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Battle of Chattanooga
November 23–25, 1863 Fought from November 23 through November 25, 1863, the Battle of Chattanooga ended Confederate General Braxton Bragg's investment of Federal troops at Chattanooga and paved the way for for the Union's successful Atlanta Campaign in 1864. On December 26, 1862, Major General William S. Rosecrans led the Union Army of the Cumberland…
Battle of Chickamauga
September 19–20, 1863 Fought from September 19 to September 20, 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga produced the highest casualty totals for any battle in the western theater of the American Civil War and second only to the Battle of Gettysburg for the entire war. Following the Battle of Perryville (October 8, 1862), Confederate General Braxton…
Battle of Culpeper Court House
September 13, 1863 The Battle of Culpeper Court House was a cavalry engagement fought in Culpeper County, Virginia on September 13, 1863. The cavalry corps of three divisions of the Union Army of the Potomac defeated the cavalry corps of two divisions of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Following the Union victory at the…
Battle of Cumberland Gap
September 7–9, 1863 The bloodless Battle of Cumberland Gap took place from September 7 through 9, 1863 at the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. On June 8, 1861, Tennessee became the last Southern state to secede from the Union. The decision, however, was far from unanimous. In the eastern…
Battle of Droop Mountain
November 6, 1863 The Battle of Droop Mountain was fought on November 6, 1863, in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. As the possibility of civil war in the United States evolved during the early months of 1861, Virginia was a divided state. Led by residents of the eastern part of the state, Virginians voted to secede…
Battle of Fort Fizzle
June 17, 1863 In 1863, due to the declining number of volunteers, the United States government instituted the Conscription Act. Under this directive, which was also referred to as the Enrollment Act, the federal government required states to furnish a certain number of soldiers based on each state's population. In 1863, due to the declining…
Battle of Fort Pemberton
March 11–18, 1863 Fought between March 11–18, 1863, the Battle of Fort Pemberton was the primary engagement of the Yazoo Pass Expedition. By late 1861, President Abraham Lincoln was pressuring Union commanders in the west to invade the South. In early 1862, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant's forces gained control of two of the three…
Battle of Fort Sanders
November 29, 1863 When Tennessee seceded from the Union on June 8, 1861, the majority of the population in the eastern part of the state remained loyal to the Union. Consequently, the governor was forced to send military personnel to Knoxville to enforce the vote for secession. Because of the number of loyalists in the…
Battle of Gettysburg
Often referred to as the turning point in the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and … Read more
Battle of Grand Gulf
April 29, 1863 Fought on April 29, 1863, the Battle of Grand Gulf was a naval engagement on the Mississippi River that began Ulysses S. Grant's final assault on Vicksburg. At the onset of the American Civil War, the State of Tennessee comprised the majority of the northern border of the Confederate States of America…