Tennessee 7th Cavalry (Confederate)
1/4/62
Organized - Tennessee 7th Cavalry - Tennessee
3/10/62
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
30/11/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edmund W. Rucker
ColonelEdmund W. Rucker
30/11/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James R. Chalmers
Brigadier GeneralJames R. Chalmers
30/11/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edmund W. Rucker, and Lieutenant Colonel Raleigh R. White
ColonelEdmund W. Rucker
Lieutenant ColonelRaleigh R. White
15/12/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Edmund W. Rucker
ColonelEdmund W. Rucker
15/12/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
12/5/65
Mustered Out - Tennessee 7th Cavalry - Tennessee
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