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3 - The Battles of Tennessee, 1862

from Part I - Major Battles and Campaigns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2019

By
Timothy B. Smith
Edited by
Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University
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Summary

“Where is the proper place to break it?” asked Major General Henry W. Halleck of his officers as they peered at the Confederate line drawn on a map of the western theater. It was a cold December 1861 evening and several officers, including George W. Cullum and William T. Sherman, had gathered to discuss strategy. It was an obvious question that begged to be answered as the men examined the long Confederate defensive line that ran from the Mississippi River to the mountains of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee near the Cumberland Gap. Halleck was one of the main Union generals Abraham Lincoln had tapped to find the best possible route of advance through this enemy defensive line and into the heart of the Confederacy, and he was certainly aware of the enormity of the task.

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The Cambridge History of the American Civil War , pp. 30 - 49
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Smith, Timothy B. Shiloh: Conquer or Perish (Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas, 2014).Google Scholar
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