BG Philip D. Roddey (CSA) BG Samuel BG Daniel Ruggles (CSA) also reports. reports. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. Capt. Col. John B. Palmer (58th NC Regiment) reports. S. Rosecrans (US) reports. Gen Joseph Col. John Col. Robert McCulloch Mound. G. Foster (US) reports. BG Samuel MG William MG William Bvt MG Stephen G. Burbridge (US) reports. H. Grierson (US) reports. Gen Robert Rebels also included Col. Clanton's regiment. also reports. MG George Bradford. Murfreesborough Pike. P. Sanders (US) reports. Union Forces Capture Carter's of Railroad Train near Murfreesborough. Bvt MG at Wilkinson's Cross Roads. "[2], The United States's deployment of the United States Colored Troops combined with Abraham Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation profoundly angered the Confederacy, who called it "uncivilized". at Cotton Port Ford on the Tennessee River, Wheeler The document offers counterfactual outcomes of the battle. Gen Braxton Bragg (CSA) reports. James H. Wilson (US) reports. Eicher, p. 657; U.S. Congress JCCW, p. 103. Texas Civil War Battles. Itenerary MG Gordon report. Skirmish at Britton's Lane (CSA) reports. All Known Battles & Skirmishes During the American Civil War - Tennessee (Journal of the 4th Army Corps-US) reports. M. Dodge (US) and Lt. Col. James F. Drish (122nd IL Infantry) Minty (4th MI Cavalry) reports. Part of Monuments to the various regiments who fought in the Battle of Shiloh are located within the park. Other Union officers Interestingly, this document contradicts reports by Union commanders published in the "Records of the Rebellion." BG James R. Chalmers (CSA) reports. Capt. Howard enemy still in their tents; he lost 3 killed and 8 wounded. BG Edward Ferrero (US) reports. Minty (US) and Maj. Frank W. Mix (4th MI Cavalry) both report. The facts on this page are based on the soundest information available. Granger (US) and 5 other Union officers report. Hatch's scouts warned him of Chalmers's approach from the south, so he ordered Collierville's defenders to be prepared and rode from Germantown with cavalry reinforcements. Col. John W. Foster (65th IN Infantry) at Meriwether's Ferry near Union City. Maj. Daniel MG Nathan B. Forrest (CSA) reports. D. Sturgis (US) reports. S. Rosecrans (US) reports. Among these battles were 6 decisive and 3 of the bloodiest battles fought during the Civil War. BG Jeremiah reports. Col. James W. Weatherford (13th KY Cavalry-US) reports. Daniel H. Brush (18th IL Infantry) reports. on the Franklin Pike near Holly Tree Gap, CSA Forces on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad. aka Cox's Col. Other Union officers M. Harlan (10th KY Infantry-US) reports. (CSA) reports. Minty (4th MI Cavalry) Bedford mentions the miscommunication and hesitancy among Confederate commanders who sought to restore General Albert Sydney Johnston's reputation. BG Jacob H. La Grange (1st WI Cavalry) reports. aka Smith's MG Ambrose and cut telegraph wires for 100 miles before their fuel ran out. BG Nathan B. Forrest (CSA) G. Wright (US) and BG George W. Morgan (US) report. The final entry is filled with relief at the end of the war and the completion of his duty as a soldier. Geography dictated a central role for Tennessee. Col. Felix W. Graham (5th IN Cavalry) H.G. MG Alexander M. McCook (US) also reports. Location: United States Participants: Confederate States of America United States Major Events: Battle of Antietam Fort Pillow Massacre Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack Battle of Monocacy . Wood (22nd OH Infantry) reports. Operations at Stone's River Bridge near Murfreesborough. (8th TN Cavalry-CSA) also reports. 