sign in sign up
<<
Home , Battle of Collierville, Battle of Johnsonville, Battle of Perryville, Fort Wright (Tennessee), John Hunt Morgan, Joseph Wheeler

To Riggins Hill CLARKSVILLE MURFREESBORO and Fort Defiance Scroll flask and .36 caliber Navy Colt bullet mold

N found at Camp Trousdale . S P R site in Sumner County. IN G Stones River S Courtesy Pat Meguiar T . 41 National Battlefield The Cannon Ball House and Cemeter y 96 in Blountville still shows 41 Oaklands KNOXVILLE shell damage to the Mansion ST. exterior clapboard in LEGE Recapture of Chilhowee COL 231 Evergreen 441 Park the rear of the house. Clarksville Cemeter y Clarksville 40 in the Civil War 275 ST. Rutherford To Ramsey Surrender of RCE MME County House Clarksville CO 41 96 Courthouse Old Gray Cemete ry Plantation Customs House Whitfield, Museum Bradley & Co. Knoxville Mabry-Hazen Court House House “Drawing Across the Mountains,” 40 Saltville 231 Museum of East Fort Harper’s Weekly , Nov. 21, 1863 (Multiple Sites) 24 Histo ry Bleak Sanders House 70 60 68 Crew repairing railroad Chilhowie 68 track near Murfreesboro Fort Dickerson 231 after , 1863 – Courtesy 421 81 Abingdon Library of Congress 129 Fort Higley 441 “” – Courtesy Library of Congress 79 58 23 41 Gen. George H. Thomas 58 Cumberland 421 Courtesy Library of Congress Gap NHP 58 Tennessee Capitol, Nashville, 1864 Cordell Hull Bristol Courtesy Library of Congress Adams Birthplace (East Hill Cemetery) 51 Riggins Port Royal (Ft. Redmond) Cold Spring School State Park Kingsport Mountain Duval-Groves House Lafayette Hill State Park 127 Blountville City Fort (Multiple Sites) Red Boiling Springs Affair at Travisville (Lincoln and the 33 79 431 Portland Indian Mountain ) 70 (Multiple Sites) Donelson 76 65 (Palace Park) Celina 11W Telegraph Road NB Clarksville Clay Co. Museum State Park Surgoinsville Cumberland Fort Defiance (See Inset) (Donaldson Cemetery) Pall Mall 25W 67 White 52 Bluff City 421 Rolling Mill House 27 25E

C Monroe Tiptonville 22 Ridge Road (See Inset) Rogersville 19W Springfield 109 53 (Camp Myers) Big Creek 63 (Island No. 10) Dover U 31E Jamestown Huntsville (Multiple Sites) 347 Union City 24 (Multiple Sites) Hartsville Morgan’s Gap 26 Paris Landing (Multiple M 52 (Museum of Scott Co. ) 33 Jack Hinson 13 31W Gallatin Cragfont (Multiple Sites) Raid Battle of State Park Sites) B 111 Battle of Homeplace (Multiple Sites) Bean Station Elizabethton E 80 85 63 25E Big Creek T 81 (Sam Carter) R Moss Wright Park Clark Walker’s Johnson City Dresden E 49 174 25 Camp 49 Castalian Springs Livingston 52 75 LaFollette Ford 70 93 N Erin L (Mansker Creek) House Russellville (Lochridge Mill) Bledsoe (Multiple Sites) Gainesboro Zollicoffer Historic Landon 321 N A (Multiple Sites) Big Ridge (Longstreet ’s Billet) 321 48 N D Creek SP (Cumberland River 127 Jonesborough Carter 78 54 Paris E State Park R 53 111 Norris Dam S Whites Creek Campaign and Maynardville Haynes I Rome Bethlehem State Park 11W Battles of Banner S Promise Land V (Fontanel) Hendersonville (Rome Fer ry) Jackson County Methodist (Multiple Sites) Davy Crockett Birthplace House E 231 Blue Springs Union and Confederate gunboat battle 13 School Harpeth E (Multiple Sites) Granville Court House) Morristown Roan Mountain 19E 22 641 E Shoals R Church 27 Jefferson City NHS State Park State Park Cranber ry

on the River near , 45W St. Capitol 70 61 61 (Multiple Sites) R Carthage (Mossy Creek May 10, 1862 – Courtesy Library of Congress 46 & Museum The Hermitage Lebanon (Multiple Sites) 56 Monterey Iron Mines I (Multiple Sites) Engagement) Kimbrough ’s Tusculum College

V (Multiple Sites) Depot 62 221

51 Yellow Charlotte White Fort 70N Frozen Head 33 Pottertown Greeneville Blalock McKenzie E NAS HVILL E Blaine’s Crossroads

