Private James A. Hopkins

• Late April 1860 Answering a call for volunteers

• In Camp Learns of 1st Bull Run

• August 12, 1861 Moving to the south

• Garrison Duty 1861 Garrison duty around Louisville

• September 8, 1861 First skirmish

• September 12, 1861 Paducah, KY

• Christmas 1861 Homesick

• January to February 18, 1862 A busy month campaigning

• April 9, 1862 Shiloh

• Mid-June 1862 Medical evacuation to Cairo & Furlough

• End September 1862 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, & Emancipation

• October 6, 1862 Pvt. Hopkins rejoins his unit

• December 25, 1862 Our move on Vicksburg is delayed

• May 24, 1863 In the trenches outside Vicksburg

• July 4, 1863 Vicksburg surrenders!

• November 5, 1863 On the march to Chattanooga

• November 26, 1863 Battles of Lookout Mountain & Missionary Ridge

• March 11, 1864 Private Hopkins meets a Reb

• July 13, 1864 The Atlanta Campaign

• October 7, 1864 Chasing Hood back into Tennessee

• December 12, 1864 The Battle of Franklin, TN

• March 24, 1865 Reinforcing Sherman

• April 11, 1865 Word of Lee's Surrender

• April 17, 1865 Lincoln's Assassination

• May 26, 1865 Heading home at last

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