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Philip Sheridan
| 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 | ||
| Army of Tennessee | ||
| Confederate Invasion of Kentucky | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| Simon Bolivar Buckner | ||
| Benjamin Franklin Cheatham | ||
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| Patrick Cleburne | ||
| December 31, 1862 | Battle of Stone's River [US]
Battle of Murfreesboro [CS] Braxton Bragg forces William Rosecrans to retreat, but Rosecrans returns to defeat Bragg on January 2, 1863. Union 13,249 Confederate 10,266 |
Tennessee |
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| William S. Rosecrans | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| John Breckinridge | ||
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| Stone's River | ||
| September 19, 1863 September 20, 1863 |
Battle of Chickamauga
General Braxton Bragg [CS] tries to split General William Rosecrans [US] forces as they try to return to the safety of Chattanooga. A second day breakthrough at the Brotherton Cabin forces the federals into a retreat, halted only by the Rock of Chickamauga, General George Thomas on Snodgrass Hill The bloodiest two days in American history cost the Federals 1,657 dead, 9,756 wounded, and 4,757 missing for a total of 16,170 casualties out of 58,000 troops. The Confederate losses were 2,312 dead, 14,674 wounded and 1,468 for a total of 18,545 out of 66,000 troops. |
Georgia |
| Gordon Granger | ||
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| William S. Rosecrans | ||
| Braxton Bragg | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| John Bell Hood | ||
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Battle of Chickamauga | ||
| James Garfield | ||
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| Daniel Harvey Hill | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Chickamauga Campaign | ||
| November 23, 1863 | Action at Orchard Knob, Chattanooga | Tennessee |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Battles for Chattanooga | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| 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 | ||
| Army of the Cumberland | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Patrick Cleburne | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| William Hardee | ||
| Army of Tennessee | ||
| April 4, 1864 | Major General Philip Sheridan moves from command of an infantry division in the Army of the Cumberland to command cavalry in the Army of the Potomac | |
| May 11, 1864 | Battle of Yellow Tavern
J. E. B. Stuart [CS] is mortally wounded in losing to Phillip Sheridan |
Virginia |
| Overland Campaign | ||
| J. E. B. Stuart | ||
| Sheridans Raid on Richmond | ||
| George Armstrong Custer | ||
| June 11, 1864 June 12, 1864 |
Battle of Trevilian Station
Phil Sheridan strikes Fitzhugh Lee and Wade Hampton, trying to reach Hunter at Charlottesville. In spite of initial success, he is turned back. |
Virginia |
| George Armstrong Custer | ||
| August 1, 1864 | Phil Sheridan [US] is named commander, Army of the Shenandoah | Virginia |
| September 16, 1864 | Meeting in Charles Town, Ulysses S. Grant and Phil Sheridan discuss the problems in the Shenandoah Valley with Jubal Early's [CS] Corps | West Virginia |
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| September 19, 1864 | 3rd battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek)
Phil Sheridan [US], with a force of 40,000 men, strikes Jubal Early's [CS] 14,000 man Confederate army north of Winchester. Sheridan simply overpowered the Confederates. General Robert E. Rodes was mortally wounded in the conflict. |
Virginia |
| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| Generals Who Died In the Civil War | ||
| October 19, 1864 | Battle of Cedar Creek (Belle Grove)
In the last major engagement in the Shenandoah Valley, Jubal Early [CS] defeats Phillip Sheridan [US] in the first of two fairly distinct engagements. During the second engagement, Sheridan arrived and rallied the federals, who easily repulsed Early. |
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| Jubal Anderson Early | ||
| George Armstrong Custer | ||
| March 30, 1865 | As Ulysses S. Grant extends his lines east of Richmond, Phil Sheridan's cavalry, along with some infantry support, come in contact with the Confederate right flank at Dinwiddie Court House. | |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| March 31, 1865 | Battle of Dinwiddle Court House
In a tactical victory for the Confederates, George Pickett [CS] turns back Phil Sheridan cavalry and elements of the Fifth Corps. |
Virginia |
| George Pickett | ||
| April 1, 1865 | Battle of Five Forks
George Pickett [CS] could not withstand the federal envelopment move around Petersburg that began here. |
Virginia |
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| George Pickett | ||
| April 8, 1865 | Battle of Appomattox Station
Cavalry under Phillip Sheridan strikes the rail depot south of the Appomattox Court House, driving Rebels back and capturing essential supplies |
Virginia |
| Appomattox (or Appomattox Court House) | ||
| Battle of Appomattox | ||
| George Armstrong Custer | ||
| January 10, 1869 | [circa] At Fort Cobb, in response to Comanche Chief Toch-a-way's remark "Me good Indian," Phil Sheridan replies, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian." | Missouri |
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