Nathan Bedford Bluffs Kingston State Park Bridge-Burners Family R Creek Negley 25W (Multiple Sites) R (Multiple Sites) Clover Bottom Farm Crossroads 155 Forrest SP Waverly Montgomery Station Springs Belle Meade Plantation 441 26 E and Gertrude 45E (Fort Hill) Bell S. P. 53 40 Cookeville 92 Battle of V 70 Peach Orchard Hill Janeway Cabin 11E I Johnsonville (Railroad Depot) Oliver Springs Hay ’s Ferry Camden Wartburg 19W R Dyersburg HSP Tennessee City McNai ry’s 840 (Multiple Sites) 70 (Courthouse) Trenton 48 Shy ’s 41 Alexandria 62 I (Camp Gillem/ Dickson Attack 84 (Multiple Sites) 79 ALT Travellers 111 23 P (Clement RR Hill 104 70 Irish Shanty) 96 431 Rest La Vergne 70N 40 Dandridge Parrottsville P Huntingdon New Johnsonville Museum) France Ramsey (Multiple Sites) I (Mary Kate Oak Ridge KNO XVILL E (Multiple Sites) (Multiple Sites) 70 Cemete ry Crossville 61 House S (See Inset) Holly Tree Gap Patterson House) Sparta Plantation 19E S 96 70 Kingston Farragut (Battle of 19 I Fighting on the 40 Smyrna Smithville Pleasant Hill (Roane Co.

S Franklin Campbell ’s Station) 411

Tennessee River 100 (Depot and (DeKalb Co. CH) (Affair at Cumberland Couthouse) S Clarksburg

(Birdsong Marina) Winstead Hill (See Inset) Mountain) 129 441 Sevierville Skirmish at Hot Springs 25 I Stones River Battlefield 40 70 840 Home) 56 Cumberland (Walters State

Rock House Pigeon Forge Jones Cove (Warm Springs Hotel) Rocky Ford M Parker ’s Alamo Thompson Woodbury Mountain Farragut’s Community College) Mars Hill Engagement Crossroads 70S (The Old Mill) College (Cageville) Station State Park Birthplace 79 (Multiple Sites) 40 Murfreesboro Lenoir City Cosby Marshall (See Inset) (Multiple Sites) 321 70 Van ce Rock Island Spencer R Friendsville Ma ryville 321 Capt. Edwin (Col. Allen House) Ca rs on 641 101 E Birthplace 31 State Park (Burritt College) House 55 Fort Pillow Natchez Centerville 68 V Allen’s Co. 87 Trace 50 Rippavilla 127 I Historic SP Henning (Hickman Co. Courthouse) Spring Hill 70S 30 R Loudon Gatlinburg 40 40 19 412 State Park Plantation ALT National Campground 70 Salem Cemete ry 31 Philadelphia (Railroad (Multiple Sites) Brownsville E Greenback Battlefield Spring City E Bridge) Lexington Per ry Co. 231 McMinnville 61 (Multiple Sites) 100 Forrest Cumberland S 28 64 Jackson Courthouse Artille ry Athenaeum Recto ry (Multiple Sites) (Rhea Co. Spartans) ASHEVILL E Old Fort (Civil War Museum Parsons Hohenwald Boyhood 24 Caverns S Sweetwater Morganton (Multiple Sites) (Swannanoa Gap) Casey 412 Home Fall Creek Falls E Depot 59 at The Carnegie) (Memorial Park) (Lewis Co. Courthouse) 53 N 68 Crossing 223 Jones 412 Columbia State Park Maggie Valley Village 99 27 N Great 221 Covington (Multiple Sites) E Tomotley Ford (K ir k’s Raid) Scotts Hill 13 ALT 11 Denmark Decaturville 41 55 Pikeville T Craighead Cave Forts Randolph 22 Mount Pleasant St. John ’s 111 (Presbyterian Britton (The Bigby Greys) Shelbyville Courthouse 63 and Wright 178 14 Cedar Grove Church C.S. 30 Church) Lane Iron Furnace (Bedford Co. Courthouse) 75 Niota Madisonville 100 641 Cemetery (Monroe County Hurst’s Raid 79 166 Manchester Depot 411 Bleak House, Knoxville, Way ne sville Doe Creek 114 Bath Springs Farmington (Multiple Sites) Courthouse) (M ul tip le S it es) at Barretville 138 65 circa 1874 – Courtesy 51 Henderson School 245 Tullahoma 56 18 (Multiple Sites) Summertown (Multiple Sites) Decatur Knoxville Chapter 89, 280 228 Lewisburg 68 40 (Fouche Springs (Marshall Co. 55 Dunlap (Meigs Co. CH) Tellico United Daughters of the Arlington Clifton Waynesboro Engagement) 41 (Davies Manor) Chickasaw 128 Courthouse) Plains Confederacy Meeman-Shelby 269 114 (Multiple Sites) (Multiple Sites) 43 31 Forest State Park 76 State Park 45 Battle of Cornersville Calhoun (Visitor Gateway) 64 Metro Lynchburg/ 411 MEMPHI S Campbellsville (Jake Donelson) Coker 74 Allison-Deaver Bolivar Purdy Moore County Robbinsville House (See Inset) 64 Adamsville 13 Courthouse Monteagle Creek Lairdland Tims Ford SP 58 (C iv il War in Franklin 64 ALT Charleston 19 64 31 127 Graham County) Savannah Lawrenceburg Farm House 431 11 (Multiple Sites) (D ix ie Ha ll) 40 Collinwood Y Winchester Hiwassee/Ocoee Thomas ’s Leg io n Kirby Farm (Cher ry Mansion and A Shiloh NMP W Pulaski 50 ALT 41 Scenic River SP Selmer K Minor Hill Sherman ’s House 18 125 Tennessee River Museum) R 41 27 Collie rville Fallen Timbers A 24 (Mobile & Ohio RR) P (Sam Davis Crossing Macon Co. Pink Palace E Old Jail Benton (Battle of Collie rville C 28 Suck Johnston’s A Capture Site) 65 Museum 128 R Fayetteville Museum Historical and Chalmers’s Raid) Grand T Creek Cleveland LaGrange Last Bivouac Z Cowan E 166 (Multiple Sites) Museum Cas hiers Germantown Junction H 74 C 98 64 69 T Railroad CH ATTANOOG A (Multiple Sites) A 43 Sugar Creek Red Bank (Z acha ry- Tolbert (Multiple Sites) Battle of Moscow 57 N 431 Museum (See Inset) Davis Bridge 13 Engagement 64 (Multiple Sites) Ho use) Battlefield 22 Pickwick Elkton Tennessee Valley Railroad Landing SP Five Points Bridge State Park 11 231 16 Chickamauga Depot 411 Raccoon Mountain 61 78 72 55 45 Soldier 53 Tourist Corinth Harlinsdale Lookout Mountain Farm 76 . T Chickamauga & S 72 75 “Execution of Jacob Harmon and His Son Henry, IN Chattanooga NMP A M 59 Unionist bridge-burners,” from Parson Brownlow’s Book (1862) . E 27 MEMPHIS 129 51 St. Paul’ s CHATTANOOGA 40 Episcopal Franklin Occupied To Colt revolving rifle, used Nov. 3, 1863, Chattanooga Sherman’ s Church Masonic Hall To Suck Creek by 2nd Iowa Cav. at Collierville, Shelby Co. Steamboats tied up at Ross’s Landing in Chattanooga, Crossing 19 40 96 and Red Bank Ross’ s 240 Courtesy Norm Flayderman Visitor Center/ with Cameron Hill looming in the background along Ft. Granger Landing . with Lookout Mountain to the left ST McPhail’s Office Brown’ s Ferry IN MA Courtesy Library of Congress Mississippi River W. Museum at Mud Island Memphis Park 72 PINKERTON Headquarters Row River Park PARK R Health Carter Lotz MU E Cameron RFR 58 House EESB V Sciences Park House ORO R Hill To Tennessee D. I (Forrest Statue) Raiders Valley Railroad 05 10 15 20 55 R H Hunt-Phelan Carter A E Home R E Mileage Scale 240 Gin P S College Hill 78 E Crutchfield

