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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

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Fort Henry

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

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Fort Donelson

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

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Peachtree Creek

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

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Franklin (1864)

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

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Nashville

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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