I have no idea! PLEASE help me, and answer this question! ANSWER The Union Army of Cumberland under General Grant .
George Thomas
Go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga.
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General order #168, October 24, 1862
Major General David S. Stanley was the chief of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Cumberland in 1863. Stanley was a USMA at West Point graduate, class of 1852. He was offered a commission in the Confederate army but elected to stay with the US. He saw combat duty in the battles at New Madrid, Island No. 10 and Corinth. Major General Rosencrans who was in charge of the Army of the Cumberland had great confidence in Stanley.
Womack Army Medical Center is on Fort Bragg, which is in Cumberland County.
No. It was a siege which looked as though it would destroy the Army of the Cumberland, and would have allowed the Confederates a big move North. But Grant came East to relieve the Army of the Cumberland, and in the end, it was a Union victory.
The Confederate Army of Tennessee was in Chattanooga, and the Union Army of the Cumberland wanted them to leave so they started fighting.
After the liberation of the Mississippi, Grant was ordered East, to rescue the Army of the Cumberland from starvation at Chattanooga.
Major General Thomas L. Crittenden was the commander of the XXI Corps in the Army of the Cumberland in 1863. Crittenden was not a USMA graduate.He was a lawyer until the outbreak of the Mexican American War. He enlisted in the army and reached the rank of colonel. He sided with the Union when the US Civil War broke out. He was from Kentucky but was a Unionist. He was given command in the pro-Union Kentucky militia. He served in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth. He served first under General Buell and when that army transitioned into the Army of the Cumberland, The commander of the Army of the Cumberland in 1863 was Major General Rosencrans. Rosencrans had doubts about the abilities of Crittenden because he was not a USMA graduate. Nevertheless, Crittenden impressed Rosencrans for his bravery and gave him important assignments in the Tullahoma campaign.
In 1863, Major General Alexander M. McCook was the commander of the XX Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. He was a USMA at West Point graduate who graduated in 1852. He was a veteran of the Indian wars and later was an instructor at the USMA at West Point. Before joining the Army of the Cumberland, McCook took part in the First Battle of Bull Run. He was a division commander at the Battle of Shiloh, and fought at Perryville and Stone's River. His commander in the Army of the Cumberland, Major General William Rosencrans saw weakness in McCook as a battlefield commander.