Buckland commanded the 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division (Tuttle),
15th Army Corps (Sherman),
during an expedition
against Forrest through west Tennessee in late December 1862. Though
not officially a part of the 15th Amy Corps, the 5th Minnesota was sent
with Buckland on this expedition.
Canby commanded the Army of West
Mississippi (MCIW, p. 278) with the 5th Minnesota under Canby's command
starting March 1865. He led the Siege and Battle of Spanish Fort (March
27 to April 8, 1865) and the Battle of Fort Blakely (April 2-April 9,
1865).
Grant was second-in-command under General Halleck during
the Siege of Corinth (April 29 - June 10, 1862). When Halleck was
promoted to general-in-chief of the Union Army and called to Washington
in July 1862, Grant was promoted to commander of the Army of the
Tennessee. Grant commanded
the Army of the Tennessee, including the 5th Minnesota Infantry
Regiment, during the battles of Iuka (September 19, 1862) and Corinth
(October 3-4, 1862) and the Siege of Vicksburg (May 19 - July 4, 1863).
Halleck commanded the Department
of the Mississippi during the Siege of Corinth (April 29 - May 30,
1862). The 5th Minnesota
joined his army on May 24,
1862.
Hurlbut commanded the 16th Army
Corps during the Meridian Campaign (February 3 - March 2, 1864).
General
Loomis
Loomis commanded the 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division (Stanley),
Army of the Mississippi during the Siege of Corinth (April 29 - May 30, 1862). The 5th
Minnesota joined his brigade on May 24, 1862.
McArthur commanded the 1st Division, 16th Army
Corps (Right Wing) Detachment Army of the Tennessee (Smith), Army of the
Cumberland (Thomas)
during the
Battle of Nashville (December 15-16, 1864). McArthur had replaced Joseph Mower on
November 2, 1864.
Anecdotes:
"Directly in front of our division were two small redoubts,
containing field batteries, supported by lines of infantry. Gen. A. J.
Smith turned to Gen. McArthur, our division commander, and quietly
asked him if he thought he could carry the redoubts. The old
Scotchman's prompt response
was "Yes, sir!" and without further orders from Smith he directed his
brigade commanders to assault them. The result was an astonisher to the
rebels." [Lucius F. Hubbard, Narrative of the Fifth Regiment, Minnesota
in the Civil and Indian Wars, Volume I, page 275, regarding December
15, 1864]
"McArthur, with that powerfully knit frame, and that intelligent and
well-developed Scotch face, firmness amounting almost to stubbornness
visible in every feature, sat on his horse awaiting the proper moment
to give the final order." [J. P. Owens, in an article describing the
Battle of Nashville for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, as reprinted in
Hubbard's Narrative of the Fifth Regiment, Minnesota in the Civil and
Indian Wars, Volume I, page 276.]
"Gen. McArthur, his Scotch cap pulled down, and his swarthy face
illuminated with a look of stern determination, was sending final
instructions to his brigade commanders." [immediately prior to the
charge on Shy's Hill, December 16, 1864, Battle of Nashville; Hon. C.
F. MacDonald, Narrative of the Ninth Regiment, Minnesota in the Civil
and Indian Wars, Volume I, p. 432]
Mower commanded the 2nd Brigade,
3rd Division (Tuttle),
15th Army Corps (Sherman),
Army of the Tennessee (Grant)
during the Siege of Vicksburg (May 19 - July 4, 1863). He also commanded the 2nd Brigade,
1st Division (Tuttle),
15th Army Corps (Hurlbut),
Department of the Tennessee (Sherman) during
Meridian Campaign (February 3 - March 2, 1864). He was relieved of his command on October 15,
1864 to join Sherman at Atlanta.
Pope commanded the Army of the
Mississippi (February 23, 1862 - June 26, 1862), including the Siege of Corinth (April 29 - May 30,
1862). The 5th Minnesota was under his command from May 24 to June 26, 1862. He was succeeded by William S. Rosecrans. On
September 6, 1862, John Pope was assigned to the command of the newly
created Department of the Northwest which included Minnesota (Dakota
Sioux Indian conflict).
Rosecrans commanded the Right Wing Army of the Mississippi, Army of the Mississippi (Pope), Department of the
Mississippi (Halleck)
from May 1862 to June 26, 1862, when he replaced John Pope as
commander of the Army of the Mississippi. During this time he was
involved in the Siege of
Corinth (April 29 - June 10, 1862). He also led the 5th Minnesota and
the Army of the Mississippi in the Battle of Iuka (September 19, 1862) and
the Battle of Corinth (October 3-4, 1862).
A.J. Smith commanded
the Right Wing of the 16th Army Corps. Smith led the 5th Minnesota
during Price's Raid (September 27 - October 28, 1864) and the
Battle of Nashville (December 15-16, 1864). Smith's men, including the
5th Minnesota, were often referred to as "Smith's Guerillas."
The 5th Minnesota reported to
General Thomas at Nashville on November 30, 1864. Thomas was the commander of the Army
of the Cumberland (October 19, 1863 - August 1, 1865), a position
previously held by Rosecrans.
Under Thomas' leadership the 5th Minnesota participated in the
victorious Battle of Nashville (December 15-16, 1864).
Tuttle commanded the 3rd Division,
15th Army Corps (Sherman),
Army of the Tennessee (Grant)
during Siege of Vicksburg
(May 19 - July 4, 1863), and the 1st Division, 15th Army Corps (Hurlbut),
Department of the Tennessee (Sherman) during
the Meridian Campaign (February 3 - March 2, 1864).
