No, the title doesn't really serve any true purpose other then to say that we are finally out of Tennessee (Huzzah)
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In this episode of Civil War Generals 2: The remnants of the Union army are being surrounded by superior Confederate forces. I better hurry up otherwise they're going to get their entire ironclad flotilla come up through the river and attack my army from the rear.
Anyway, what happened is that I managed to capture a good amount of the Union Army before the start of the new year. The defense of the Union command ended up pretty much dying and routed in droves, letting my small yet... better? army advance was near impunity, but will they retreat? Nooo, why would they do that? They have one unit that is still functional even though all of their commanders are dead, half the men dead, and everyone else is either dead, captured, or ran away. You got it dude, don't worry. You can save the day.
Background of the battle: After the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi abandoned its invasion of Kentucky and withdrew to Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where it was joined by Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith's army of 10,000 on October 10. Although Bragg's newly combined force was up to 38,000 veteran troops, he made no effort to regain the initiative.
Frustrated with his prospects in Kentucky and low on supplies, Bragg withdrew through the Cumberland Gap, passed through Knoxville and Chattanooga, turned northwest, and eventually stopped in Murfreesboro Tennessee. His army, joined with Smith's Army of Kentucky and together renamed the Army of Tennessee as of November 20, took up a defensive position northwest of the city along the West Fork of the Stones River. During a visit by Confederate President Jefferson Davis on December 16, Bragg was ordered to send the infantry division of Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson to Mississippi to assist in the defense of Vicksburg. The loss of Stevenson's 7,500 men would be sorely felt in the coming battle.
Bragg commanded two corps, under Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee and Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk. Bragg had to deal with a command problem that became typical for him during the war: a virtual revolt of his senior generals, who petitioned Jefferson Davis to relieve him in favor of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the commander of all armies in the Western Theater. Davis refused to relieve either Bragg or the rebellious generals.
On the Union side, President Abraham Lincoln had become frustrated with Buell's passivity and replaced him with Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, victor of the recent battles of Iuka and Corinth. Rosecrans moved his XIV Corps to Nashville, Tennessee, and was warned by Washington that he too would be replaced if he did not move aggressively against Bragg and occupy eastern Tennessee. However, Rosecrans took ample time to reorganize and train his forces (especially his cavalry) and resupply his army. He did not begin his march in pursuit of Bragg until December 26.
By the time Rosecrans had arrived in Murfreesboro on the evening of December 29, the Army of Tennessee had been encamped in the area for a month. By nightfall, two thirds of Rosecrans's army was in position along the Nashville Turnpike, and by the next day Rosecrans's army numbered about 41,000 and Bragg's 35,000. The odds were closer than those figures would indicate. Bragg had the advantage of the detached, but cooperating, cavalry commands under Forrest and Morgan, who raided deeply behind Union lines while Wheeler's cavalry slowed the Union forces with hit-and-run skirmishes.
On December 31, 1862, advancing forces fought a pitched battle with Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee on the outskirts of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
