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Army of the Tennessee

The Army of the Tennessee was a Union

Union Army

The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S....
army in the Western Theater

Western Theater of the American Civil War

This article presents an overview of major military and naval operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War....
of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, named for the Tennessee River

Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately 652 miles long and is located in the Southern United States in the Tennessee Valley....
. It should not be confused with the similarly named Army of Tennessee

Army of Tennessee

The Army of Tennessee was the principal Confederate States Army operating between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River during the American Civil War....
, a Confederate

Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army was a military organization whose primary mission was to provide the necessary forces and capabilities to support the National Security and defense of the Confederate States of America during its brief existence from 1861 to 1865....
army named after the State of Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. The Army of the Tennessee was composed of divisions

Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or Formation usually consisting of between ten to thirty thousand soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades, and in turn several divisions make up a corps....
in the District of Cairo

Cairo, Illinois

Cairo is a city in Alexander County, Illinois, Illinois in the United States. The population was 3,632 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois....
, Department of Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
, renamed the Army of West Tennessee and then Army of the Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
commanded this army under the three names from shortly after the start of the war until after his victory at Vicksburg

Battle of Vicksburg

The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Army Major general Ulysses S....
in 1863.

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The Army of the Tennessee was a Union

Union Army

The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S....
army in the Western Theater

Western Theater of the American Civil War

This article presents an overview of major military and naval operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War....
of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, named for the Tennessee River

Tennessee River

Army of Tennessee

The Army of Tennessee was the principal Confederate States Army operating between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River during the American Civil War....
, a Confederate

Confederate States Army

Tennessee

Division (military)

Cairo, Illinois

Missouri

Ulysses S. Grant

Battle of Vicksburg

The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Army Major general Ulysses S....
in 1863. Under other generals, the army fought from Chattanooga

Chattanooga Campaign

The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Major general William S....
, through Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
, to The Carolinas

The Carolinas

The Carolinas is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the U.S. state of North Carolina and South Carolina. The Carolinas were known as the Province of Carolina during America's Colonial America period, from 1663–1710....
and the end of the war.

History

Up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers

On December 27, 1861, Brig. Gen.

Brigadier general (United States)

A brigadier general in the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, is a 1 star rank general officer, with the U.S....
Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
was appointed to command the District of Cumberland, Department of Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
. The army was created from units of the district and divided into four divisions

Division (military)

Cumberland River

The Cumberland River is an important waterway in the Southern United States. It is 688 miles long. It starts in Letcher County, Kentucky in eastern Kentucky on the Cumberland Plateau, flows through southeastern Kentucky and crosses into northern Tennessee, and then curves back up into western Kentucky before draining into the Ohio River a...
and Tennessee River

Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately 652 miles long and is located in the Southern United States in the Tennessee Valley....
s. The divisions were commanded by Brig. Gen. John A. McClernand (1st Division), Brig. Gen. Charles F. Smith (2nd), and Brig. Gen. Lew Wallace

Lew Wallace

Fort Henry

Fort Henry is the name of*Fort Henry , a 1646 fort near present-day Petersburg, Virginia.*Fort Henry , a 1774 fort near present–day Wheeling, West Virginia....
. The fort surrendered to U.S. Navy Flag Officer

Flag Officer

A flag officer is a Officer who is senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to represent where he exercises command. The term usually refers to the senior officers in a nation's navy, specifically those who hold the rank of Commodore or any of the admiral ranks....
Andrew H. Foote, commander of the Western Flotilla, before the army could attack. A few days later the two divisions at Fort Henry marched overland to Fort Donelson where they joined with Wallace's division, which was formed there from new regiments that had sailed down the Tennessee River. The Battle of Fort Donelson

Battle of Fort Donelson

The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War of the American Civil War....
began on February 12 and the garrison surrendered on February 26.

Shiloh and Corinth

Five days after the victory at Donelson, on February 21, 1862, now-Maj. Gen.

Major general (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a 2 star rank general officer rank, with the U.S....
Grant was given command of the District of West Tennessee. His army was reinforced by three more divisions and renamed the Army of West Tennessee. However, professional jealousies led Grant's superior, Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, the commander of the Department of the West, to sideline Grant from command of the river expedition; from March 2 to March 17, C.F. Smith had operational control. After personal intervention from President

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
, Halleck restored Grant to command.