S Hospital T House 64

Elmwood H E Orchard Civil War Trails Site Fort Pickering Site 51

Cemeter y N Knob at Chickasaw 31 Collins Farm R 27 11

L I N Other Civil W ar Site Heritage Park 61 E EW V

N I , “Battle of Franklin” S E E 55 A B L U R R

N Gen. and his wife, Jar made by bridge-burner G Courtesy Williamson County Historical Society T Chattanooga O AV Hood’ s Campaign Driving Route T E N Choo Choo Mattie Ready Morgan Christopher A. Haun

R

A C Eastern Flank Courtesy Library of Congress Courtesy Donahue Bible Collection, State or National Park Battle Park Mohawk, Tenn. To 76 Information or W elcome Center Winstead Hill Carnton Plantation 24

McGavock’s Confederate Cemetery Union Lt. Charles R. Ellet approaches Memphis to demand surrender, Harper’s Weekly , June 28, 1862 FRANKLIN Grove Chattanooga National Landmark Creek WAR IN MIDDLE AND HOOD’S CAMPAIGN WAR IN NASHVILLE uch of the fighting in Middle and West Rosecrans held on and over the next two days State Capitol nion Gen. William T. Sherman and his argely Unionist East Tennessee was strate - Belle Meade Fort M Tennessee was focused not only on the rail - seriously bloodied Bragg’s army. Federal Plantation Fort Negley U army occupied , , on Sep - Lgically important for Cumberland Gap (the Donelson Telegraph Rd. NM P roads but also on the Mississippi, Tennessee, and cannon fire decimated the final Confederate Peach tember 2, 1864, after defeating Confederate gateway to , , and Tennessee) Cumberland Rivers. They were watery avenues attack on the afternoon of January 2. The Orchard Hill Gen. and the Army of Ten - and the rail lines that connected Bristol, Ridge Rd. Shy’s Hill Blountville of invasion for Federal forces, the keys to split - Battle of Stones River resulted in more than Travellers nessee. Sherman rested his army for several (Multiple Sites) Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, as well as Paris Dover 31 Rest Kingsport ting the Confederacy. 23,000 casualties out of about 81,000 soldiers weeks and planned his next moves. When Hood Bristol Memphis and Richmond. President Abraham Landing SP Jack Hinson (Multiple Holly Indian Mountain Harrogate Sites) The first significant Union victories in West engaged. A few days later Bragg retreated began ranging northwest against Sherman’s Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson, a native 79 Homeplace Tree Gap State Park 25W Battle of supply lines, Sherman dispatched troops to 25E 11W Paris Tennessee occurred on the Tennessee and Cum - south to Tullahoma, and Rosecrans occupied Franklin Big Creek Walker’s Bean Station 19W of the region, Tennessee’s military governor. 75 berland Rivers in February 1862, when a Federal Murfreesboro. U.S. forces built the massive Winstead (Multiple Sites) Nashville under Gen. George H. Thomas. The Gap Ford 81 Johnson Landon Gen. Samuel P. Carter, a U.S. Naval Academy 641 Hill Huntsville Big Ridge SP Russellville City Carter Confederate and artillery Gen. Albert SidneMcKenziey Johnston, army-navy expedition under Gen. Ulysses S. Fortress Rosecrans to guard the railroad and Gen. John M. Schofield lines became less critical to Sherman on Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside Norris Blaine’s Battles of graduate, gained fame in East Tennessee as a To Nathan Bedford Thompson’s Dam SP Crossroads Blue Springs Haynes firing on Union gunboats killed at Battle of Shiloh, Waverly Grant captured Forts Henry and Donelson. to serve as a supply station. Courtesy Library of Congress Station November 15, when he began the “March to Courtesy Library of Congress raider. Ironically, the Federals held Union City Forrest SP Frozen Head Morristown Courtesy U.S. Naval Historical Center April 6, 1862 (Fort Hill) Maynardville Henry, on the Tennessee, was the first to fall on Middle and West Tennessee experienced the Sea” to open more secure lines and destroy 27 State Park Kimbrough’ s Greeneville most of the secessionist areas, while the Con - 45W Courtesy Library of Congress Camden Spring Hill Jefferson City (Multiple Sites) Roan To Dyersburg February 6. Donelson, on the Cumberland, sur - U.S. military occupation, foraging expeditions 65 Confederate resources. Rather than pursue Monterey 441 Crossroads Pottertown federates dominated the Unionist parts. Many ALT Depot 25W Battle of Bridge-Burners Mountain Tiptonville (Courthouse) 70 rendered on February 16. Several Confederate by both sides, and Confederate cavalry raids Rippavilla Sherman, on November 22 Hood moved north France 11E Dandridge State Park Unionists who burned railroad bridges in 1861 (Island No. 10) Huntington Johnsonville HSP Plantation Cemeter y Wartburg Hay’ s Ferry Trenton (Multiple Sites) units escaped, including Col. Nathan Bedford on railroads and Union garrisons. Forrest and from to Tennessee, hoping to draw Crossville KNOXVILLE Ramsey House were quickly seized and executed. 412 Clarksburg New Johnsonville Battle of Stones River – Courtesy Library of Congress Parrottsville 26 (Multiple Sites) 31 70 Farragut Plantation R Fighting on the Forrest and his cavalry. John Hunt Morgan, usually serving with the Federal attention from the Deep South and Kingston Blant’s Hill Skirmish at Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside occu - 79 Columbia Pleasant 40 Farragut’s 25 E Parker’ s Tennessee River 40 The first large-scale battle in West Ten - , attacked Federal supply perhaps to invade Kentucky. The two largest Sparta 411 Sevierville Jones Cave pied Knoxville in September 1863, while Con - V Athenaeum Hill Birthplace I Crossroads (Birdsong Marina) Artiller y Duel Cumberland R 51 nessee occurred near Pittsburg Landing on the In December, however, Forrest launched a raid lines and intimidated Tennessee Unionists. Rector y armies in the region thus marched away from Loudon Lenoir City (Multiple Sites) 70 federate Gen. occupied Chat - Alamo (Multiple Sites) Spencer Mt. SP I Mount Maryville Pigeon 321 P Fort Pillow Tennessee River. Better known as the Battle of into West Tennessee, destroying railroads and Forrest guarded the Confederate left flank each other instead of fighting. In Ten - Capt. Edwin tanooga. Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans (Cageville) 70 Natchez St. John’ s Spring Philadelphia Forge

P Historic SP Pleasant National Campground Allen’s Co. Casey Jones Trace SP Shiloh, the two-day fight on April 6–7, 1862, was severing Grant’s supply line. Forrest fought vic - early in 1863 while Morgan covered the right Church nessee, however, Thomas sent Union Gen. City forced Bragg out. After the Battle of Chicka - I Salem Cemeter y Perr y Co. Brownsville Village Battlefield Parsons Sweetwater Depot Morganton Crossing 40 S Courthouse almost a Confederate victory on the first day. toriously at Lexington, captured Trenton and flank. Forrest fought in Mississippi and West John M. Schofield’s division to delay Fall Creek mauga, Georgia, the Federals occupied (Multiple Sites) Great Craighead Cave S Jackson Falls SP Pikeville Niota

