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Tennessee in the American Civil War | HearLore
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Tennessee in the American Civil War
Confederate Heartland OffensiveIn early 1862, Union forces opened the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to their Navy after victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson.
Army of the CumberlandThe Army of the Cumberland began its life in November 1861 as the Army of the Ohio. Brigadier General Robert Anderson led this new force during its earliest…
Army of MississippiOn the 5th of March 1862, Confederate leaders gathered to form a new military force known as the Army of Mississippi. This unit emerged from scattered…
Army of the TennesseeIn September 1861, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant established his headquarters at the river port of Cairo, Illinois.
Western theater of the American Civil WarThe western theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military operations in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky…
Tennessee in the American Civil WarOn the 9th of February 1861, a secret circular circulated among pro-slavery Tennesseans urging them to organize Southern Rights Anti-Coercion Societies.