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The '''Army of West Tennessee''' was a [[United States|Union]] army commanded by [[Major General]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]] which was to become the famous [[Army of the Tennessee]]. |
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==History== |
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After the [[Battle of Fort Donelson]], [[Ulysses S. Grant]] was given command of the District of West Tennessee on [[February 21]], [[1862]]. His army was also reinforced by three more divisions that Grant officially renamed the [[Army of West Tennessee]]. In [[April]] the army under its new name was in its first real engagement at the [[Battle of Shiloh]]. On the first day of the battle the army fought a desperate battle and suffered many casualties. The heroic sacrifice of [[Benjamin Prentiss]]'s 6th Division in the ''Hornet's Nest'' allowed the rest of the army to form a strong defensive line and repulse the last of the [[Confederate]] assaults. The next day the [[Army of the Ohio]] and Gen. [[Lew Wallace]]'s 5th Division, Army of West Tennessee, arrived to reinforce Grant who counterattack and drove the Confederates from the field. [[Major General]] [[Henry W. Halleck]], the commander of the Department of the West, consolidated all the Union armies in the west to form an Army Group from the Army of West Tennessee, [[Army of the Mississippi]], and the [[Army of the Ohio]], with Halleck in overall command. Halleck, who disliked Grant. removed him from command of the army and replaced him with Gen. [[George H. Thomas]]. Grant was appointed second-in-command to the Department of the West, a position Halleck created just to keep Grant out of field command. Thomas led the army during the [[Siege of Corinth]]. After Corinth, Grant returned to command of the army and saw little action before the army was transferred to the Department of the Tennessee, becoming the [[Army of the Tennessee]]. |
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==Commanders== |
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* Major General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] ([[February 21]] – [[April 30]], [[1862]]) ''also commader of the Dist of West Tennessee'' |
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* Major General [[George H. Thomas]] ([[April 30]] – [[June 10]], [[1862]]) |
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* Major General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] ([[June 10]] – [[October 16]], [[1862]]) |
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==Major Battles== |
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* [[Battle of Shiloh]] (Grant) |
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* [[Siege of Corinth]] (Thomas) |
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==Source== |
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http://www.civilwarchronicles.com/commanders.htm |
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==See Also== |
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*[[Army in the Field]] |
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[[Category:Union armies|West Tennessee, Army of]] |
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