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Army of Tennessee
| August 28, 1862 | Braxton Bragg [CS] leaves from north of Chattanooga, heading to join Kirby Smith in Kentucky | Tennessee |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| Army of Mississippi | ||
| August 30, 1862 | Battle of Richmond
In an impressive victory, E. Kirby Smith [CS] defeats William "Bull" Nelson [US] |
Kentucky |
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| E. Kirby Smith | ||
| William 'Bull' Nelson | ||
| October 8, 1862 | Battle of Perryville
Braxton Bragg [CS] and Don Carlos Buell [US] fight the largest battle on Kentucky soil. The battle is generally regarded as a draw, although Buell claimed victory. Less than half of Buell's men participated because he did not know a major battle was taking place less than 2 miles from his headquarters |
Kentucky |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| Army of the Ohio | ||
| Philip Sheridan | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| Simon Bolivar Buckner | ||
| Benjamin Franklin Cheatham | ||
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| Patrick Cleburne | ||
| November 20, 1862 | The Army of Mississippi is renamed The Army of Tennessee | |
| Army of Mississippi | ||
| November 24, 1862 | Joseph E. Johnston [CS] assumes command of a reorganized Department of the West with two armies under him, Bragg's Army of Tennessee and Pemberton's Army of Mississippi | |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| September 9, 1863 | Federal troops enter Chattanooga, Tennessee following its evacuation by the Army of Tennessee | Tennessee |
| Chickamauga Campaign | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| November 25, 1863 | Battle of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga
Three Union armies attacked the Army of Tennessee atop Missionary Ridge, east of downtown Chattanooga. Patrick Cleburne stopped William Tecumseh Sherman from the north, although outnumbered 10 to 1. Joe Hooker was seriously delayed by burnt bridges and failed to hit the southern end of Bragg's line near Rossville, Georgia. Thomas' Army of the Cumberland struck the center, breaking Bragg's line and forcing a retreat. Sheridan, ordered to pursue, was stopped dead in his tracks by William Hardee's rear guard action. |
Tennessee Georgia |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Battles for Chattanooga | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| John Breckinridge | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| Philip Sheridan | ||
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Patrick Cleburne | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| November 28, 1863 | In Dalton, Georgia, Braxton Bragg telegraphs his resignation to President Davis | Georgia |
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| November 30, 1863 | President Davis accepts Bragg's resignation and appoints William Hardee in temporary command of the Army of Tennessee | Tennessee |
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| December 16, 1863 | Joe Johnston ordered to take command of the Army of Tennessee in Dalton | Georgia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| December 27, 1863 | Joe Johnston takes command of the Army of Tennessee in Dalton | Georgia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| William Hardee |
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Army of Tennessee was last changed on - October 1, 2007
Army of Tennessee was added in 2005
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