In April the army was in its first real engagement under its new name at the Battle of Shiloh

Battle of Shiloh

The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War of the American Civil War, fought on April 6 and April 7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee....
. On the first day of the battle the army fought desperately and suffered many casualties. The heroic sacrifice of Benjamin Prentiss

Benjamin Prentiss

Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss was an United States soldier and politician. He fought in the Mexican-American War and on the Union side of the American Civil War, rising to the rank of Major general ....
's 6th Division in the Hornet's Nest allowed the rest of the army to form a strong defensive line and repulse the last of the Confederate

Confederate States Army

Army of the Ohio

The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union Army armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863....
, under Don Carlos Buell

Don Carlos Buell

Don Carlos Buell was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War. Buell led Union Army armies in two great Civil War battles—Battle of Shiloh and Battle of Perryville—but was relieved of field command in late 1862 and made no more significant military co...
, arrived to reinforce Grant. Bolstered by Buell and Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace

Lew Wallace

Lewis "Lew" Wallace was a lawyer, governor, Union Army general in the American Civil War, United States statesman, and author, best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ....
's 3rd Division, Army of West Tennessee (which had been out of the action the first day), Grant counterattacked and drove the Confederates from the field.

On April 30, 1862, Halleck consolidated all the Union armies in the west to form an Army Group of over 100,000 men from the Army of West Tennessee, Army of the Mississippi

Army of the Mississippi

Army of the Mississippi was the name given to two Union Army armies that operated around the Mississippi River, both with short existences, during the American Civil War....
, and the Army of the Ohio

Army of the Ohio

The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union Army armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863....
, with Halleck in overall command. Halleck appointed Grant to be his second-in-command, a position with no formal responsibilities. The forces of the department were reorganized into three "wings", with George H. Thomas in command of the Right Wing, containing the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Divisions the Army of West Tennessee and Thomas's division from the Army of the Ohio

Army of the Ohio

The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union Army armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863....
. Grant remained nominally in command of an army that temporarily did not exist in practice; both Halleck and Thomas gave orders directly to the division commanders assigned to the Right Wing. After the Siege of Corinth

Siege of Corinth

The Siege of Corinth was an American Civil War battle fought from April 29 to June 10, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi....
, the reorganization was rescinded and Grant returned to effective command of the army on June 10.

Vicksburg

On October 16, 1862, the army was transferred to the Department of the Tennessee, becoming the Army of the Tennessee. By December the army was reorganized into four corps—the XIII

XIII Corps (ACW)

XIII Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was first led by Ulysses S. Grant and later by John A. McClernand and Edward O....
, XV

XV Corps (ACW)

The XV Army Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S....
, XVI

XVI Corps (ACW)

The XVI Army Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.The corps served under Major General Ulysses S. Grant in the Army of the Tennessee....
, and XVII

XVII Corps (ACW)

XVII Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized December 18, 1862 as part of Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee....
—each containing two or three divisions and detachments of artillery and cavalry.

In December 1862, the XV Corps under Sherman made an attack against Vicksburg, but was repulsed in the Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs

Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, also called Walnut Hills, fought December 26–29, 1862, was the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War....
. John A. McClernand used his political influence with Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
to obtain command of the expedition against Vicksburg, setting himself up as a competitor to Grant. McClernand was given command of both his XIII Corps and Sherman's corps. He redesignated these two corps the Army of the Mississippi

Army of the Mississippi

Battle of Fort Hindman

The Battle of Fort Hindman, or the Battle of Arkansas Post, was fought from January 9 to January 11 1863, near the mouth of the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War....
on the Arkansas River

Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast and traverses the U.S....
. Since this objective was seen to be a distraction and unrelated to a campaign against Vicksburg, Grant used this as a justification to reassert his command of the expedition personally and McClernand's force was reincorporated into the Army of the Tennessee.

Working well with the Western Flotilla under David D. Porter, Grant led the XIII, XV, and XVII Corps through the Vicksburg Campaign

Vicksburg Campaign

The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate States of America-controlled section of the Mississippi River....
, a masterful campaign of maneuver against two Confederate armies. After capturing Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. Mississippi. It is one of two county seats in Hinds County, Mississippi; the town of Raymond, Mississippi is the other....
, and defeating the Confederates in the Battle of Champion Hill

Battle of Champion Hill

The Battle of Champion Hill, or Bakers Creek, fought May 16, 1863, was the pivotal battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War....
, initial assaults against the Confederate entrenchments at Vicksburg were unsuccessful, so Grant reluctantly laid siege to the city. During the siege the army received significant reinforcements. A division from the late Army of the Frontier

Army of the Frontier

The Army of the Frontier was a United States army that served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater during the American Civil War. It fought in several minor engagements in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas....
under Francis J. Herron

Francis J. Herron

Francis Jay Herron , was a Union general during the American Civil War....
was added to the XVII Corps on June 11. A detachment of two divisions from the XVI Corps under Cadwallader C. Washburn

Cadwallader C. Washburn

Cadwallader Colden Washburn was an United States businessman, politician, and soldier noted for founding what would later become General Mills and working in government for Wisconsin....
joined on June 12. The IX Corps

IX Corps (ACW)

IX Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War that distinguished itself in combat in multiple theaters: the Carolinas, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi....
under John G. Parke (8,000 men from Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside was an United States soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S....
's Army of the Ohio

Army of the Ohio

The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union Army armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863....
) joined the siege on June 14. Grant replaced McClernand in command of the XIII Corps with Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord

Edward Ord

Edward Otho Cresap Ord was the designer of Fort Sam Houston, and a United States Army officer who saw action in the Seminole War, the Indian Wars, and the American Civil War....
. The city surrendered on July 4 and Generals Herron, McPherson, and Logan were the first to lead troops into the city. Immediately after the fall of Vicksburg, Sherman took command of an expeditionary force composed of the IX, XIII, and XV Corps plus elements of the XVI and XVII Corps. This force captured Jackson on July 17 and returned to Vicksburg shortly after.