I Lexington 412 Gen. marched north from Union City, and ranged into Kentucky. He raided Tennessee after a disagreement with Bragg Hood’s advance at Columbia and Spring Chattanooga, which Bragg then besieged, R Depot

S Courthouse E Summertown Covington Corinth, Mississippi, and struck Grant’s army, back through Tennessee, then evaded defeat at during the Chickamauga Campaign. Lairdland Hill. Schofield then fell back to Franklin. 127 Madisonville dispatching Gen. to attack S Scotts Hill Cedar Grove 11 411 Denmark V Farm House I Forts Randolph Britton overrunning the camp and pushing the Federals Parker’s Crossroads. Grant changed his supply Because of the frequent and successful The bloodbath there on November 30 Dunlap 27 Knoxville. The Federals broke Bragg’s (Presbyterian Henderson I Iron Furnance 75 M and Wright Lane Hiwassee/Ocoee Tellico 79 Church) R 40 Doe Creek almost into the river. Johnston, wounded while base to Memphis; he finally captured Vicksburg Confederate raids, the Federals correctly sus - crippled Hood’s force, but the Confeder - Charleston Scenic River SP Plains at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, compelling Meeman- Barretville School E 31 ShelbyForest S E Clifton encouraging his troops, bled to death from a sev - on July 4, 1863. pected collusion with the local population. 43 ates followed Schofield to the outskirts (Multiple Sites) 74 him to retreat, and Longstreet likewise suf - State Park 45 S 114 Coker Creek Arlington E Waynesboro ered artery. The next day, Grant counterattacked, An especially bloody battle occurred in Civilian spies and Confederate scout s— such of Nashville and Thomas’s strong Red Sherman’s fered defeat at Knoxville. By the end of the Chickasaw N Suck Bank Crossing 64 Benton 19 MEMPHIS N forcing the Confederates back to Corinth. at Murfreesboro, December as Confederate Sam Davis, who was captured Lawrenceburg defenses. Hood besieged the city for the year, East Tennessee was firmly in Union State Park E Creek Adamsville 64 Cleveland 74

(Multiple Sites ) 64 T Federal forces captured New Orleans at the 31, 1862–January 2, 1863. Confederate Gen. Brax - and execute d— provided valuable informa - next two weeks. On December 15–16, the Fed - hands, and the rail line to Georgia was open. Collinwood (Multiple Sites) Bolivar Selmer end of April 1862 and occupied Memphis in June, ton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee occupied the tion. In addition, bushwhackers and guerrilla Pulaski erals sallied forth from their defenses and In May 1864, Gen. William T. Sherman used Collier ville Savannah Gen. John C HATTANOOGA (Battle of Collier ville (Cherr y Mansion and securing the lower and upper reaches of the Mis - country around Murfreesboro after his invasion units on each side attacked military units and Bell Hood crushed Hood’s army, effectively ending his Raccoon Chattanooga as the platform for his Atlanta Tennessee River Museum ) Mountain 76 and Chalmer’s Raid) LaGrange Fallen Ti mbers sissippi River. In October, Grant began an over - of Kentucky and the . Union civilians, sometimes as a military tactic and 65 Courtesy Library campaign as the remnants of the Army of Ten - campaign. No other large-scale battles Shiloh NM P 998 Five Caverns Chickamauga & Germantown of Congress Chattanooga NM P Depot land campaign to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi. Gen. William S. Rosecrans’s Army of the Cumber - sometimes to settle personal scores. Confed - Points nessee fled to Tupelo, Mississippi. Some of the occurred in the region for the rest of the war. Battle of Moscow Davis Bridge Johnston’s Pickwick Grand Junction Battlefield Last Bivouac Landing SP He marched from La Grange in West Tennessee, land advanced from Nashville. During the first erate was the most notorious army then joined Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in Late in 1864, the Federals launched cavalry 72 59 27 55 78 down the Mississippi Central Railroad toward day’s fighting, a surprise Confederate flank of these raiders. The resulting resentments Sugar Creek . raids against the railroads from East Engagement 75 Gen. James Longstreet Vicksburg with trainloads of supplies following. attack nearly swept the Federals from the field. lingered for generations. Courtesy Library of Congress Tennessee into Virginia and North Carolina.