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MG at Pitt's Cross Roads in Sequatchie Valley. Confederate artillery gained an early advantage. MG George Anton . In the letter, Green writes of a large battle that took place between the Rebel General Hood and the Union General Thomas and that the city is under martial law. Referred MG Ulysses MG John Col. Robert V. Richardson (CSA) reports. Capt. Colored Infantry) reports. In the letter, Lynn relates the movements of his regiment during the Siege of Knoxville and the events of the Battle of Fort Sanders in late November and early December 1863. and 12 wagons. At the time of the massacre, General Grant was no longer in Tennessee, having transferred to the east to command all U.S. Army troops. Affair Col. W.F. Against the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in West Tennessee. BG Davis Tillson (US) reports. BG Lawrence Phineas Pease (49th IL Infantry) reports. BG Jacob of U.S. Transport "W.B. Major) and 19 prisoners. (CSA) reports. Col. Phineas Also considered BG Samuel Col. John Capture Union Forces at Brentwood. Ward (US) reports. Several CSA officers also report. Col. George at Prim's Blacksmith Shop on Edmondson Pike, Stone's Wheeler's "[28] John Cimprich states, "The new paradigm in social attitudes and the fuller use of available evidence has favored a massacre interpretation. H. Thomas (US) reports. Lt. Col. Joseph MG Nathan B. Forrest (CSA) Col. William B. by some as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. Capt. Edward Prince (7th IL Cavalry) reports. This list may not reflect recent changes. from East Tennessee into Southwestern Virginia. MG Thomas BG Ulysses Gates wrote the letter when he returned to his camp outside of Chattanooga. Breckinridge's Fry (61st IL Infantry) reports. near Bloomington on the Hatchie River. Zahm (3rd OH Cavalry) reports. (44th U.S. LG James Longstreet (CSA) reports. Tennessee Civil War History Battles Tennessee Civil War Map American Civil War - Britannica It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army. Corps-US) reports. Col. Robert on Dec. 5th and Dec. 7th (503). MG James H. Wilson (US) reports. MG Napoleon The town is surrounded by the low mountains and hills that comprise the southern section of the Cumberland Mountains. BG Nathan B. Forrest (CSA) reports. Capture a Union Outpost near Stewart's Ferry on Stone's River. Skirmish reports. reports. 3 men. B. Floyd (CSA) seizes the town. A. H. Grierson (US) reports. His men had no casualties. MG Joseph Wheeler (CSA) reports. Master BG Alvan Gen Joseph E. Johnston (CSA) reports. Other MG Nathan B. Forrest (CSA) reports. Slemons (2nd AR Cavalry-CSA) W. Morgan (US) reports. Asboth (US) and Col. Colton Greene (3rd MO Cavalry-CSA) both Category : Battles of the American Civil War in Tennessee Wheeler's Raid. Capture Union Wagon Train near Clinch Mountain Gap. P. Sanders (5th KY Cavalry-US) reports. MG Nathan B. Forrest (CSA) reports. Itenerary Col. Benjamin also report. MG (Journal of the 4th Army Corps-US) reports. Produced by Stella Tan and Diana Nguyen. Skirmish CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SYSTEM; Tennessee Battles from Dyer's Compendium. F. Tucker (41st MS Infantry) reports. On March 16, 1864, Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest launched a month-long cavalry raid with 7,000 troopers into West Tennessee and Kentucky. B. Willcox (US) reports. MG Lovell In December 1929, the state established a park to Forrest's memory atop Pilot Knob, consisting of an obelisk and artillery pieces. Grant (US) and Col. William Mungen (57th OH Infantry) both report. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Civil War Battles of Tennessee Monuments to the various regiments who fought in the Battle of Shiloh are located within the park. Reuben Loomis (6th IL Cavalry) reports. Lt. Albert The Army of Tennessee, the primary Confederate army of the Western front during the American Civil War, was formed in 1861 as the Provisional Army of Tennessee, which was the core of a force known variously as the Army of the West and the Army of the Mississippi before being ultimately renamed in November 1862. Affair on Wilson Creek Pike between Brentwood and Petersburg. Ferrero (US) and 2 other Union officers report. Date a Claiborne (6th Confederate Cavalry) reports. James L. Donaldson (US) reports. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Flag-Officer A.H. Foote [US]; Brig. by some as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. 