Chattanooga

After William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland

Army of the Cumberland

The Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal Union armies in the Western Theater of the American Civil War during the American Civil War....
was defeated at the Battle of Chickamauga

Battle of Chickamauga

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863, marked the end of a Union Army offensive in south-central Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign....
, it retreated to Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, "the Scenic City", is the fourth-largest city in Tennessee , and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, in the United States....
, where it was besieged by Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg was a career United States Army officer, and then a General officer in the Confederate States Army, a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War of the American Civil War....
's Army of Tennessee. Grant was ordered by Washington to travel to Chattanooga, assume command of all forces there, and bring up reinforcements to relieve them and defeat Bragg. William T. Sherman assumed command of the Army of the Tennessee and participated in some of the fighting there. The XV Corps under Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, Jr., and the 2nd Division of the XVII Corps, led by Brig. Gen. John E. Smith

John E. Smith

John Eugene Smith was a Swiss immigrant to the United States, who served as a Union general during the American Civil War....
, were transferred from Vicksburg. These troops assaulted the right flank of Bragg's army on November 25, 1863. In the Battle of Missionary Ridge

Battle of Missionary Ridge

The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought November 25, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the Union Army victory in the Battle of Lookout Mountain on November 24, Union forces under Major general Ulysses S....
, Sherman's army was intended to play the major role by making this assault, but it was unsuccessful and the major credit for breaking the Confederate line is generally given to the Army of the Cumberland, now under Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas

George Henry Thomas

George Henry Thomas was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army General officer during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater of the American Civil War....
, who assaulted up Missionary Ridge

Missionary Ridge

Missionary Ridge is a geographic feature in Chattanooga, Tennessee, site of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, a battle in the American Civil War, fought on November 25, 1863....
.

Meridian

After Chattanooga, Sherman returned to Vicksburg to lead an expedition with the remaining forces of the Army of the Tennessee which had not been transferred to Chattanooga. These forces were the XVI Corps

XVI Corps (ACW)

The XVI Army Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.The corps served under Major General Ulysses S. Grant in the Army of the Tennessee....
and the 1st, 3rd and 4th Divisions of the XVII Corps

XVII Corps (ACW)

XVII Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized December 18, 1862 as part of Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee....
. Sherman marched out of Vicksburg and captured the city of Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian is a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The city is the county seat of Lauderdale County, the sixth largest city in Mississippi, and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area....
. After destroying the transportation center there on February 19, Sherman returned to Vicksburg. Shortly afterward the majority of these forces would likewise be transferred to Chattanooga where the Army of the Tennessee be joined for the drive on Atlanta.

Atlanta

Now that Chattanooga had fallen, an avenue of invasion had opened into the heart of the Deep South

Deep South

The Deep South is a descriptive category of cultural and geographic subregions in the Southern United States. Historically, it is differentiated from the "Upper South" as being the states which were most dependent on plantation type agriculture during the antebellum period....
. Braxton Bragg was relieved of command of his defeated army, replaced by General Joseph E. Johnston

Joseph E. Johnston

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was a career United States Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War....
. Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to lieutenant general

Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
and given command of all Union armies in March 1864. Sherman assumed command of the Military Division of the Mississippi, in control of all armies in the Western Theater. Command of the Army of the Tennessee was given to Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson

James B. McPherson

James Birdseye McPherson was a career United States Army officer who served as a General officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
, who had started his Civil War career as a lieutenant colonel and the chief engineer in Grant's army at Fort Donelson.

The Army was composed of the XV Corps, the Left Wing of the XVI Corps, and eventually the XVII Corps.

The army performed well under McPherson in the Atlanta Campaign

Atlanta Campaign

The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of Atlanta and hastening the end of the American Civil War....
, in which multiple columns of Union armies under Sherman attempted to maneuver around Johnston. In the Battle of Atlanta

Battle of Atlanta

The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia....
on July 22, 1864, McPherson's army was the main target of a strong assault by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood

John Bell Hood

John Bell Hood was a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness....
, who replaced Johnston. McPherson was killed while he was observing the fighting. He was replaced temporarily by Maj. Gen. John A. Logan

John A. Logan

John Alexander Logan was an United States soldier and political leadership. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a General officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War....
, and then by Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard

Oliver O. Howard

Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army General officer in the American Civil War. He was a corps commander noted for suffering two humiliating defeats, at Battle of Chancellorsville and Battle of Gettysburg, but he recovered from the setbacks while posted in the Western Theater of the American Civil War,...
. The army eventually prevailed and Hood evacuated Atlanta on September 1.

