Third Corps, Army of Tennessee

Corps · Confederate States of America · until April 26, 1865

Third Corps of the Army of Tennessee, reconstituted under Simon Bolivar Buckner in September 1863 and known thereafter as Polk's and Stewart's Corps. It fought at Chickamauga, Franklin, Nashville, and Bentonville, and surrendered in North Carolina on April 26, 1865.

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People who served 5

Simon Bolivar Buckner Major general · 1863

Leonidas Polk Lieutenant general · 1864 Alexander P. Stewart Lieutenant general · 1864–1865 William W. Loring Major general · 1865 Edward C. Walthall 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