Exploring the most important 55 months in American history
William T. Sherman’s Federals hurry from Chattanooga to aid the Federals at Knoxville, only to find that they are not in as desperate shape as anticipated.
Letter from Sgt. Frank Phelps of the 10th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
Braxton Bragg turns the Confederate Army of Tennessee over to William Hardee, and President Jefferson Davis begins looking for a permanent army commander.
George G. Meade’s Federal Army of the Potomac ends its short-lived campaign in northern Virginia before it ever truly begins.
Nathaniel P. Banks embarks on a campaign to conquer eastern Texas by seizing control of the Rio Grande River and the Texas coast.
James Longstreet’s tentative Confederate siege of Knoxville climaxes with an assault on the nearly impregnable Federal defenses, while a Federal force is on its way to reinforce the Knoxville defenders.