Civil War Battles Fought in Tennessee

Although Tennessee was a Confederate State, she provided men to both sides of the war. An estimated 187,000 Tennesseans served in the Confederate Army while 51,000 Tennesseans served in the Union Army.

The Union named its armies after major rivers while the Confederates named their armies after states. As a result, during the war, the Union had an army called "Army of the Tennessee" while the Confederates had an army called "Army of Tennessee."

After Virginia, Tennessee had the highest numbers of battles fought within her borders. Of the ten costliest battles of the Civil War, the Battle of Stones River, Battle of Shiloh, and the Battle of Fort Donelson ranked 8th, 9th, and 10th, respectiveley.

Bean's Station - December 14, 1863 - Grainger County
- Battle Summary
- Bean's Station: American Civil War
Blountsville - September 22, 1863 - Sullivan County
- Battle Summary
- Blountsville: American Civil War
Blue Springs - October 10, 1863 - Greene County
- Battle Summary
- Blue Springs: American Civil War
Brentwood - March 25, 1863 - Williamson County
- Battle Summary
- Brentwood: American Civil War
Brown's Ferry - October 28-29, 1863 - Hamilton and Marion Counties
- Action at Brown's Ferry
- Battle Summary
- Brown's Ferry: American Civil War
- The Battle for Brown's Ferry
Bull's Gap - November 11-13, 1864 - Hamblen and Greene Counties
- Battle Summary
- Bull's Gap: American Civil War
Campbell's Station - November 16, 1863 - Knox County
- Battle of Campbell's Station
- Battle Summary
- Campbell's Station: American Civil War
- Photo's of Campbell's Station
Chattanooga (Battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge) - November 23-25, 1863 - Hamilton County
- Battle Summary
- Chattanooga Campaign
- Chattanooga: American Civil War
Chattanooga - August 21, 1863 - Hamilton County
- Battle Summary
- Chattanooga: American Civil War
Chattanooga - June 7-8, 1862 - Hamilton County
- Battle Summary
- Chattanooga: American Civil War
Collierville - November 3., 1863 - Shelby County
- Battle of Collierville Marker
- Battle Summary
- Collierville: American Civil War
Columbia - November 24, 1864 - Maury County
- Battle Summary
- Columbia: American Civil War
Dandridge - January 14, 1864 - Jefferson County
- Battle Summary
- Dandridge: American Civil War
Fair Garden - January 27, 1864 - Sevier County
- Battle Summary
- Fair Garden: American Civil War
Fort Donelson - February 11-16, 1862 - Davidson County
- Battle of Fort Donelson
- Battle Summary
- Fort Donelson Photo Album
- Fort Donelson: American Civil War
- The Capture of Fort Donelson (part 1)
- The Capture of Fort Donelson (part 2)
Fort Henry - February 6, 1862 - Stewart and Henry Counties
- Battle Summary
- Fort Henry
- Fort Henry: American Civil War
Fort Pillow - April 12, 1864 - Lauderdale County
- Battle of Fort Pillow
- Battle of Fort Pillow: Slaughter on the River
- Battle Summary
- Fort Pillow: American Civil War
- The Battle of Fort Pillow
Fort Sanders - November 29, 1863 - Knox County
- Battle of Fort Sanders
- Battle Summary
- Fort Sanders: American Civil War
Franklin - April 10, 1863 - Williamson County
- Battle Summary
- Franklin: American Civil War
Franklin - November 30 , 1864 - Williamson County
- Battle Summary
- New York Times article about the battle
Gallatin - August, 1862 - Sumner County
- Battle Summary -- contributed by Randy Lucas
- Hartsville: American Civil War
Hartsville - December 7, 1862 - Trousdale County
- Battle Summary
- Hartsville: American Civil War
Hatchie’s Bridge - October 5, 1862 - Hardeman and McNairy Counties
- Battle Summary
- Hatchie's Bridge: American Civil War
Hoover's Gap - June 24-26, 1863 - Bedford and Rutherford Counties
- Battle Summary
- Capture of Hoover's Gap
- Hoover's Gap: American Civil War
Jackson - December 19, 1862 - Madison County
- Battle Summary
- Jackson: American Civil War
Johnsonville - November 4-5, 1864 - Benton County
- Battle Summary
- Johnsonville: American Civil War
Maps
- Tennessee Civil War Map of Battles
Memphis - August 21, 1864 - Shelby County
- Battle Summary
- Memphis: American Civil War
Memphis - June 6, 1862 - Shelby County
- Battle Summary
- Memphis: American Civil War
Mossy Creek - December 29, 1863 - Jefferson County
- Battle Summary
- Mossy Creek: American Civil War
Murfreesboro - December 5-7, 1864 - Rutherford County
- Battle Summary
- Murfreesboro: American Civil War
Murfreesboro - July 13, 1862 - Rutherford County
- Battle Summary
- Murfreesboro: American Civil War
Nashville - December 15-16, 1864 - Davidson County
- Battle of Nashville
- Battle Summary
- Nashville: American Civil War
Parker's Crossroads - December 31, 1862 - Henderson County
- Battle Summary
- Parker's Crossroads: American Civil War
Shiloh - April 6-7, 1862 - Hardin County
- Battle of Shiloh
- Battle of Shiloh Photo Album
- Battle of Shiloh: Official Military Pages
- Battle Summary
- Brigadier-General Benjamin M. Prentiss Report
- Description of the Battle of Shiloh
- Shiloh National Military Park
- Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, TN: American Civil War
Spring Hill - Novemeber 29, 1964 - Maury County
- Battle Summary
- Spring Hill: American Civil War
Stones River - December 31, 1862 - January 3, 1863 - Rutherford County
- Battle of Stones River
- Battle of Stones River - Official Records
- Battle Summary
- Find-A-Grave
- Stones River National Battlefield
- Stones River: American Civil War
- The Battle for Murfreesboro
Thompson's Station - March 5, 1863 - Williamson County
- Battle Summary
- Thompson Station: American Civil War
Vaught's Hill - March 20, 1863 - Rutherford County
- Battle Summary
- Vaught's Hill: American Civil War

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