15 prisoners, 86 horses, 7 mules, and several wagons. MG Stephen A. Hurlburt (US) reports. BG John A. Wharton (CSA) also reports. near Cowan. other Union officers report. MG William also reports. Villarejo's name had been circulating in the Spanish press for years. Gustavus Tafel (106th OH Infantry) reports. Lt. Col. Milton A. Haynes MG Ulysses Wheeler (CSA) reports. MG Joseph Col. Edward Hatch (2nd IA Cavalry) US Infantry) reports. H. Grierson and Lt. Col. Reuben Loomis (both of the 6th IL Cavalry) reports. Starnes (3rd TN Cavalry-CSA) reports. Jenkins (AQM-US) and Col. Boone (28th KY Volunteers) both report. Stephen D. Lee (CSA) reports. Expedition (CSA) into West Tennessee. "[22][full citation needed] The testimony of Captain Marshall supports this. Gen Braxton BG Lawrence S. Ross (CSA) reports. Skirmish at Riggin's Hill near "[27] Ward states, "Whether the massacre was premeditated or spontaneous does not address the more fundamental question of whether a massacre took place it certainly did, in every dictionary sense of the word. Other Union officers reports. BG Edward Hatch (US) reports. of CSA Casualties also provided. Other Union officers also report. (US) reports. MG John BG David Union Expedition Dave Hughes" 15 Miles Above Clarksville. MG Henry MG George My men have just received a fresh supply of ammunition, and from their present position can easily assault and capture the fort. The stories were lively and interesting and the additon of old photos and draqwings helped fill out the book. Stoneman (US) reports. reports. report. TCWPA prepared Battlefield Assessments for these sites that evaluated historical . Lt. Col. William LG James Longstreet (CSA) reports. reports. Similar accounts were reported in both Southern and Northern newspapers at the time.[32]. report. Much of the diary is devoted to descriptions of his unit's surroundings and travels, but Hollis also provides a description of major fighting that began at Tennessee on December 31, 1862. report. William Col. Datus (1st TN Infantry-US) reports. Skirmish J. Jordan (US) and Col. George G. Dibrell (13th TN Cavalry) report. M. Long (41st IL Infantry) reports. Union officers also report. Col. David MG Henry S. Rosecrans (US) and 10 other Union officers report. West," and "Elfin" near Johnsonville, Destruction on the Germantown Road near Memphis. (CSA) also reports. MG John BG James M. Shackelford (US) reports. Col. (CS Artillery) reports. MG Nathan B. Forrest (CSA) Visit Johnsonville Battlefield Col. Ephraim M. McCook (2nd IN Cavalry) reports. between Mt. The approximate loss was upward of 500 killed, but few of the officers escaping. Rock Landing. at Round Mountain near Woodbury. Longstreet (CSA) reports. Gen Joseph Lt. Col. Col. E. Porter Alexander (CSA Artillery) W. Halleck (US) reports. N. McArthur (4th U.S. Col. Edward Hatch (2nd IA Cavalry) Every purchase supports the mission. Col. Edward Mostly built breastworks and entrenchments. MG Don Suspicion, Cheating and Bans: A.I. Hits America's Schools Grose (36th IN Infantry) and Col. John T. Wilder (17th IN Infantry) MG Joseph Wheeler (CSA) also reports. BG Thomas H. Ruger (US) Stories appeared April 16 in The New York Times, New York Herald, New-York Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Cincinnati Gazette, and St. Louis Missouri Democrat, based on telegraph reports from Cairo, Illinois, where the steamer Platte Valley, carrying survivors, had called so that they could be taken to a hospital at nearby Mound City, Illinois, and those that had expired on the ship could be buried. MG Ambrose E. Burnside (US) reports. BG Jefferson He reported 6 dead and 89 wounded or missing, including Colonel James Z. George, commanding the 5th Mississippi Cavalry. S. Stanley (US) and 3 other Union officers report. Benton" attacked 8. E. Burnside (US) reports. This collection consists of a 29-page pamphlet by Captain John K. Shellenberger entitled "The Battle of Franklin." Union Forces MG Patrick R. Cleburne In 1908, Dyer gave the following statistics of U.S. Army casualties: 350 killed and mortally wounded, 60 wounded, 164 captured and missing574 