January 19 February 6 Grant captures Fort Henry November 13 Grant begins first from Tennessee February 16 Grant captures Fort Donelson October 1 7– November 1 Morgan’s Second Kentucky Raid October 1– 9 Wheeler’s Sequatchie Valley Raid April 12 Shots fired at Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. February 25 Federal occupation of Nashville Decembe r– January 1863 Carter’s East Tennessee Raid September 1 9– 20 Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. September 2 Sherman captures Atlanta February 1– April 26 Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign, S.C. and N.C. April 15 Lincoln calls for volunteers to suppress “insurrection” March 3 Lincoln appoints Andrew Johnson as Tenn. military governor December 1 1– January 3, 1863 Forrest’s West Tennessee Raid June 2 5– July 8 Tullahoma Campaign November 24 Battle of Lookout Mountain April 12 Forrest captures Fort Pillow November 4 18 61 June 8 Tennessee secedes April 6– 7 Battle of Shiloh September 4– 19 Antietam Campaign, Va., Md. 1December 31 Batt8le of Parker’s Crossroads 63 July 4 Grant captures Vicksburg, Miss. November 25 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga June 15 begins, Va. Novemb1er 4– December 14 Knoxville Camp8aign Ap6ril 2– 3 Fall of Petersburg5 and Richmond, Va., Lee’s Retreat begins, Va. July 21 First Battle of Manassas, Va. April 8 Battle of Island No. 10 August 2 8– 30 Second Battle of Manassas, Va. December 3 1– January 2, 1863 Battle of Stones River 0– July 14 , Va., Md., Pa. May 4– June 20 , Va. November 1 5– December 10 Sherman’s March to the Sea, Ga. April 9 Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House, Va. September 29 Affair at Travisville, first military action in Tennessee June 6 Battle and Federal occupation of Memphis March 4– 5 Battle of Thompson’s Station July 1– 3 , Pa. November 2 2– December 25 Hood’s Campaign April 14 John Wilkes Booth assassinates President July Forrest’s First Tennessee Raid November 30 Battle of Franklin April 26 Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee near Durham, N.C. 1862 Augus t–October Bragg’s Kentucky invasion 1864 December 1 5– 16 Forrest’s Cavalry Corps surrenders TENNESSEE ##### THE GREAT RAIDERS ##### TENNESSEE USCTs #### THE CIVIL WAR REVISITED #### Follow this sign to discover How to Use this Map-Guide more than 1,500 Civil War sites along ten breathtaking This map-guide identifies more than trails. Hundreds of sites t the beginning of the war, the he Emancipation Proclamation Henderson Co. C. of C. Giles Co. Tourism Foundation Sequatchie Co. C. of C. Greene Co. Partnership Tourism Dept. 350 Civil War sites throughout Tennessee. cavalry gathered intelligence, issued on January 1, 1863, author - 731-968-2126 931-363-3789 423-949-7608 423-638-4111 Each site is interpreted and accessible are accessible to the public www.hctn.org www.gilescountychamber.com www.sequatchie.com www.visitgreenevilletn.com screened the army from the ized the enlistment of African and encourages you to explore diverse for the first time. Jackson/Madison Co. CVB Goodlettsville Area C. of C. Shelbyville – Bedford Co. C. of C. Jefferson Co. Chamber settings where America’s destiny was enemy’s cavalry, and served as American soldiers. By June, in www.tncivilwar.org 731-425-8333 615-859-7979 931-684-3482 877-237-3847 forged. Tennessee Civil War Trails sites

A T A mounted pickets. In the East, Confederate Tennessee, Gen. Lorenzo Thomas had V www.jacksontn.com/tourism www.goodlettsvillechamber.com www.shelbyvilletn.com www.jeffersoncountyvacation.com ,

can be explored at your own pace, and d n

Tennessee Office of Tourist Development o cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart raised recruited 3,000 men. By the end of the McNairy Co. C. of C. Hartsville-Trousdale C. of C. Smith Co. C. of C. Johnson City CVB BAL TIMORE, m

many offer other historical and recre - h

MD c

615-741-2159 i

615-374-9243 R the routine reconnaissance mission to the war, he had enlisted 24,000 soldiers for 22 731-645-6360 615-735-2093 800-852-3392 , ational opportunities. Enjoy one of the . www.tnvacation.com c n

www.hartsvilletrousdale.com WASH ING TON, I

www.mcnairy.com www.smithcountychamber.org www.visitjohnsoncitytn.com level of art when his command rode com - infantry and 8 artillery units. , numerous walking tours available in D. C. n g

Tennessee Wars Commission i

Hickman Co. C. of C. s

Memphis CVB Smithville-Dekalb Co. C. of C. Kingsport CVB e

pletely around the Federal army in 1862. Nationwide, 200,000 men served in black D

many communities. Shop at one of hun - CHARLESTON, WV .

www.tn.gov/environment/article/ n 931-729-5300 c o 800-8-MEMPHIS 615-597-4163 423-392-8820 n i I t

, dreds of antique and specialty shops, a Legendary partisan cavalryman John S. units known as U.S. Colored Troops RI CHM ON D, VA s thc-tennessee-wars-commission c l i www.hickmancountychamber.org i n www.memphistravel.com www.dekalbtn.org www.visitkingsport.com a r u T

dine at a historically-themed tavern, or m Mosby (the Gray Ghost) later harried the (USCTs) and in the Navy. Tennessee Historical Commission r Hohenwald-Lewis Co. C. of C. a Mississippi River Corridor – TN Sparta/White Co. C. of C. Visit Knoxville m o W

l C i Newspaper illustration, “General Forrest Driving the simply walk amid the serenity of a preserved battlefield. Let the

www.tn.gov/environment/section/ NASHVILLE, TN v y

Union army to distraction in Northern White officers at first restricted 931-796-4084 i

