First Corps, Army of Tennessee
Corps · Confederate States of America · November 26, 1862 – April 26, 1865
First Corps of the Army of Tennessee, known in turn as Polk's, Hardee's, and Cheatham's Corps. It fought at Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Jonesborough, Franklin, Nashville, and Bentonville, and surrendered in North Carolina on April 26, 1865.
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Sub-units 1
- Division Cleburne's Division
People who served 9
Leonidas Polk
Lieutenant general · 1862–1863
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Major general · 1863
William J. Hardee
Lieutenant general · 1863
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Major general · 1863
William J. Hardee
Lieutenant general · 1863–1864
Patrick Cleburne
Major general · 1864
William J. Hardee
Lieutenant general · 1864
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Major general · 1864–1865
William B. Bate
Major general · 1865
Movements
Moved with Army of Tennessee.
- December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863 Battle of Stones River Map
- September 18, 1863 – September 20, 1863 Battle of Chickamauga Map
- September 21, 1863 – November 22, 1863 Besieges Chattanooga from Missionary Ridge Map
- November 23, 1863 – November 25, 1863 Second Battle of Chattanooga Routed at Missionary Ridge Map
- December 1, 1863 – May 6, 1864 Winter quarters at Dalton, Georgia Map
- May 14, 1864 Battle of Resaca Map
- June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Map
- July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta Map
- August 31, 1864 – September 1, 1864 Battle of Jonesborough Map
- November 30, 1864 Battle of Franklin Map
- December 15, 1864 – December 16, 1864 Battle of Nashville Map
- January 10, 1865 Remnants retreat to Tupelo, Mississippi Map
- March 19, 1865 – March 21, 1865 Battle of Bentonville Map
- April 26, 1865 Johnston surrenders at Bennett Place Map