Tennessee 49th Infantry (Confederate)
24/12/1861
Organized - Tennessee 49th Infantry - Tennessee
06/02/1862
Battle - Fort Henry - Stewart County, Tennessee; Henry County, Tennessee; Calloway County, Kentucky
Beginning in the autumn of 1861, a variety of voices in the Union command structure began speculating on the possibility of seizing Forts Henry and Donelson to open a water route into the Confederate heartland. On January 30, 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses Grant received the long-anticipated word that he and Flag Officer Andrew Foote would lead a joint expedition against the twin forts. The two divisions of infantry under Grant numbered some 15,000 men and were accompanied by Foote's flotilla of ironclad and tim…READ MORE
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
20/07/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William A. Quarles
Brigadier GeneralWilliam A. Quarles
20/07/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Edward C. Walthall
Brigadier GeneralEdward C. Walthall
20/07/1864
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Atkins
Lieutenant ColonelThomas M. Atkins
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General George D. Johnston, and Brigadier General William A. Quarles
Brigadier GeneralGeorge D. Johnston
Brigadier GeneralWilliam A. Quarles
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Edward C. Walthall
Major GeneralEdward C. Walthall
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Atkins
Lieutenant ColonelThomas M. Atkins
30/11/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General William A. Quarles
Brigadier GeneralWilliam A. Quarles
30/11/1864
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
15/12/1864
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
09/04/1865
Mustered Out - Tennessee 49th Infantry - Tennessee
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