901-278-8459 931-836-3552 800-727-8045 b C RALEIG H, NC

n a

Federals out of Trenton, Tenn. General Forrest in the i thc-tennessee-historical-commission stories you’ve discovered ignite your imagination as you envi - g i

www.hohenwaldlewischamber.com n i Virginia. through and Ohio, was captured and USCTs to support functions such as www.msrivertn.org www.spartatnchamber.com www.visitknoxville.com s g e r i D

Foreground Giving Orders.” – Courtesy Tennessee State V

Tennessee State Parks sion how now-peaceful landscapes were once the scenes of the e

Humphreys Co. C. of C. r 6

In the West, three cavalry command - confined in the , and guarding wagon trains, supply depots, Parker’s Crossroads Stewart Co. C. of C. Loudon Co. Visitors Bureau u 1 Library and Archives h 0 c

888-TN-PARKS deadliest battles known to man. 2 o

931-296-4865 Battlefield Association 931-232-8290 865-986-6822 r B ers, John Hunt Morgan, Nathan Bedford then escaped. A Federal cavalryman killed him and prisoners. They also constructed © www.tnstateparks.com www.humphreyscountychamberof The Tennessee Civil War Trails program is part of a five-state Forrest, and attained leg - in Greeneville, Tennessee, on September 4, 1864, forts and railroads, then were posted as 731-968-1191 www.stewartcountychamber.com www.visitloudoncounty.com Civil War Trust www.parkerscrossroads.org commerce.com trails system that invites you to explore both well-known and TENNESSEE TRAILS INFORMATION endary status. Wheeler, a West Point gradu - when he tried to escape after being surrounded. Middle and West Tennessee. He also fought his guards. Eager to prove their worth in Sumner Co. CVB Middle East TN Tourism Council www.civilwar.org Lawrence Co. Tourism 888-301-7886 865-457-4547 less-familiar sites associated with America’s greatest drama. ate, had spent most of his life in the North. was the antithesis way out of a Federal envelopment at Parker’s combat, the USCTs soon had their chance. MIDDLE WEST 931-762-6282 www.VisitSumnerTN.com www.easttnvacations.com Together, more than . . . Morgan had served briefly in the Mexican of the gentlemanly Morgan. A self-made man, Crossroads, adding to his legend. The appar - In December 1863, at Moscow, the 61st Byrdstown/Pickett Co. C. of C. www.seelawco.com 1 615 532 7520 Benton Co./Camden C. of C. Van Buren Co. C. of C. Monroe Co. Dept. of Tourism 1,500 places tell the epic 888-406-4704 Livingston/Overton Co. C. of C. www.tnvacation.com War as a . Forrest was self-taught. Forrest was a successful planter and slave trader ent massacre of black Federal troops at Fort USCT repulsed Confederate Gen. 877-584-8395 931-946-7033 800-245-5428 and heartfelt stories of www.dalehollow.com 800-876-7393 All of them, regardless of experience, were before the war. Whereas Morgan was an officer Pillow, Tennessee, on April 12, 1864, however, Stephen D. Lee’s cavalry as it tore up rail - www.bentoncountycamden.com www.vanburen-spencerchamber.com www.monroecountytourism.com civilians and soldiers Cheatham Co. C. of C. www.overtonco.com Tennessee Civil War App bold, imaginative, and determined men from the start, Forrest enlisted as a private and tarnished Forrest’s legacy. After the war, road track. At Fort Pillow, on the Missis - Bolivar/Hardeman Co. C. of C. Wayne Co. C .of C. Morristown Area C. of C. who experienced tri - 615-792-6722 Macon Co. C.of C. 731-658-6554 931-722-3575 877-586-6382 umph and tragedy who could usually out-think and out-fight then rose to the rank of in Forrest returned to farming and pursued sippi River, USCTs fought Gen. Nathan www.cheathamchamber.org 800-914-7072 www.hardemancountytn.com www.waynecountychamber.org www.visitmorristowntn.com their opponents. little more than a year. Forrest’s personality, business interests. He died in Memphis on Bedford Forrest’s command on April 12, Clay Co. C. of C. www.maconcountychamber.org during the war. Wilson Co. CVB Newport/Cocke Co. Tourism Council For more detailed John Hunt Morgan seemed a natural like that of Mosby, had a ruthless edg e— unlike , 