Click 👉Today in History (general history) Sept. 26.
On This Day in Confederate History, Sept. 26.
1864: President Jefferson Davis made an inspection trip to the Army of Tennessee after the recent loss of Atlanta, Georgia, to evaluate the situation for himself. The relationship between his two top generals, General John Bell Hood and Lt. Gen. William Hardee, had reached the breaking point, and Davis tried to find a solution for the good of the army and nation. After meeting separately with Hood and Hardee, he decided to move Hardee to command South Carolina. He also moved General P.G.T. Beauregard to coordinate the entire western region, which gave him technical command over Hood in Georgia and Tennessee, and over Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor in Alabama, Mississippi, and Eastern Louisiana. In reality, he could command one or the other only if he was physically present with them. So Beauregard's position became advisory in nature with no actual control. Hardee was moved to Savannah, Ga. The situation in the western Confederacy would steadily deteriorate, especially with Hood and his Tennessee campaign.
President Jefferson Davis' trip to straighten out
the problems with the Army of Tennessee failed
to save the army and the Western Confederacy
from pending disasters.
Also at this time, Lt.Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid into Tennessee to cut Sherman's supply line was nearing Pulaski, Tennessee. And in Missouri, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's raid into Missouri was advancing on Pilot Knob, Missouri.
This is the history of one of the hardest-fighting infantry regiments in the War for Southern Independence, the 23rd Tennessee Infantry. The regiment was raised predominantly from the Middle Tennessee counties, where there was considerable support for secession and Southern Independence. The men were overwhelmingly made up of yeoman farmers of predominantly Anglo-Celtic descent who were to face some of the largest, bloodiest, and most memorable battles of the war, both in the West and the East. They got their baptism of fire in the Battle of Shiloh, followed by the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, and Knoxville in the West with the famed Army of Tennessee. They were then transferred to the East, where they fought in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign in Virginia under the legendary General P.G.T. Beauregard, and then in the famed Army of Northern Virginia in the Petersburg Campaign, and ended the war with the great General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse. The book covers the history of the regiment from letters, diaries, memoirs, and official records to cover both officers and men in a personal way. It also has an annotated roster of some 1,164 men who served in the regiment, as well as maps, photos, illustrations, bibliography, footnotes, and index.
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