Tennessee 3rd Infantry (Confederate)
16/05/1861
Organized - Tennessee 3rd Infantry - Tennessee
21/07/1861
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Edmund Kirby Smith
Brigadier GeneralEdmund Kirby Smith
11/02/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gordon, and Major N. F. Cheairs
Lieutenant ColonelThomas Gordon
MajorN. F. Cheairs
11/02/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel John C. Brown
ColonelJohn C. Brown
11/02/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gordon
Lieutenant ColonelThomas Gordon
11/02/1862
Battle - Fort Donelson - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Early in the war, Union commanders realized control of the major rivers would be the key to success in the Western Theater.READ MORE
26/12/1862
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Calvin J. Clack
ColonelCalvin J. Clack
26/12/1862
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg
Brigadier GeneralJohn Gregg
26/12/1862
Battle - Chickasaw Bayou - Warren County, Mississippi
12/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Calvin H. Walker
ColonelCalvin H. Walker
12/05/1863
Battle - Raymond - Hinds County, Mississippi
On May 12th, 1863, after days of hard marching towards Jackson, Mississippi, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant fought to secure the crossings of Fourteenmile Creek southwest of Raymond, which would provide a vital water source for his men and animals and serve as a staging area for a strike on the Confederate rail supply line between Clinton and Edwards, Mississippi. Cutting the railroad here would cut off supplies to Grant's ultimate goal, the Mississippi River city of Vicksburg 30 miles to the west. At around…READ MORE
13/05/1863
Battle - Raymond, Mississippi
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Newton J. Lillard
ColonelNewton J. Lillard
18/05/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alexander W. Reynolds
ColonelAlexander W. Reynolds
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Calvin H. Walker
ColonelCalvin H. Walker
19/09/1863
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg
Brigadier GeneralJohn Gregg
19/09/1863
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
05/06/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General John C. Vaughn
Brigadier GeneralJohn C. Vaughn
22/07/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Calvin J. Clack
Lieutenant ColonelCalvin J. Clack
22/07/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Joseph B. Palmer
ColonelJoseph B. Palmer
22/07/1864
Battle - Atlanta - Fulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Despite the defeat at Peach Tree Creek, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood still had hopes of driving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Yankees from the outskirts of Atlanta with an offensive blow. On the night of July 21, 1864, Hood ordered Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank east of the city, held by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. Joining the attack with Hardee would be the corps of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Cheatham. Hood attac…READ MORE
31/08/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Joseph B. Palmer
ColonelJoseph B. Palmer
31/08/1864
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
09/05/1865
Mustered Out - Tennessee 3rd Infantry - Tennessee
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