President Jefferson Davis holds meetings with the top officers in the Army of Tennessee to try resolving the deep dissension among them.
Tag: Simon B. Buckner
The Fall of Knoxville
Leading elements of the Federal Army of the Ohio enter Knoxville, the key city of eastern Tennessee. This cuts Virginia’s direct railroad line to the west.
Federals Close in on Chattanooga
Federal artillery opens fire on Chattanooga, as William S. Rosecrans tries enveloping the vital railroad city.
The Knoxville Campaign Begins
Ambrose Burnside finally puts his Federal Army of the Ohio in motion in an effort to capture Knoxville in eastern Tennessee.
The Chattanooga Campaign Begins
William S. Rosecrans’s Federal Army of the Cumberland finally begins moving out of Tullahoma to capture the vital railroad city of Chattanooga.
Greatly Tried and Dissatisfied
William S. Rosecrans prepares his Federal Army of the Cumberland to advance on Chattanooga as his superiors continue pressing him to move faster. Meanwhile, Braxton Bragg proposes a concentration of Confederate armies in the Western Theater.