1877. William T. Sherman, assess - 1864, then were overrun and killed after Brownsville/Haywood Co. C. of C. 931-243-3338 Marshall Co. C. of C. 615-453-9655 423-625-9675 731-779-9000 www.dalehollowlake.org 931-359-3863 travel information, con - cavalryman. Tall, dashing, impeccably the charm and gaiety that Morgan and Stuart ing Forrest’s military career, pronounced him surrendering. For the remainder of the www.visitwilsoncounty.com www.yallvisitthesmokies.com www.westtnheritage.com Clarksville CVB www.marshallchamber.org tact any of the organiza - dressed, and finely mounted, Morgan was exhibited. Forrest’s intuitive grasp of cavalry “the most remarkable man our Civil War year, USCTs engaged Forrest at Brice’s Williamson Co. CVB Northeast TN Tourism Assoc. Carroll Co. C. of C. 800-530-2487 ext. 577 Maury Co. CVB tions listed in this guide VIRGINIA TRAILS INFORMATION born to a prominent Kentucky family. In a tactics and his ferocious fighting ability made produced on either side.” Crossroads and Tupelo, Mississippi, at 615-591-8514 423-262-0238 731-986-4664 www.visitclarksvilletn.com 888-852-1860 or visit any Tennessee www.visitfranklin.com www.netta.com series of raids in Tennessee and Kentucky, him the most feared of Confederate cavalry Joseph Wheeler began the war as a lieu - Athens, Alabama, and at Pulaski, Ten - www.carrollcounty-tn-chamber.com Coffee Co. www.antebellum.com Welcome Center or local 1-800-VisitVa Pigeon Forge Dept. of Tourism he appeared invincible regardless of the commanders. He built his reputation on a series tenant but became commander of the Army nessee. They also fought with distinction City of Parsons 931-723-5100 McMinnville-Warren Co. C. of C. EAST Visitor Center. For addi - www.virginia.org 800-251-9100 Federal forces arrayed against him. He of stunning raids against Union supply lines in of Tennessee’s cavalry by the fall of 1862. in the Battle of Nashville in December. 731-847-6358 www.coffeecountytn.org 931-473-6611 Campbell Co. C. of C. tional Civil War Trails ## # www.cityofparsons.com www.mypigeonforge.com followed his July His successful raid behind Union lines before The Tennessee USCTs mustered out of Cookeville-Putnam Co. C. of C. www.warrentn.com 423-566-0329 information, visit MARYLAND TRAILS INFORMATION Pikeville/Bledsoe C. of C. 1862 Kentucky the Battle of Stones River made his reputa - service between April 1865 and April 1866, Collierville Parks, Recreation 800-264-5541 Middle TN Tourism Council www.campbellcountychamber.com www.civilwartrails.org . 423-447-2791 and Cultural Arts Department www.mustseecookeville.com 615-862-8828 Chattanooga Area CVB Granville 1-888-248-4597 raid with another tion. In February 1863, he unsuccessfully having suffered about 4,500 casualties. www.pikeville-bledsoe.com 901-457-2777 Crossville-Cumberland Co. C. of C. www.middletennesseetourism.com 800-322-3344 Courtesy Peggy Clemons www.visitmaryland.org in the winter in attacked Dover to block Cumberland River www.collierville.com Smoky Mountains TDA Johnsonville, Tennessee, Colored Battery camp, 1864 877-465-3861 Nashville CVB www.chattanoogafun.com ## # Middle Tennessee, shipping to Federals in Nashville. After the 865-983-2241 Courtesy Library of Congress Fayette Co. C. of C. www.crossville-chamber.com 800-657-6910 Cleveland/Bradley Co. CVB NORTH CAROLINA TRAILS INFORMATION www.blountpartnership.com destroying two Battle of Chickamauga in the fall of 1863, 901-465-8690 Dickson Co. C. of C. www.visitmusiccity.com 423-472-6587 railroad tunnels Wheeler launched another spectacular raid www.fayettecountychamber.com 877-718-4967 Perry Co. C. of C. www.visitclevelandtn.com Southeast TN Tourism Assoc. 1-800-VISIT NC 423-266-5781 to disrupt Union against Union supply lines, riding up the Greater Gibson Co. Area C. of C. www.dicksoncountychamber.com 931-589-2453 Farragut West Knox C. of C. www.visitnc.com 731-855-0973 www.southeasttennessee.com ## # supply lines for Sequatchie Valley and then into occupied Franklin Co. C. of C. www.perrycountytennessee.com 865-675-7057