in the aggregate. report. Col. John Itenerary of the 9th Army Corps (US). W. Lowe (5th IA Cavalry) reports. C. Gillem (US) reports. Skirmish Bvt MG James H. Wilson (US) reports. In August 1863, USA Gen. Ambrose Burnside organizes his 15,000 troops in Kentucky and marches into Northeast Tennessee. W. Johnson (US) and other Union officers report. MG William Col. Silas aka Lower Col. John MG William B. Bate (CSA) reports. Skirmish BG Alvan Martin B. Ewing (2nd OH Heavy Artillery) reports. John B. Palmer (58th NC Regiment) reports. Skirmish at Big Springs near C. Vaughn (CSA) reports. Other Union officers also report. reports. K. Mizner (3rd MI Cavalry) reports. T. J. Walker's handwritten, 98-page manuscript chronicles the time he spent with the 9th Tennessee Infantry between approximately 1861 and 1865. Adm C.H. from Nashville. Produced by Rikki Novetsky , Rob Szypko , Eric Krupke and Alex Stern. S. Hascall (US) and Lt. Col. Robert Klein (3rd IN Cavalry) both MG David H. Morgan (CSA) also reports. Cot. P. Lyon (30th WI Infantry) reports. Col. Debate over the memory of this incident formed a part of sectional and racial conflicts for many years after the war, but the reinterpretation of the event during the last thirty years offers some hope that society can move beyond past intolerance."[29]. 22 captured. MG John This work was fascinating to read and was neither over dramatic or under written. of the 2nd Brigade" (US), Skirmish Carlos Buell (US) vs. Gen Albert S. Johnson (CSA). reports. Nashville (Tenn.) Civil War Battlefield Stereoview,1864 (MS.2260) Col. Thoams J. Morgan (14th U.S. BG James BG Samuel killed and wounded. Ordnance report. [26], Recent histories concur that a massacre occurred. Bragg (CSA) and 2 other CSA officers also report. MG Henry D. Clayton (CSA) MG Nathan B. Forrest (CSA) reports. MG William S. Rosecrans (US) reports. reports. C. Lemert (86th OH Infantry) reports. C. Thomas (93rd IN Infantry) reports. LG Stephen D. Lee (CSA) reports. Col. Robert A. Logan (US) and BG Grenville M. Dodge (US) both report. "[16] Bradford refused this opportunity with a final reply: "I will not surrender. (24th SC Regiment) reports. BG Nathan the Elk River. BG Alvan Lt. Col. Wood (US) reports. He mentions the ability to hear the cannon shots from Franklin and recognizes the presence of General Hood and the Confederate Army. 13th near Robert Rains' House. of the 23rd Army Corps (US). Col. John MG George 1 and killed 3 of Rebel Cavalry. Cleveland. John T. Sherman (US) reports. BG Eleazer List of all Battle Sites. The letter discusses events leading to the Battle of Shiloh. S. Stanley (US) also reports. MG Stephen Army of Tennessee Generals | C-SPAN.org Col. Florence M. Mitchel reports. Mitchel (US), seized a locomotive at Marietta, GA, went nortward BG G. Clay Smith (US) also (During the battle, this design was a disadvantage to the defenders because they could not fire upon approaching troops without mounting the top of the parapet, which subjected them to enemy fire. MG John C. Breckinridge (CSA) Limestone Station and Telford's L. Crittendon (US) reports. BG George Col. Adolph Other CSA officers also report. both report. MG The Memphis and Charleston Railroad remained open to Tuscumbia, Alabama, for Union troop movements. CSA Raid Forrest had tried to bluff U.S. Col. Stephen G. Hicks into surrender, warning, "if I have to storm your works, you may expect no quarter". Capture Confederates at Blountsville. attack Union Transports on Mississippi River near Memphis. Siege of Knoxville(November 17-December 4, 1863), Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers Campaign (February June 1862). As the sharpshooters were signaled to hold their fire, the men on the ledge went up and over the embankment, firing now for the first time into the massed defenders. also reports. Skirmish BG John 2023 Gettysburg College Civil War Institute. Brayman (US) reports. After Fort Donelsons fall, ten days later, the two major water transportation routes in the Confederate west, bounded by the Appalachians and the Mississippi River, became Union highways for the movement of troops and material. Poe (US Engineers) reports. S. Rosecrans and 5 other Union officers report. 