Battle of Shiloh · Thure de Thulstrup, L. Prang & Co. · public domain
4 years
Span
15
Battles
190k
Dead
vs
Union
Armies of the Tennessee & Cumberland
peak: 110k
Grant → Buell → Rosecrans → Sherman → Thomas
Confederacy
Army of Tennessee
peak: 80k
A. S. Johnston → Beauregard → Bragg → J. Johnston → Hood
Casualties (est.)
195,000 total
100,000 Union
90,000 Confederacy
5,000 Civilian
Commanders
U. S. Grant
Cmdr., Tennessee (’62–’63)
W. T. Sherman
Cmdr., Mil. Div. Miss. (’64–)
G. H. Thomas
“Rock of Chickamauga”
A. S. Johnston
Cmdr., CSA West (KIA ’62)
B. Bragg
Cmdr., Army of Tennessee
J. B. Hood
Cmdr., Army of Tennessee (’64)
Geography
The rivers were the roads. Grant took the Mississippi and split the Confederacy at Vicksburg; Sherman drove from Chattanooga through Atlanta to the sea.
Campaigns across the war
15 here · others for context
Apr 1861
· Naval theatre
Fort Sumter · Charleston, SC
Jul 1861
· Eastern theatre
First Bull Run · Manassas, VA
Aug 1861
· Trans-Miss theatre
Wilson's Creek · Springfield, MO
Feb 1862
Fort Donelson · Dover, TN
Read →Mar 1862
· Trans-Miss theatre
Pea Ridge · Benton Co., AR
Mar 1862
· Trans-Miss theatre
Glorieta Pass · New Mexico Terr.
Apr 1862
Shiloh · Pittsburg Landing, TN
Read →Apr 1862
· Trans-Miss theatre
Island Number Ten · Mississippi River, MO
Apr 1862
· Naval theatre
Forts Jackson & St. Philip · Mississippi River, LA
May 1862
· Eastern theatre
First Winchester · Winchester, VA
Jun 1862
· Eastern theatre
Gaines' Mill · Hanover Co., VA
Jul 1862
· Eastern theatre
Malvern Hill · Henrico Co., VA
Aug 1862
· Eastern theatre
Second Bull Run · Manassas, VA
Sep 1862
· Eastern theatre
Antietam · Sharpsburg, MD
Oct 1862
Corinth · Corinth, MS
Read →Oct 1862
Perryville · Perryville, KY
Read →Dec 1862
· Eastern theatre
Fredericksburg · Fredericksburg, VA
Dec 1862
Stones River · Murfreesboro, TN
Read →May 1863
· Eastern theatre
Chancellorsville · Spotsylvania Co., VA
May 1863
Champion Hill · Hinds Co., MS
Read →Jul 1863
· Eastern theatre
Gettysburg · Adams Co., PA
May–Jul 1863
Vicksburg · Vicksburg, MS
Read →May–Jul 1863
· Trans-Miss theatre
Port Hudson · Port Hudson, LA
Sep 1863
Chickamauga · Catoosa Co., GA
Read →Nov 1863
Lookout Mountain · Chattanooga, TN
Read →Nov 1863
Missionary Ridge · Chattanooga, TN
Read →Apr 1864
· Trans-Miss theatre
Mansfield · De Soto Parish, LA
May 1864
· Eastern theatre
The Wilderness · Spotsylvania Co., VA
May 1864
· Eastern theatre
Spotsylvania Court House · Spotsylvania Co., VA
Jun 1864
· Eastern theatre
Cold Harbor · Hanover Co., VA
Jun 1864
· Eastern theatre
Second Petersburg · Petersburg, VA
Jul 1864
· Eastern theatre
The Crater · Petersburg, VA
Aug 1864
· Naval theatre
Mobile Bay · Mobile, AL
Sep 1864
· Eastern theatre
Opequon · Winchester, VA
Sep 1864
Jonesborough · Jonesboro, GA
Read →Oct 1864
· Eastern theatre
Cedar Creek · Shenandoah Valley, VA
Oct 1864
· Trans-Miss theatre
Westport · Kansas City, MO
Nov 1864
Franklin · Franklin, TN
Read →Dec 1864
Nashville · Nashville, TN
Read →Jan 1865
· Naval theatre
Second Fort Fisher · Wilmington, NC
Mar 1865
· Eastern theatre
Fort Stedman · Petersburg, VA
Mar 1865
Bentonville · Bentonville, NC
Read →Apr 1865
· Eastern theatre
Five Forks · Dinwiddie Co., VA
Apr 1865
· Eastern theatre
Third Petersburg · Petersburg, VA
Apr 1865
· Eastern theatre
Appomattox Court House · Appomattox Co., VA
Apr 1865
Fort Blakeley · Baldwin Co., AL
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