B www.gibsoncountytn.com Spring City C. of C. V 931-967-6788 Robertson Co. C. of C. www.farragutchamber.com TRAILS INFORMATION C several weeks. Middle Tennessee before returning to Ala - y t 423-365-5210 n Hardin Co. CVB www.franklincountychamber.com 615-384-3800 u Grainger Co. C. of C. o Morgan led his bama. After the war, Wheeler served in Con - C www.springcitychamberofcommerce.com 800-552-3866 www.robertsonchamber.org 1-800-CALL WVA n Gainesboro/Jackson Co. C. of C. 865-828-4222 o s l i most spectacular gress and returned to U.S. Army service as a www.tourhardincounty.org Rutherford Co. C. of C. Sullivan Co. Dept of Archives & Tourism www.callwva.com W 931-268-0971 www.graingerchamber.com

y s

e raid in July 1863, major general during the Spanish-American 423-323-4660 t Gen. John Hunt Morgan Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest Gen. Joseph Wheeler Henderson-Chester Co. C. of C. www.gainesboro-jcchamber.com 800-716-7560 r u

o www.historicsullivan.com c

731-989-5222 www.readysetrutherford.com , rampaging Courtesy Library of Congress Courtesy Library of Congress Courtesy Library of Congress War and in the . Printing Authorization No. 326214 n o

n www.chestercountychamber.com

a Tennessee Civil War Trails Mapguide b e

L Follow these signs to more than 1,500 Civil War sites. Issued August 2016