Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	Civil War battles in Tennessee February 6, 1862 Battle of Fort Henry Kentucky Tennessee   Fort Henry and Fort Donelson   Ulysses S. Grant February 13, 1862 February 16, 1862 Battle of Ft. Donelson General Ulysses S. Grant demands the unconditional surrender of the garrison from an old friend, Simon Bolivar Buckner Tennessee   Fort Henry and Fort Donelson   Ulysses S. Grant   Bloodiest Civil War battles   John Floyd   John A. McClernand   Albert Sidney Johnston   Nathan Bedford Forrest   Gideon Pillow   Lew Wallace   Army of the Tennessee   Fort Henry and Fort Donelson   Simon Bolivar Buckner April 6, 1862 April 7, 1862 Battle of Pittsburg Landing [Union] Battle of Shiloh [Confederate] Ulysses S. Grant [US] defeats Albert Sidney Johnston [CS] in southwest Tennessee. P. G. T. Beauregard assumed command following Johnston's death Confederate Losses 1,723 dead 8,012 wounded 959 missing Union Losses 1,754 dead 8,408 wounded 2,885 missing Tennessee   Ulysses S. Grant   Sherman's Memoirs on Shiloh   P. G. T. Beauregard   Battle of Shiloh   Braxton Bragg   William Tecumseh Sherman   Bloodiest Civil War battles   Don Carlos Buell   Albert Sidney Johnston   John Breckinridge   William Hardee   William 'Bull' Nelson   Lew Wallace   Lew Wallace at Shiloh   Army of the Tennessee   James McPherson   Army of Mississippi May 10, 1862 Federal mortar boats, shelling Fort Pillow, are attacked by a makeshift Confederate fleet. The U. S. responds in force, with ironclads. Although the 8 Confederate boats manage to sink 2 ironclads (the Cincinnati and Mound City) the battle of Plum Run Bend or Plum Point ended when the Rebels withdrew to Fort Pillow Tennessee June 6, 1862 Following a naval battle where Union rams and gunboats easily defeated a makeshift Confederate navy, Federal forces occupy Memphis Tennessee   Queen of the West July 13, 1862 Battle of Murphreesboro Tennessee   Nathan Bedford Forrest September 1, 1862 Battle of Britton's Lane Tennessee October 7, 1862 Battle of Lavernge Tennessee December 7, 1862 John Hunt Morgan captures a federal garrison in Hartsville, killing and wounding 1000 before 1800 men surrendered Tennessee   John Hunt Morgan December 28, 1862 Battle of Elk Fork Tennessee December 31, 1862 Battle of Parker's Cross Roads Near Lexington General Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] tries to break through a federal line after successful raids on Grant's supply lines and communications. As he begins to drive the Union troops back he is attacked from behind, loosing 300 men. Tennessee   Nathan Bedford Forrest December 31, 1862 Battle of Stone's River [US] Battle of Murfreesboro [CS] Braxton Bragg forces William Rosecrans to retreat, but Rosecrans returns to defeat Bragg on January 2, 1863. Union 13,249 Confederate 10,266 Tennessee   Bloodiest Civil War battles   Braxton Bragg   William S. Rosecrans   George Thomas   John Breckinridge   Army of the Cumberland   Philip Sheridan   Stone's River March 4, 1863 March 5, 1863 Battle of Spring Hill Battle of Unionville Confederate Cavalry under Earl Van Dorn and Nathan Bedford Forrest drive Union Cavalry off on the 4th, then surround and engage the remaining infantry. After heavy fighting on the 5th, the Union garrison surrenders. Tennessee   Nathan Bedford Forrest   Earl Van Dorn October 28, 1863 October 29, 1863 Battle of Wauhatchie In a rare nighttime assault, James Longstreet [CS] battles John Geary [US] just west of Lookout Mountain Tennessee   Battles for Chattanooga   James Longstreet   Battle of Wauhatchie November 17, 1863 December 4, 1863 Siege of Knoxville Tennessee   James Longstreet   Ambrose Burnside   Siege of Knoxville November 24, 1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle Above the Clouds Joseph Hooker [US] engages forces under Carter Stevenson [CS] on the slopes of Lookout Mountain Tennessee Georgia   Ulysses S. Grant   Battles for Chattanooga   Joseph Hooker   Braxton Bragg December 9, 1863 December 14, 1863 Battle of Bean's Station Federal forces probe Longstreet's lines near his winter camp. After several days of heavy skirmishing, Longstreet struck the Union line on Dec. 14, driving Brigadier General James Shackleford back about 1.5 miles before he made a stand. Union forces withdrew that evening. Tennessee   Siege of Knoxville   James Longstreet April 12, 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] defeats [US]. Following the defeat, Forrest's men massacre most of the occupants of the fort. They were black. Tennessee   Nathan Bedford Forrest November 4, 1864 November 5, 1864 Battle of Johnsonville Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry and two captured Union boats move up the Tennessee River to Johnsonville and attacked the Union supply depot there causing major damage Tennessee   Nathan Bedford Forrest Return to Civil War battles by state
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