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ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Nov. 20

1862: General Bragg changed the name of the Army of the Mississippi to the Army of Tennessee after moving the army to Kentucky and then Tennessee. Bragg divided the army into two corps, commanded by Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk and Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee. He then formed a third corps out of Lt. Gen. E. Kirby Smith's Department of East Tennessee.

Pvt. W.P. Ward, Co. F, 40th Ga. Inf. Bn.

(Liljenquist Collection, Library of Congress)

1863: Siege of Knoxville, Tenn.: Confederate forces around Chattanooga, Tennessee continue their siege. At Knoxville, General Longstreet is waiting on reinforcements before attacking the main Federal bastion, Fort Sanders.

1864: Sherman's March to the Sea: Georgia state militia and home guards continue to try to retard Sherman's March to the Sea at Clinton, Walnut Creek, East Macon, and Griswoldsville, Georgia.

Confederate General Birthdays, Nov, 20

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