John Bell Hood leads his Confederate Army of Tennessee north to confront John Schofield’s Army of the Ohio holding the forward Federal line at Pulaski, Tennessee.
Category: Tennessee
Hood’s Tennessee Incursion Begins
John Bell Hood finally begins moving his Confederate army in a desperate effort to destroy the Federal armies in Tennessee and then continue north into Kentucky and beyond.
The Johnsonville Raid
Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry moves south up the Tennessee River on two captured Federal transports to disrupt Federal river traffic en route to Johnsonville, Tennessee.
Hood’s Tennessee Campaign Begins
John Bell Hood leads his Confederate Army of Tennessee out of Gadsden, Alabama, intending to move north and restore both Tennessee and Kentucky to the Confederacy. But Hood encounters delays and shortages as William T. Sherman readies his Federals for action.
Forrest Launches a New Raid
Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry troopers attack Federal forces on the Tennessee River and prepare to launch a new raid on Federal supply transports in Tennessee.
Smoke from a Hundred Conflagrations
Philip Sheridan directs his Federals to continue laying waste to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley to deprive Confederates of resources and exact harsh retribution for the loss of a key aide.