Army of the Tennessee

role in the northern states winning the Civil War. Grant was General of the Union Army during the Civil War, and he was a quite successful General. It was because of General Grant and his men that General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia finally surrendered at the Appomattox Court House. With the start of the Civil War in 1861 Ulysses S. Grant jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the Union Army. The first commanding post that he had was Colonel of the 21st Illinois…

Sherman was given control of the district of Tennessee, but when Grant was promoted, Sherman assumed the position as commander of the army of Tennessee. When Grant was promoted, he gave Sherman the position of supreme command in the west. With nearly 100,000 troops and 254 cannons, Sherman began his campaign to capture Atlanta. He was met with opposition…

Robert lee’s army at Virginia, by tactically taking advantage of the current position of the union forces to engage them separately, before they could converge with Thomas at Nashville. Hood planned to march to Tuscumbia so as to wait for supplies and Forest cavalry to arrive, and then march forward to Columbia. With the union army marching to Nashville, precious time was been wastred at Tuscumbia. General hood had failed to take into account the logistics required to furnish his army with…

victory secured the lower half of the Tennessee River. On April 6, the Confederate army, lead by P.G.T Beauregard launched an attack on the Union militia. This was known as the Battle of Shiloh. The rebels moved Grant and his army back. Union forces, however improved and they defeated the Confederates. The North enjoyed another victory using naval forces and was successful in capturing New Orleans as well. McClellan in the East was building and training his Army of the Potomac. In 1862, the…

Jimi Hendrix born Johnny Allen Hendrix was born in November 27, 1943 in Seattle Washington his parents were James Allen Hendrix and Lucille Jeter his father served in World War 2 and his mother was a waitress in Seattle. Jimi Hendrix’s mother died of cancer on February 2 1958 in Renton, Washington and his father died of old age in April 17th, 2002. After his mom died he moved around a lot living at his grandmas and friends house. On September 18, 1970 Jimi Hendrix died in Kensington, London,…

Cherokees left on June 6 by steamboat,barge from Ross’s landing on the Tennessee River, which is present day Chattanooga. The other two groups suffered more from diseases, caused by a severe drought, this was found more among children.…

21, 1800 at Knoxville, Tennessee. His parents were Jacob Blount Sr. and Barbara Gray Blount, he had two sibling’s name, Willie Blount and Thomas Blount. He also worked in the family business and later on he joined in on the American Revolution as the paymaster of the third regiment. “After winning are independent William got married to Mary Grainier and the had six childrens and out of those six children William and Mary had only one went on and was outstanding in Tennessee politics. Blount was…

COMPANY OBJECTIVE: Feeding the Valley is non-profit. Kid's Cafe started 2001 to feed disadvantaged children who visit any Feeding the Valley location. The program measures success by the number of meals offered daily. According to Feeding America, 42 million people battle with hunger in the United States, 13 million are children. Every year, the Kids Cafe can positively impact the community by driving down the hunger rate and illiteracy rate. The mission of the Kids Café is to feed the…

Alvin Cullum York was born in the hills of the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee near the city of Pall Mall on December 13, 1887. Alvin was born into a poor family of 13 people: Alvin's dad William Uriah York, Alvin's mom Mary Elizabeth York, and his 11 siblings. Living in an area where people though education wasn't important, York only received 9 months of schooling. After his father died when York was 24, he started working jobs to help his family out financially, and because of the stress, he…

American Civil War, also called, war between the states, war for four years (1861-1865) between the United States and 11 Southern states that secession from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The Civil War was a war to preserve the Union, which was the United States. Since the beginning of the Constitution, there were two different views on the role of the federal government. Federalists believed that the federal government and the executive needed to maintain their power…