Tullahoma Campaign

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The Tullahoma Campaign was a series of maneuvers and engagements in the summer of 1863 during the American Civil War in which Union forces outflanked and compelled the retreat of Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee in Middle Tennessee.

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Label Occurrences
Tullahoma Campaign canonical 11
Relief of the Siege of Chattanooga 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign
military campaign
belligerent Confederate States of America
United States of America
casualtiesRelative low compared to strategic gains
combatant Confederate States Army
surface form: Confederate Army

Union Army
commanderForces Braxton Bragg
William Rosecrans
surface form: William S. Rosecrans
ConfederateArmyFormation Army of Tennessee
ConfederateStrengthApprox 40000–45000 soldiers
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateYear 1863
endDate 1863-07-03
feature extensive use of deception and feints
minimal major pitched battles
followedBy Chattanooga Campaign
Chickamauga Campaign
forcedMovement Confederate withdrawal to Chattanooga
geographicFocus Cumberland Plateau region
Duck River line
historicalAssessment one of the most brilliantly executed Union maneuvers of the war
location Middle Tennessee
Tennessee
namedAfter Tullahoma, Tennessee, United States
surface form: Tullahoma, Tennessee
notableEngagement Battle of Guy’s Gap
Battle of Hoover’s Gap
Battle of Hoover’s Gap
surface form: Battle of Liberty Gap

Battle of Shelbyville
objective Dislodge Confederate Army of Tennessee from Middle Tennessee
opposingCommander Braxton Bragg
William Rosecrans
surface form: William S. Rosecrans
outcome Confederate retreat from Middle Tennessee
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War
precededBy Battle of Stones River
surface form: Stones River Campaign
primaryTactic flanking movements
maneuver warfare
result Union victory
startDate 1863-06-24
strategicEffect Threat to Chattanooga
Union control of Middle Tennessee
theaterCommanderConfederate Braxton Bragg
theaterCommanderUnion William Rosecrans
surface form: William S. Rosecrans
UnionArmyFormation Army of the Cumberland
UnionStrengthApprox 60000–70000 soldiers
weatherCondition heavy rain
muddy roads

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Braxton Bragg battle Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Chickamauga precededBy Tullahoma Campaign
Chattanooga Campaign precededBy Tullahoma Campaign
Army of the Ohio engagement Tullahoma Campaign
Army of Tennessee participatedIn Tullahoma Campaign
Army of the Cumberland engagement Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Missionary Ridge followedBy Tullahoma Campaign
this entity surface form: Relief of the Siege of Chattanooga
Union Army campaigns hasPart Tullahoma Campaign
Battle of Stones River followedBy Tullahoma Campaign
William Rosecrans notableBattle Tullahoma Campaign