To the River

2018 ◽  
pp. 178-210
Author(s):  
William Glenn Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Cumberland Plateau ◽  
Logistics Center ◽  
Tennessee River

This chapter describes the struggles of the Army of the Cumberland during its movement over the mountains of the Cumberland Plateau into the valley of the Tennessee River. It includes the development of Stevenson, Alabama as the army’s new headquarters and logistics center, all focused on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. It also further develops William Rosecrans’s tense relationships with Henry Halleck and Ambrose Burnside.

4 July 1863

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
William Glenn Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Cumberland Plateau ◽  
Tennessee River ◽  
Army Of Tennessee

This chapter introduces the opposing armies, the Army of Tennessee and the Army of the Cumberland, and their respective commanders, Braxton Bragg and William Rosecrans. It describes the Army of the Cumberland’s victory party at the close of the Tullahoma Campaign and contrasts it with the Army of Tennessee’s struggle to withdraw across the Cumberland Plateau to the valley of the Tennessee River on 4 July. Featured players in the day’s events are Alexander McCook, Leonidas Polk, and Joseph Wheeler.

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