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.

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Sub-units 2

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

Attached units 1

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

Movements

February 6, 1862 Battle of Fort Henry Grant's army reaches Fort Henry as it falls Map
February 13, 1862 – February 16, 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson Grant takes the fort Map
March 17, 1862 – April 5, 1862 Camps at Pittsburg Landing Map
April 6, 1862 – April 7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Map
April 29, 1862 – May 30, 1862 Siege of Corinth Map
June 10, 1862 – November 1, 1862 Holds West Tennessee from Jackson and Corinth (approximate) Map
August 28–30, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run
September 1, 1862 Northern Virginia campaign
September 1, 1862 Battle of Chantilly
September 4–20, 1862 Maryland campaign
September 14, 1862 Battle of South Mountain
September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam
September 19, 1862 Battle of Iuka
October 3–4, 1862 Second Battle of Corinth
December 5, 1862 – December 20, 1862 Grant's overland advance on Vicksburg reaches Oxford, Mississippi Map
December 11–15, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg
December 29, 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou Sherman's assault at Chickasaw Bayou fails Map
December 29, 1862 – July 4, 1863 Vicksburg campaign
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 1, 1863 Battle of Port Gibson
May 12, 1863 Battle of Raymond
May 14, 1863 Takes Jackson, Mississippi Map
May 14, 1863 Battle of Jackson
May 16, 1863 Battle of Champion Hill Map
May 18, 1863 – July 4, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg Map
July 5, 1863 – September 27, 1863 Occupies Vicksburg; Sherman retakes Jackson Map
August 1863 – December 14, 1863 Knoxville campaign
October 20, 1863 Sherman's corps marches east across northern Alabama Map
November 23, 1863 – November 25, 1863 Second Battle of Chattanooga Battles for Chattanooga Map
November 25, 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge
November 25, 1863 Chattanooga campaign
November 29, 1863 Battle of Fort Sanders
December 15, 1863 – May 4, 1864 Winter quarters around Huntsville (approximate) Map
May 4 – June 24, 1864 Overland Campaign
May 5–7, 1864 Battle of the Wilderness
May 7 – September 2, 1864 Atlanta campaign
May 8–21, 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania
May 14, 1864 Battle of Resaca Map
May 26, 1864 Battle of North Anna
May 31 – June 12, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor
June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865 Siege of Petersburg
June 15–18, 1864 Second Battle of Petersburg
June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Map
July 22, 1864 Battle of Atlanta McPherson killed Map
July 28, 1864 Battle of Ezra Church
July 30, 1864 Battle of the Crater
August 18–21, 1864 Battle of Globe Tavern
August 31, 1864 – September 1, 1864 Battle of Jonesborough Map
September 19, 1864 Third Battle of Winchester
October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek
November 15, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Leaves Atlanta on the March to the Sea Map
November 22, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Milledgeville, the Georgia capital Map
December 10, 1864 – December 21, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Siege and capture of Savannah Map
December 13, 1864 Second Battle of Fort McAllister
December 15, 1864 – December 16, 1864 Battle of Nashville Map
January 1 – April 26, 1865 Carolinas campaign
February 17, 1865 Columbia, South Carolina, burns Map
March 19, 1865 – March 21, 1865 Battle of Bentonville Map
March 25, 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman
April 1, 1865 Battle of Five Forks
April 6, 1865 Battle of Sailor's Creek
April 9, 1865 Battle of Appomattox Court House
April 26, 1865 Johnston surrenders at Bennett Place Map
May 24, 1865 Grand Review of the Armies in Washington Map