Confederate Military History of Tennessee: Tennessee During the American Civil War

The Volunteer State second only to Virginia for the number of battles fought on its soil during the American Civil War. Union and Confederate Armies waged war across the state of Tennessee vying for control of its major towns, roads, and waterways. Confederate Military History of Tennessee traces the history of the state and its regiments from secession, the raising of troops, through the major battles, to the final surrender. Tennessee troops participated in most of the major battles and campaigns in the Western and Eastern theaters of war. In the West, Tennessee troops fought at Belmont, Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Franklin, and Bentonville. In the East, two Tennessee brigades faced the enemy at Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Petersburg, and Appomattox Court House. One chapter is devoted to the cavalry operations of John H. Morgan and Nathan Bedford Forrest while other chapters describe Tennessee's contribution to the Confederate medical department, clergy, and Confederate and Union navies. The author, James D. Porter, served on the staff of Confederate Benjamin Franklin Cheatham.