Ambrose Burnside finally puts his Federal Army of the Ohio in motion in an effort to capture Knoxville in eastern Tennessee.
Tag: Simon B. Buckner
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.
The Fall of Munfordville
Braxton Bragg’s Confederate army captures a Federal garrison in Kentucky after a unique gesture of chivalry.
The Fall of Fort Donelson
Federals score their greatest victory of the war up to this time, generating a new national hero in the process.
Fort Donelson: The Confederate Breakout
The Confederate try breakout out of the Federal grip around Fort Donelson before deciding on whether or not to surrender.