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Tennessee 9th Cavalry (Confederate)

11/02/62

Battle - Fort Donelson - Fort Donelson, Tennessee

Fort Donelson
Fort Donelson

Early in the war, Union commanders realized control of the major rivers would be the key to success in the Western Theater.READ MORE

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James D. Bennett

8/10/62

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Joseph Wheeler

8/10/62

Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky

Perryville
Perryville

On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE

24/11/62

Organized - Tennessee 9th Cavalry - Tennessee

10/04/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel James W. Starnes

10/04/63

Battle - Franklin (1863) - Williamson County, Tennessee

Franklin (1863)
Franklin (1863)

The Battle of Franklin fought on April 10 1863, was a mere skirmish fought at the same location that the major Battle of Franklin would be fought in 1864.READ MORE

13/07/63

Battle - Jackson, Tennessee

30/11/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Jacob B. Biffle

30/11/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General James R. Chalmers

Brigadier GeneralJames R. Chalmers

30/11/64

Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee

Franklin (1864)
Franklin (1864)

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

Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville
Nashville

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

26/04/65

Mustered Out - Tennessee 9th Cavalry - Tennessee

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