Tullahoma Campaign

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The Tullahoma Campaign was a series of maneuvers and engagements in the summer of 1863 during the American Civil War in which Union forces outflanked and compelled the retreat of Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee in Middle Tennessee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
casualtiesRelative low compared to strategic gains ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commanderForces Braxton Bragg ⓘ
William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
ConfederateArmyFormation Army of Tennessee ⓘ
ConfederateStrengthApprox 40000–45000 soldiers ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateYear 1863 ⓘ
endDate 1863-07-03 ⓘ
feature extensive use of deception and feints ⓘ
minimal major pitched battles ⓘ
followedBy Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
Chickamauga Campaign ⓘ
forcedMovement Confederate withdrawal to Chattanooga ⓘ
geographicFocus Cumberland Plateau region ⓘ
Duck River line ⓘ
historicalAssessment one of the most brilliantly executed Union maneuvers of the war ⓘ
location Middle Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
namedAfter Tullahoma, Tennessee ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Guy’s Gap ⓘ
Battle of Hoover’s Gap ⓘ
Battle of Liberty Gap ⓘ
Battle of Shelbyville ⓘ
objective Dislodge Confederate Army of Tennessee from Middle Tennessee ⓘ
opposingCommander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
outcome Confederate retreat from Middle Tennessee ⓘ
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Stones River Campaign ⓘ
primaryTactic flanking movements ⓘ
maneuver warfare ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1863-06-24 ⓘ
strategicEffect Threat to Chattanooga ⓘ
Union control of Middle Tennessee ⓘ
theaterCommanderConfederate Braxton Bragg ⓘ
theaterCommanderUnion William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
UnionArmyFormation Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
UnionStrengthApprox 60000–70000 soldiers ⓘ
weatherCondition heavy rain ⓘ
muddy roads ⓘ

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Braxton Bragg → battle → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Chickamauga → precededBy → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Chattanooga Campaign → precededBy → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Army of the Ohio → engagement → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Army of Tennessee → participatedIn → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Army of the Cumberland → engagement → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Missionary Ridge → followedBy → Relief of the Siege of Chattanooga ⓘ
linked to: Tullahoma Campaign
Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Stones River → followedBy → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
William Rosecrans → notableBattle → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Department of the Cumberland → oversawCampaign → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Alexander McDowell McCook → participatedIn → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Hardee's Corps → engagement → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Benjamin F. Cheatham → participatedIn → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Chickamauga Campaign → precededBy → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
John T. Wilder → participatedIn → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
subject linked to: Union General John T. Wilder
30th Indiana Infantry Regiment → engagedIn → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
IV Corps (Army of the Cumberland) → campaign → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Campaigns of the American Civil War → hasPart → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Thomas L. Crittenden → participantIn → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Alexander McCook → participatedIn → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Jefferson C. Davis → participatedIn → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
subject linked to: Jefferson
Battle of Guy’s Gap → partOf → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Guy’s Gap → campaign → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Duck River line → associatedWithCampaign → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Hoover’s Gap → partOf → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Hoover’s Gap → relatedEvent → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Shelbyville → partOf → Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Shelbyville → relatedEvent → Battle of Tullahoma ⓘ
linked to: Tullahoma Campaign