Tag Archives: Army of Tennessee

A Presidential Review That Didn’t Go Very Well

Posted on January 18, 2018 by stephendavis

ECWer Stephen Davis of Cumming, Georgia, is finishing up his book on the generalship of John B. Hood, which will be published later this year by Savas Beatie. From it Steve draws the following story: During the war President Jefferson … Continue reading →

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The Question of Hood and the Army of Tennessee: “Far Better” or “Far Better?”

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

“Punctuation acts as signposts to help your reader understand how to read your writing,” I tell my students. Many of the first-year writers I teach are still coming to grips with just how important good punctuation is—and how subtle and … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Shelbyville

Posted on June 28, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick One of the most dramatic and decisive cavalry clashes of the American Civil War occurred at Shelbyville on Sunday, June 27, 1863. John A. Wyeth of 4th Alabama … Continue reading →

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The Pageantry of the Advance…Army of Tennessee at Bentonville

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Phill Greenwalt

Starting yesterday, the 152nd Anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville began. Fought over three days in late March, 1865, the battle was the last-ditch effort by Gen. Joseph Johnston to stop Union General William T. Sherman’s army group as it … Continue reading →

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Robert E. Lee and John B. Hood: A Complicated Relationship

Posted on March 7, 2017 by stephendavis

Robert E. Lee didn’t want John Bell Hood promoted to command a Confederate army, but once Hood had been, Lee didn’t want him to fail. Possible evidence hinges on a little-known command decision made by Lee and the War Department … Continue reading →

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“Not written in letters of blood.”

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Dave Powell

Edwin M. Stanton to Major General William S. Rosecrans, July 7, 1863: “We have just received official information that Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant on the 4th of July. Lee’s army overthrown; Grant victorious. You and your noble army now … Continue reading →

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Black Confederates: Laborers or Soldiers? (part four)

Posted on May 26, 2016 by stewardthenderson

Part four of a series Some people suggested using slaves to fight from the very beginning of the war. However, the overwhelming fear was of slave insurrection. The John Brown raid was less than two years before the Civil War … Continue reading →

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“The Great Winter Battles” of the Army of Tennessee

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

Yesterday, Kris White wrote about some of the great winter battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. That called to mind an account from Sam Watkins of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, which wintered in Dalton, Georgia “during the cold, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Battle of Wise’s Forks, March 1865 by Wade Sokolosky and Mark A. Smith

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Phill Greenwalt

March 1865 saw the Confederacy in severe straits, Union General Ulysses S. Grant had a death-lock grip on Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces around Richmond, Virginia. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, Union General William T. Sherman had reached the … Continue reading →

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Appomattox and Bennett Place: A Remarkable Contrast

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Eric J. Wittenberg

I had the honor and privilege of attending and participating in a portion of the weeklong commemoration sof the surrenders at Bennett Place on April 18, 2015, the 150th anniversary of the signing of the initial peace treaty by Maj. … Continue reading →

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