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February 6, 2016

Flag Officer Andrew Foote’s Report on the Capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee

On February 6th, 1862, Flag Officer Andrew Foote of the U.S. Navy attacked Confederate Fort Henry located on the Tennessee River in Tennessee near the Kentucky border. Foote’s fleet totaled seven gunboats, including four...

War

December 16, 2015

Colonel Lucius Hubbard’s Report on His Brigade’s Attack on the Confederate Left at the Battle of Nashville

Despite suffering over 6000 casualties at the Battle of Franklin on November 30th, 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood kept his army on the march to Nashville. Confederate forces reached the southern outskirts of...

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November 22, 2015

Lieutenant Samuel Benjamin’s Report on the Union Artillery at the Battle of Fort Sanders

In September 1863, Union forces under Major General Ambrose Burnside occupied Knoxville, Tennessee. Union Army engineers immediately set about the task of constructing a defensive line of earthworks and other fortifications. One of these...

Memorials

September 25, 2015

The Hazen Brigade Monument at Stones River is the Nation’s Oldest Civil War Memorial

Though most Civil War memorials were created after the war ended, in a few cases the soldiers themselves didn’t wait that long to commemorate the fight and honor those who fell. The Hazen Brigade...

War

June 29, 2015

Captain Louis Kelly’s Report on the 15th Illinois Infantry at the Battle of Shiloh

The 15th Illinois Infantry was organized shortly after the Civil War began, and was mustered into service in May of 1861. The regiment spent the second half of the year at various points in...

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November 29, 2014

Battle of Nashville; Sherman Captures Savannah; Federals Attack Fort Fisher: December 1864

December 1864 in the Civil War While siege operations continued around Petersburg, Virginia, there was significant action elsewhere as 1864 came to an end. In Tennessee, despite suffering 7000 casualties at the Battle of...

War

November 13, 2014

Colonel Emerson Opdycke’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Franklin

On November 30th, 1864, Major General John M. Schofield’s Army of the Ohio was dug in around the town of Franklin, Tennessee. Schofield’s line extended around the town in a semicircle, with the ends...

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October 30, 2014

Lincoln Reelected, Sherman Begins March to the Sea, Battle of Franklin: November 1864

November 1864 in the Civil War With the major campaigns bogged down in the mid summer of 1864, it appeared that Abraham Lincoln’s chances at being reelected President of the United States were slim...

Tagged: tennessee

Flag Officer Andrew Foote’s Report on the Capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee

Colonel Lucius Hubbard’s Report on His Brigade’s Attack on the Confederate Left at the Battle of Nashville

Lieutenant Samuel Benjamin’s Report on the Union Artillery at the Battle of Fort Sanders

The Hazen Brigade Monument at Stones River is the Nation’s Oldest Civil War Memorial

Captain Louis Kelly’s Report on the 15th Illinois Infantry at the Battle of Shiloh

Battle of Nashville; Sherman Captures Savannah; Federals Attack Fort Fisher: December 1864

Colonel Emerson Opdycke’s Report on His Brigade’s Action at the Battle of Franklin

Lincoln Reelected, Sherman Begins March to the Sea, Battle of Franklin: November 1864

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