity and the bad handling of ...

APRIL 27-MAY 6, 1863.--The Chancellorsville Campaign. No. 368.--Reports of Brig. Gen. R. E. Rodes, C. S. Army, commanding D. H. Hill's division. Extract In the meantime the residue of Rodes', Iverson's, and Pender's troops, moving forward to the left of Hall and Christie, were met and repulsed by the enemy, thus leaving the flank of the party on the heights exposed to an overwhelming force ...

PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN--SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES No. 227. -- Report of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, C. S. Army, commanding Second Corps, of the battle of Gaines' Mill, engagement at White Oak Swamp Bridge, and battle of Malvern Hill. Extract The four brigades of Jackson's division did not act together during the engagement, but were called to separate fields of service. In pursuance of the order to ...

AUGUST 16-SEPTEMBER 22, 1863.--The Chickamauga Campaign. No. 258.--Report of Col. George W. Gordon, Eleventh Tennessee Infantry. CAMP NEAR CHATTANOOGA, TENN., September 30, 1863. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit the following as my report of the part taken by the Eleventh Tennessee Regiment in the battle of Chickamauga: This command engaged the enemy on Saturday, the 19th, about 12 m., and after a brisk ...

DECEMBER 26, 1862-JANUARY 5, 1863.--The Stone's River or Murfreesborough, Tenn., Campaign. No. 292.--Report of Lieut. Col. William Thedford, Eleventh Tennessee Infantry. 1863. On Wednesday, at daylight,, the Eleventh Tennessee Regiment, Col. G. W. Gordon commanding, was drawn up in line of battle on the left of General Rains' brigade and of McCown's division. We remained in this position with the Twenty-ninth North Carolina Regiment on ...

PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN--SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES No. 200. -- Organization of the Confederate forces during the engagements around Richmond, Va.(*) JACKSON'S CORPS.-.Maj. Gen. THOMAS J. JACKSON. WHITING'S DIVISION. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM H. C. WHITING. First (or Texas) Brigade. Brig. Gen. JOHN B. HOOD. 18th Georgia. 1st Texas. 4th Texas. 5th Texas. Hampton Legion. Third Brigade Col. E. M. Law. 4th Alabama. 2d Mississippi. 11th Mississippi. 6th North ...