

Kindle Available From Manassas to Appomattox: General James LongstreetĪccording to some, he was partially to blame for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg according to others, if Lee had followed Longstreet's advice, they would have won that battle. The first significant Northern penetration into the Confederate west The military campaign that began in early 1862 with the advance to Fort Henry and culminated in late May with the capture of Corinth, Mississippi. Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaigns from Fort Henry to Corinth The author was more than fair and accurate in his assessment of Hood who mismanaged, waisted and destroyed the superb Army of Tennessee, in effect throwing away the Confederacy's most viable hope From the failed Southern invasion of Kentucky to the "uncivil" guerilla warfare in middle Tennessee.Ĭivil War State Battle Maps American Civil War Exhibits American Civil War Timeline Civil War Submarines History of Colored Troops Kids Zone Gettysburg Civil War Cooking Confederate President Jefferson DavisĬonfederate cotton burners near Memphis surprised by Federal scouts during the American Civil War, 1862Ĭivil War History Book Club Reading Titles Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Final GambleĪdequately mapped and illustrated, the read was an enjoyable one. This book has period illustrations and maps in each chapter.

In August 1863 William Rosecrans' Union Army of the Cumberland embarked on a campaign of maneuver to turn Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee out of Chattanooga, one of the most important industrial and logistical centers of the Confederacy.Ĭonfederate Defense of Tennessee 1861 to 1862 Union Invasion of Tennessee January 1862 FebruFort Henry February 11-16, 1862 Fort Donelson April 6-7, 1862 Shiloh / Pittsburg Landing May 1862 Fort Pillow Naval Engagement JMemphis June 7-8, 1862 Chattanooga JMurfreesboro OctoHatchie's Bridge / Davis Bridge / Matamora DecemHartsville DecemJackson Dec 31, 1862-Stones River / Murfreesboro DecemParker's Cross Roads FebruDover / Fort Donelson MaThompson's Station MaVaught's Hill / Milton MaBrentwood ApFranklin June 24-26, 1863 Hoover's Gap AugChattanooga SeptemBlountsville OctoBlue Springs October 28-29, 1863 Wauhatchie / Brown's Ferry NovemCollierville NovemCampbell's Station November 23-25, 1863 Chattanooga NovemFort Sanders / Fort Loudon DecemBean's Station DecemMossy Creek JanuDandridge JanuFair Garden ApFort Pillow AugMemphis November 4-5, 1864 Johnsonville November 11-13, 1864 Bull's Gap November 24-29, 1864 Columbia NovemSpring Hill NovemFranklin December 5-7, 1864 Murfreesboro / Wilkinson Pike / Cedars December 15-16, 1864 Nashvilleįort Donelson's Legacy: War and Society in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1862-1863

Failure in the Saddle: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joe Wheeler, and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign
