Federal commanders accepted the surrender of the last major organized Confederate force still in the field.
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Chattanooga: Confederate Dissension Continues
October 9, 1863 – President Jefferson Davis held meetings with the top officers in the Army of Tennessee to try resolving the deep dissension among
The Armies Concentrate in Northern Georgia
September 18, 1863 – Major General William S. Rosecrans began concentrating his Federal Army of the Cumberland, and General Braxton Bragg continued looking for any
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
The Knoxville Campaign Begins
August 20, 1863 – Major General Ambrose E. Burnside’s Federal Army of the Ohio finally began moving to occupy eastern Tennessee and protect the left