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The Battle of Iuka was fought on September 19, 1862, in Iuka, Mississippi, during the American Civil War.In the opening battle of the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans stopped the advance of the Confederate Army of the West commanded by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price.
Battle of Iuka Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Raymond ... March 1, 1862 - July 18, 1862, when his commission was revoked [4] Captain William Zickerick - July 18 ...
The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Iuka of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualties [ 1 ] and reports. [ 2 ]
The 7th Battalion participated in the Second Battle of Corinth and the Siege of Vicksburg, where it was captured along with the rest of the Confederate garrison. After being reorganized at Enterprise, Mississippi , and placed under the command of General Claudius W. Sears , the battalion took part in the Atlanta campaign and Hood’s Tennessee ...
Report of the Commission Appointed by the Governor to Determine the Position of the Missouri Troops at Vicksburg, 1901–1902 (PDF). Jefferson City, Missouri: Tribune Printing Company. OCLC 18496035. Cozzens, Peter (1997). The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press.
Little resigned his commission as a U.S. Army officer on May 7, 1861. He helped Sterling Price train the Missouri volunteers that soon joined the Southern armies. He entered the Confederate service as an infantry captain on March 16, 1861, but soon was made an artillery major that same month.
Iuka: 11: Iuka Battlefield: Iuka Battlefield: November 14, 2007 : North of U.S. Route 72 and west of Mississippi Highway 25 Iuka: Site of the Civil War Battle of ...
A battlefield commission is a commission granting an enlisted soldier a battlefield promotion to the rank of commissioned officer. The granting of a battlefield commission has its historical precursor in the medieval practice of the knighting or ennoblement of a plebeian combatant on the battleground for demonstration of heroic qualities in an ...