Department of the Cumberland

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The Department of the Cumberland was a major Union Army administrative and operational command in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, overseeing key campaigns in Tennessee and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Department of the Cumberland canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army department ⓘ
military administrative district ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
branch United States Army ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
controlled railroad lines in Middle Tennessee ⓘ
supply routes into Georgia ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateCreated 1862-08-15 ⓘ
dateDissolved 1865-08-06 ⓘ
engagedInBattle Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ
Battle of Nashville ⓘ
Battle of Stones River ⓘ
Battles for Chattanooga ⓘ
followedBy Military Division of the Tennessee (as higher command structure) ⓘ
garrisonDuty Nashville supply base ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
location Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
namedAfter Cumberland River ⓘ
Cumberland region ⓘ
notableCommander Major General Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
linked to: Don Carlos Buell

Major General George H. Thomas ⓘ
linked to: George H. Thomas

Major General John M. Schofield ⓘ
Major General William S. Rosecrans ⓘ
linked to: William Rosecrans
opposedBy Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee
oversawCampaign Atlanta Campaign (in part) ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign

Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
Chickamauga Campaign ⓘ
Stones River Campaign ⓘ
Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
partOf Union Army ⓘ
precededBy Army of the Ohio (as principal field force in region) ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Ohio
responsibleFor military occupation of Middle Tennessee ⓘ
military operations in Tennessee ⓘ
military operations in northern Alabama ⓘ
military operations in northern Georgia ⓘ
role administrative command for Union forces in the Cumberland region ⓘ
operational command for field armies in the Western Theater ⓘ
subordinateUnit Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
supported Union logistics in the Western Theater ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army of the Ohio → associatedWith → Department of the Cumberland ⓘ
XXI Corps (Army of the Cumberland) → subordinateTo → Department of the Cumberland ⓘ