1122. Born
Tennessee.
Appointed
Tennessee.
12.
In 1861 appointed
Major of the Artillery Corps in the army organized by the
State of Tennessee.
Transferred with that rank to the Army of the
Confederate States.
Engaged in
battle of Belmont, November 7, 1861; commissioned Brigadier-General, Confederate States Army, November, 1861.
In
Shiloh campaign and
battle of Shiloh, 1862; in campaign into
Kentucky and
battle of Perryville, and in battle of Murfreesboroa, 1862.
Major-General, June 2, 1863.
In the Tullahoma campaign in
Middle Tennessee, in the
Chickamauga-Chattanooga
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campaign, battles of
Chickamauga and
Missionary Ridge, 1863.
In the
Dalton-
Atlanta Campaign of 1864; fought the
battle of New Hope Church, May 25, 1864.
Lieutenant-General, June, 1864, in command of the Army of the Mississippi, afterwards reorganized and known as
Stewart's Corps.
In
battle of Peach Tree Creek, July 20th, and battle of Mt. Ezra Church, July 28th.
In
Hood's campaign into
Tennessee, and in battles of
Franklin and
Nashville, November and December, 1864.
After
Hood's retirement, was in command of the Army of Tennessee to the close of the war. United with
General Joseph E. Johnston's Army in
North Carolina in February, 1865, and battle of Cole's Farm.
