Army of the Tennessee

Army · United States · February 2, 1862 – August 1, 1865

Union army in the Western Theater, led in turn by Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, James McPherson and Oliver Howard. Called the Army of the District of West Tennessee until October 1862, it took Forts Henry and Donelson, fought at Shiloh, took Vicksburg, fought at Chattanooga and Atlanta, and marched through Georgia and the Carolinas.

Recorded for American Civil War.

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Sub-units 2

XV Corps (Union Army) corps
XVII Corps (Union Army) corps

Attached units 1

IX Corps (Union Army) June 14, 1863 – August 10, 1863 Sent to reinforce Grant at Vicksburg

Engagements 25

Battle of Fort Henry February 6, 1862
Battle of Fort Donelson February 11–16, 1862
Battle of Shiloh April 6–7, 1862
Siege of Corinth April 29 – May 30, 1862
Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg December 11–15, 1862
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou December 26–29, 1862
Battle of Champion Hill May 16, 1863
Siege of Vicksburg May 18 – July 4, 1863
Second Battle of Chattanooga November 23–25, 1863
Battle of Fort Sanders November 29, 1863
Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7, 1864
Battle of Spotsylvania May 8–21, 1864
Battle of Resaca May 13–15, 1864
Battle of Cold Harbor May 31 – June 12, 1864
Siege of Petersburg June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain June 27, 1864
Battle of Atlanta July 22, 1864
Battle of the Crater July 30, 1864
Battle of Jonesborough August 31 – September 1, 1864
Sherman's March to the Sea November 15 – December 21, 1864
Battle of Bentonville March 19–21, 1865
Battle of Five Forks April 1, 1865
Battle of Sailor's Creek April 6, 1865
Battle of Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865

Movements

February 6, 1862 Grant's army reaches Fort Henry as it falls (Battle of Fort Henry) · map
February 13, 1862 – February 16, 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson: Grant takes the fort (Battle of Fort Donelson) · map
March 17, 1862 – April 5, 1862 Camps at Pittsburg Landing · map
April 6, 1862 – April 7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh (Battle of Shiloh) · map
April 29, 1862 – May 30, 1862 Siege of Corinth (Siege of Corinth) · map
June 10, 1862 – November 1, 1862 Holds West Tennessee from Jackson and Corinth (approximate) · map
December 5, 1862 – December 20, 1862 Grant's overland advance on Vicksburg reaches Oxford, Mississippi · map
December 29, 1862 Sherman's assault at Chickasaw Bayou fails (Battle of Chickasaw Bayou) · map
January 30, 1863 – March 29, 1863 Camps at Milliken's Bend and Young's Point opposite Vicksburg · map
April 30, 1863 Crosses the Mississippi at Bruinsburg · map
May 14, 1863 Takes Jackson, Mississippi · map
May 16, 1863 Battle of Champion Hill (Battle of Champion Hill) · map
May 18, 1863 – July 4, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg (Siege of Vicksburg) · map
July 5, 1863 – September 27, 1863 Occupies Vicksburg; Sherman retakes Jackson · map
October 20, 1863 Sherman's corps marches east across northern Alabama · map
November 23, 1863 – November 25, 1863 Battles for Chattanooga (Second Battle of Chattanooga) · map
December 15, 1863 – May 4, 1864 Winter quarters around Huntsville (approximate) · map
May 14, 1864 Battle of Resaca (Battle of Resaca) · map
June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (Battle of Kennesaw Mountain) · map
July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta; McPherson killed (Battle of Atlanta) · map
August 31, 1864 – September 1, 1864 Battle of Jonesborough (Battle of Jonesborough) · map
November 15, 1864 Leaves Atlanta on the March to the Sea (Sherman's March to the Sea) · map
November 22, 1864 Milledgeville, the Georgia capital (Sherman's March to the Sea) · map
December 10, 1864 – December 21, 1864 Siege and capture of Savannah (Sherman's March to the Sea) · map
February 17, 1865 Columbia, South Carolina, burns · map
March 19, 1865 – March 21, 1865 Battle of Bentonville (Battle of Bentonville) · map
April 26, 1865 Johnston surrenders at Bennett Place · map
May 24, 1865 Grand Review of the Armies in Washington · map

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