Army of the Cumberland Archives

Mark Twain was not the only famous American writer to avoid fighting—and possibly dying—in the American Civil War.

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Union General John T. Croxton’s Southern Odyssey

by Arnold Blumberg

After escaping from Brig. Gen. William H. Jackson’s Confederate division on April 1, Union Brig. Gen. John T. Read more

On the Chattanooga Battlefields in November 1863, the Federals attacked Confederates on two ridges to secure a crucial supply hub.

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Grand views and Stirring Tales Await at the Chattanooga Battlefields

By William E. Welsh

Deep ranks of Federal troops moved steadily across the valley floor toward Missionary Ridge late in the afternoon on November 25, 1863. Read more

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park's wilderness-like landscape is a silent reminder of the hardships faced by both sides in summer 1864.

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Visiting Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

by William E. Welsh

Kennesaw Mountain was an alluring sight to General Joseph E. Johnston as he fell back from Allatoona Pass in mid-June 1864 toward the Confederate supply hub of Atlanta. Read more

Union General John T. Croxton’s Southern Odyssey

Grand views and Stirring Tales Await at the Chattanooga Battlefields

Visiting Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

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