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  2. Tullahoma campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Tullahoma campaign (or Middle Tennessee campaign) was a military operation conducted from June 24 to July 3, 1863, by the Union Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, and is regarded as one of the most brilliant maneuvers of the American Civil War.

  3. Tennessee in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Ash, Stephen V. Middle Tennessee society transformed, 1860–1870: war and peace in the Upper South (2006) Connelly, Thomas L. Civil War Tennessee: battles and leaders (1979) 106pp; Connelly, Thomas L. Army of the Heartland: The Army of Tennessee, 1861–1862 (2 vol 1967–70); a Confederate army; Cooling, Benjamin Franklin.

  4. Battle of Parker's Cross Roads - Wikipedia

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    Parkers Crossroads Civil War Battlefield. The land upon which the Battle of Parker’s Crossroads took place is now traversed east and west by Interstate 40 and north and south by Tennessee State Route 22, located midway between Memphis and Nashville.

  5. Sanders' Knoxville Raid - Wikipedia

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    Since the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln and other government authorities urged Union generals to invade East Tennessee. There were two reasons for this. First, a large part of the East Tennessee population remained loyal to the government in Washington, D.C. and seethed under Confederate occupation.

  6. Battle of Bull's Gap - Wikipedia

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    In November 1864, Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge undertook an expedition into East Tennessee from Virginia to secure the countryside for food and forage and to drive the Federals from the area. A Federal force under the command of Brig. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem had advanced beyond Greeneville , but retired in front of the larger Confederate force ...

  7. Battle of Campbell's Station - Wikipedia

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    Campbell's Station is a short distance northwest of Concord. The Battle of Campbell's Station (November 16, 1863) saw Confederate forces under Lieutenant General James Longstreet attack Union troops led by Major General Ambrose Burnside at Campbell's Station (now Farragut), Knox County, Tennessee, during the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War.

  8. Battle of Mossy Creek - Wikipedia

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    Union Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, while encamped at Mossy Creek and forward towards Talbott's Station, received a report on the night of December 28, 1863, that a brigade of Confederate cavalry had gone into camp that afternoon near Dandridge south of Mossy Creek. Surmising that the enemy force was split, Sturgis decided to meet, defeat, and ...

  9. Battle of Fair Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Fair Garden was a minor cavalry battle of the American Civil War between the Army of Ohio and The Department of East Tennessee, occurring on January 27, 1864, in Sevier County, Tennessee. Despite the small size of the battle, both sides incurred considerable casualties. [1]