Army of the Cumberland

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American Civil War military unit Union field army

The Army of the Cumberland was a major Union field army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, noted for its key role in campaigns such as Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and the drive toward Atlanta.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Army of the Cumberland canonical	24
Union Army of the Cumberland	4
Army of the Cumberland (interim command)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War military unit ⓘ Union field army ⓘ
activeFrom	1862 ⓘ
activeUntil	1865 ⓘ
allegiance	Union ⓘ
branch	Artillery ⓘ Cavalry ⓘ Infantry ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
disbandedIn	1865 ⓘ
engagement	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ Battle of Peachtree Creek ⓘ Battle of Resaca ⓘ Battle of Stones River ⓘ Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ Nashville Campaign ⓘ Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters	Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
namedAfter	Cumberland River ⓘ
notableCommander	George H. Thomas ⓘ Philip Sheridan ⓘ surface form: Philip H. Sheridan Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Rosecrans ⓘ surface form: William S. Rosecrans
notableFor	assault on Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga ⓘ participation in the Atlanta Campaign under William T. Sherman ⓘ victory at the Battle of Stones River ⓘ
notableUnit	IV Corps (Army of the Cumberland) ⓘ XIV Corps (Army of the Cumberland) ⓘ XX Corps (Union Army) ⓘ surface form: XX Corps (Army of the Cumberland) XXI Corps (Army of the Cumberland) ⓘ
partOf	Union Army ⓘ
predecessor	Army of the Ohio ⓘ
regionOfOperations	Alabama ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
role	defense of Tennessee ⓘ offensive operations in the Western Theater ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo	Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Atlanta Campaign → unionArmyComponent → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Military Division of the Mississippi → subordinateUnit → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Union Army → subdivision → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Battle of Chickamauga → unionArmy → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Chattanooga Campaign → opposingForce → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

XI Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → laterSubordinateTo → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Army of the Ohio → associatedWith → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment → partOf → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Pigeon Hill → attackedBy → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Army of the Cumberland

Joshua W. Sill → servedIn → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Army of Tennessee → engagedAgainst → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Joseph Hooker → commanded → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army of the Cumberland (interim command)

Army of Kentucky → opposedBy → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Army of the Cumberland

Western Union armies → includedFormation → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Nashville Campaign → involves → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Battle of Stones River → combatant → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Jefferson C. Davis → servedIn → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Battle of Resaca → unionForce → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

George H. Thomas → commanded → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Battle of Pickett’s Mill → unionArmy → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Tullahoma Campaign → UnionArmyFormation → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Battle of Peachtree Creek → associatedWith → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Battle of Peachtree Creek → unionArmy → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Battle of Jonesborough → associatedWith → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Federal Army → hasPart → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

William Rosecrans → command → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

“Gettysburg of the West” → associatedWithSide → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

subject surface form: Gettysburg of the West

this entity surface form: Union Army of the Cumberland

Cracker Line → servedArmy → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

Lookout Mountain Battlefield → associatedWith → Army of the Cumberland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Army of the Cumberland