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Tennessee 1st Battalion Light Artillery (Union)

6/1/63

Organized - Tennessee 1st Battalion Light Artillery - Tennessee

11/23/63

Battle - Chattanooga Campaign - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga Campaign
Chattanooga Campaign

After taking charge of the Union's western armies in October of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant focused on lifting the Confederate siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which had been in place since the Battle of Chickamauga in September. Grant opened the 'Cracker Line' across the Tennessee River to bring supplies to the beleaguered Army of the Cumberland inside the city, and, in mid-November, brought Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee into the city as well. The Confederates under Maj. Gen.…READ MORE

8/1/65

Mustered Out - Tennessee 1st Battalion Light Artillery - Tennessee

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