Exploring the most important 55 months in American history
John Bell Hood further weakens his Confederate Army of Tennessee by detaching a force to capture Murfreesboro. Meanwhile, George H. Thomas continues to slowly prepare to attack Hood, despite pressure from superiors. The situation escalates amidst harsh winter conditions.
John Bell Hood directs his Confederate Army of Tennessee to make a desperate frontal assault on strong Federal defenses south of Nashville. The results prove tragic and unnecessary.
John Bell Hood’s Confederate Army of Tennessee stands poised to cut off the Federal Army of the Ohio at Columbia, Tennessee. But miscommunication leads to missed opportunity for the Confederates in what became one of the greatest controversies of the war.
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.
William T. Sherman’s three Federal armies work their way to the west and south of Atlanta. The Confederates initially misinterpret this maneuver until they realize that Sherman is threatening the key town of Jonesboro on the Macon & Western Railroad.
Leading elements of William T. Sherman’s Federal forces begin crossing the Chattahoochee River and getting ever closer to the vital railroad and industrial city of Atlanta.