Thursday, Sept. 10, 1863. Before giving an account of the fight of the 9th, I will give some light as to the state of affairs in upper East Tennessee. It is well known to you that about the 27th ...

In all the history of the war, save only the seven days' battles before Richmond, there has been no such stubbornly contested fighting. It is difficult to obtain a clear view of the contest or the ...

Smith offers much more, including some interesting profiles of the commanders, a number of well written battle pieces, and many insights into the military and social institutions of the day. A volume ...

When I traveled to Franklin, TN, going to the historic Civil War sites wasn’t exactly my ... Well, it was the spot of the Battle of Franklin, part of the Confederacy’s attempt to defeat ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864 100,000+ — Number of Civil War Union corpses found in the ... of battlefield deaths in 12 hours at the Battle of Bull Run 3,000 — Estimated number of ...