October 17, 1863 – President Jefferson Davis traveled west to inspect Confederate forces in the Deep South. He also shared an idea with General Braxton
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Grant Takes Western Command
October 16, 1863 – The Lincoln administration ordered Major General Ulysses S. Grant to travel to Louisville, where he would take command of the new
Eastern Tennessee: Burnside Refuses to Move
September 25, 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln wrote an irate message to Major General Ambrose E. Burnside after Burnside’s repeated refusals to reinforce Major General
The Battle of Chickamauga: Aftermath
September 21, 1863 – The Federal Army of the Cumberland retreated into Chattanooga after its disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, and the Confederate Army of Tennessee
The Fall of Knoxville
September 2, 1863 – Leading elements of the Federal Army of the Ohio entered Knoxville, the key city of eastern Tennessee. This cut Virginia’s direct
Federals Close in on Chattanooga
August 21, 1863 – Federal artillery opened fire on Chattanooga, as Major General William S. Rosecrans tried enveloping the vital railroad city. Rosecrans’s Army of