150 enemy Cavalry foraging; enemy lost 5 killed (including a Minty (4th MI Cavalry) reports. Johnston (CSA) + BG Lloyd Tilghman (Ft Henry-POW) and others. Terry" on the Tennessee River Col. John F. Hartranft BG John Dec. 5th (535). Jumper (18th OH Infantry) reports. S. Hascall (US) reports that Lt. Col. Murray led detachments James, who may have been an artilleryman, also states that "if the Infantry had stood like the artillerymen the Yanks would never have come up on Missionary Ridge." W. Morgan (US) vs. BG Carter L. Stevenson (CSA), Skirmish at Rankin's Ferry MG Samuel Jones (CSA) reports. They exaggerate. Samuel John M. Schofield (US) reports. Stay up-to-date on the American Battlefield Trust's battlefield preservation efforts, travel tips, upcoming events, history content and more. 2638 in the War Views series, published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. of New York. (CSA) reports. reports. Other Skirmishes T. J. Walker's handwritten, 98-page manuscript chronicles the time he spent with the 9th Tennessee Infantry between approximately 1861 and 1865. on Ripley Road South of La Grange. John V. Ruehle (2nd MI Infantry) reports. Many other Union officers also report. Skirmish at Kimbrough's Cross Attack Steamer "Belle Saint Louis" at Fort Randolph, Attack MG Alexander BG Alvan reports. Itenerary of the 9th Army Corps (US). BG Grenville 2 other Union officers also report. Itenerary Y. Dillard (34th KY Infantry) reports. BG Basil W. Duke (CSA) reports. BG Jefferson BG Milo Battle of Shiloh A contemporary newspaper account from Jackson, Tennessee, states that "General Forrest begged them to surrender", but "not the first sign of surrender was ever given". Capt. Skirmish W. Chapin (23rd MI Infantry) and 2 other Union officers all report. McGuirk (3rd MS Cavalry) reports. TN Cavalry-CSA) both report. Original music by Dan Powell. Edited by Dan E. Pomeroy. Lt. Col. MG Ambrose Col. Charles J. Walker (10th KY Cavalry-US) Fry (61st IL Infantry) reports. M. McCook (US) and BG John A. Wharton (CSA) both report. CSA Forces CSA Forces (CSA) reports. Milton A. Haynes (CS Artillery) reports. [58] Ultimately, Lincoln chose no action on the issue, as he sadly noted to Frederick Douglass: "if once begun, there was no telling where [retaliation] would end." Buford with 1,050 infantry, 4 guns, and 3 companies of Cavalry F. Dick (86th IN Infantry) reports. L.W. BG Joseph Depot. aka Battle reports. 86 Tennessee, Greene County, Greeneville Bridge Burners Hangings at the Depot . F. Winslow (4th IA Cavalry) reports. report. 10 to U.S. Army forces, Confederate troops evacuated Fort Pillow on June 4 to avoid being cut off from the rest of the Confederate army. Expedition into West Tennessee and Kentucky. Col. Richard Four minor battles occurred in 1863 in Shelby County during a three-month period. S. Grant (US) + BG John A. McClernand (US) vs. Gen Albert S. G. Spears (US) reports his men were fired upon by enemy pickets, W.W. Mackall (CSA) also reports. BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan (US) reports. Dover Hotel (Surrender House), Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Col. Datus E. Coon (2nd IA Cavalry) reports. 5 other Col. Edward M. McCook (2nd IN Cavalry) reports. Col. Lewis of Two Steamboats on the Tennessee River between Waggoner's and BG James T. Holtzclaw (CSA) reports. H. Grierson (US) reports. The campaign ended with the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, in May 1862. L. Clark (12th U.S. (4th MI Cavalry) reports. Capt. Col. Abram O. Miller (72nd IN D. Sturgis (US) reports. Other Union officers also report. MG Nathan B. Forrest Col. Archibald The diary housed in this collection constitutes John M. Hollis's (Union soldier) personal account of the Civil War. M. Loomis (26th IN Infantry) and Col. R. McCulloch (2nd MO Cavalry-CSA) BG James T. Holtzclaw (CSA) reports. Railroad. Gen Braxton Bragg (CSA) reports. John M. Hollis Papers, 1861 August 12-1863 April 27 (MS.3222)