Georgia and the Carolinas

Howard led the Army of the Tennessee through the end of the war. Following Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea saw Howard leading the left wing of the two-column advance through Georgia, eventually capturing Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia....
. Sherman continued his destructive march, now to the north, in the Carolinas Campaign

Carolinas Campaign

The Carolinas Campaign was the final campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War of the American Civil War. In January 1865, Union Army Major General#United States William Tecumseh Sherman advanced north from Savannah, Georgia, through the Carolinas, with the intention of linking up with Union forces in Virginia....
. Howard's army was the right wing of a three-column invasion. At the final major battle, Bentonville

Battle of Bentonville

The Battle of Bentonville was fought March 19–March 21, 1865, in Bentonville, North Carolina, near the current town of Four Oaks, North Carolina, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War....
, the majority of the fighting fell on Sherman's other armies. But it had been a physically demanding campaign, with the armies marching 425 miles in 50 days. On April 26, 1865, General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Sherman all of the Confederate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. On May 19, John A. Logan became the final commander of the Army of the Tennessee.

Disbandment

The Department of the Tennessee participated in the Grand Review in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
It marched as part of Sherman's Great Western Army. The Army of the Tennessee was officially disbanded on August 1, 1865.

Command history

District of Cairo

Commander	From	To	Major Battles
Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....	December 23, 1861	February 21, 1862	Fort Henry Battle of Fort Henry The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in western Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brigadier general Ulysses S.... , Fort Donelson

Army of West Tennessee

Commander	From	To	Major Battles
Major General Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....	February 21, 1862	April 30, 1862	Shiloh Battle of Shiloh The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War of the American Civil War, fought on April 6 and April 7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee....
Major General Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....	April 30, 1862	June 10, 1862	Siege of Corinth
Major General Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....	June 10, 1862	October 24, 1862	Corinth (detachment only)

Army of the Tennessee

Commander	From	To	Major Battles and Campaigns
Major General Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....	October 16, 1862	October 24, 1863	Vicksburg Campaign Vicksburg Campaign The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate States of America-controlled section of the Mississippi River.... , Siege of Vicksburg
Major General William T. Sherman	October 24, 1863	March 26, 1864	Chattanooga Chattanooga Campaign The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Major general William S.... , Missionary Ridge Battle of Missionary Ridge The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought November 25, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the Union Army victory in the Battle of Lookout Mountain on November 24, Union forces under Major general Ulysses S.... , Meridian Battle of Meridian The Battle of Meridian was fought in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, from February 14 to February 20 1864, between Union Army forces led by Major General#United States William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate States Army forces under Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk....
Major General James B. McPherson James B. McPherson James Birdseye McPherson was a career United States Army officer who served as a General officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War....	March 26, 1864	July 22, 1864	Atlanta Campaign Atlanta Campaign The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of Atlanta and hastening the end of the American Civil War.... , Atlanta Battle of Atlanta The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia....
Major General John A. Logan John A. Logan John Alexander Logan was an United States soldier and political leadership. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a General officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War....	July 22, 1864	July 27, 1864	Atlanta Battle of Atlanta The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia....
Major General Oliver O. Howard Oliver O. Howard Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army General officer in the American Civil War. He was a corps commander noted for suffering two humiliating defeats, at Battle of Chancellorsville and Battle of Gettysburg, but he recovered from the setbacks while posted in the Western Theater of the American Civil War,...	July 27, 1864	May 19, 1865	Ezra Church Battle of Ezra Church The Battle of Ezra Church, also known as the Battle of the Poor House, was fought on July 28, 1864, in Fulton County, Georgia, during the American Civil War.... , Jonesborough Battle of Jonesborough The Battle of Jonesborough was fought August 31 September 1, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. Two Union Army armies led by Major general William Tecumseh Sherman maneuvered to draw the Army of Tennessee away from their defenses at Atlanta, Georgia, where it could be destroyed.... , March to the Sea, Bentonville Battle of Bentonville The Battle of Bentonville was fought March 19–March 21, 1865, in Bentonville, North Carolina, near the current town of Four Oaks, North Carolina, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War....
Major General John A. Logan John A. Logan John Alexander Logan was an United States soldier and political leadership. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a General officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War....	May 19, 1865	August 1, 1865

Army of the Tennessee

History

Up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers

Shiloh and Corinth

Vicksburg

Chattanooga

Meridian

Atlanta

Georgia and the Carolinas

Disbandment

Command history

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