19 January 1862, Kentucky, War Between the
States
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01 October 2005
-- Added photos to the Confederates Photo Gallery and the Federals Photo Gallery; added information to the Confederate Flags page and the "Death of Zollicoffer" page.
-- Added a link to a complete listing of the
Mill Springs National Cemetery, from Cemetery Records Online, and a link
to the Army of Tennessee Research Page. 6 July 2000 -- Added some new links on the Rosters page 13 April 2000 -- Mark Odegard has set up a Battle of
Mill Springs mailing list / internet forum -- visit http://www.egroups.com/group/mill-springs-battle/ 19 March 2000 -- Updated the Flags page, breaking it into separate pages for Federal and Confederate flags, and adding new pictures and new info to both sections -- Added two letters from the 31st Ohio Infantry, and three from the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics -- Added an image of a Tennessee cavalry soldier to the Confederate Photo Gallery -- Added new e-mail and web page addresses for the Mill Springs Battlefield Assn. -- Added a roster link for a page with unit histories from Speed's Union Regiments of Kentucky
19 January 2000 (battle anniversary) -- Added three new Confederate letters from W.W. Etter, 19th Tenn., Tod Carter, 20th Tenn., and George Faw, 29th Tenn. -- Added information on the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, from Mark Hoffman
13 January 2000 -- Added several new soldier images to the Federal Photo Gallery -- Updated information on the Federal Casualties pages
2 October 1999 -- Added the National Military Cemetery Webring to the Federal and Confederate casualties pages -- Added a photo of a 1st Tennessee Infantry soldier to the Federal Photo Gallery -- Updated the Links page with additions and corrections
22 May 1999 -- Added Confederate letters and reports from the Memphis Daily Avalanche newspaper, January 28-30, 1862 (see Memphis Report, Sheliha Report, and Rutledge Letter)
26 April 1999 -- Added two new images (15th Miss., 3rd Bn. Tenn. Cav.) to the Confederate Photo Gallery -- Added two period newspaper letters from the 9th Ohio Battery
3 April 1999 -- Added a compilation of period sources on the death of General Zollicoffer -- Added several images of 20th Tennessee Infantry soldiers to the Confederate Photo Gallery -- Added a letter from a 2nd Minnesota Infantry soldier, and a narrative on Col. Fry's battle experiences in the 4th Kentucky Infantry
27 March 1999 -- Added a very interesting 20th Tennessee Infantry diary about the campaign and battle, including a manuscript map of the Confederate defenses at Mill Springs -- Added a 10th Indiana Infantry letter -- Updated the Confederate Casualty Rosters, based on the 20th Tennessee Infantry diary -- Updated the Bibliography (see entry for Moscow Carter Diary in the manuscript section)
16 February 1999 -- Updated the Bibliography (see entries under Dalton, Harrison, and Mason) -- Added more Confederate images to the Photo Gallery (under 15th Miss. Inf.)
7 November 1998 -- Added a link to a site with a letter from the 10th Indiana Infantry (thanks to Mark Jaeger)
16 October 1998 -- Added a link to a 12th Kentucky Infantry roster site
23 September 1998 -- Added letters of Lt. Aston, 16th Alabama Infantry; added links to 10th Indiana Infantry letters
9 August 1998 -- Added a link to a new site on the 10th Indiana Infantry, and updated several other pages relating to the 10th Indiana, based on information in Mark Jaeger's site
24 July 1998 -- Added the Virtual Tour of the battlefield and an article on how the battle effected local civilians
17 July 1998 -- Added several images to the Federal Soldiers Photo Gallery, Leaders Photo Gallery, and Confederate Soldiers Photo Gallery -- Added a narrative and a newspaper battle report from the 20th Tennessee Infantry
4th of July 1998 -- Added articles on the weapons and battle flags carried by units of both sides during the battle -- Updated the listings of Federal Casualties, with additional information on the 10th Indiana Inf. -- Added links for the George H. Thomas Homepage and a poem about the Battle of Mill Springs -- Added a narrative from the 2nd Minnesota Infantry, and one from the 28th Tennessee Infantry (link fixed)
8 June 1998 -- Added a roster for the "Long Creek Rifles," Co. A, 15th Mississippi Inf. -- Updated the Bibliography and Confederate Casualty List (Note 59 -- Lt. Aston, 16th Ala. Inf.) -- Added a link to the Kentucky Military History Museum page
17 May 1998 -- Added a Federal letter from the 1st Ohio Arty., letters from the 2nd Minnesota Inf., and Confederate accounts from the 4th Battln., Tennessee Cav. -- Added a link to an interesting family history of ancestors who fought on both sides during the battle, in the 10th Indiana Inf. and 19th Tennessee Inf. -- Updated the Bibliography (see under authors Glass and Moulder).
10 May 1998 -- Updated the Links page, added a link to a roster of Co. I, 12th Ky. Inf. and a link to rosters of the 17th Tenn. Inf., and added a 12th Ky. Inf. soldier image
8 April 1998 -- Added a Guestbook from GuestWorld -- Divided the Casualty Lists into parts, for faster loading and easier viewing -- Added more links to other sites containing Unit Rosters -- Updated the Bibliography and Links pages
28 March 1998 -- Added Web Rings and Awards -- Updated the Bibliography -- Added some more Links
21 February 1998 -- Updated the Order of Battle and Bibliography -- Added images to the Federal Soldiers Photo Gallery -- Added lists of Federal soldiers who were wounded, but survived the battle -- Added a letter from 1st Sgt. J. N. Haggard, 1st Tennessee Infantry, US -- Added a narrative on the death of Gen. Zollicoffer, from Chaplain William Honnell, 1st Kentucky Cavalry, US -- Added a page for the Mill Springs Battlefield Association
30 January 1998 Uploaded the Battle of Mill Springs / Fishing Creek Homepage
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Added photos to the soldier photo galleries (15th
Miss. Inf., 1st Ky. Cav., 12th Ky. Inf.), and the 
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