- Joined
- May 18, 2005
- Location
- Spring Hill, Tennessee
Before officially becoming the Army of Tennessee, the Army of the Mississippi was named after the river unlike the popular belief that Confederate armies were only named after cities or states.
Before officially becoming the Army of Tennessee, the Army of the Mississippi was named after the river unlike the popular belief that Confederate armies were only named after cities or states.
Yes and no. The confusion is that the north always named armies after rivers while the south named armies after states.There has always been some confusion when it came to the "The Army of Tennessee" and The Army of the Tennessee" One named for the area it encompassed and the other for a river.
What Confederate armies were named after cities? I don't recall any and i'm rather interested.
Before officially becoming the Army of Tennessee, the Army of the Mississippi was named after the river unlike the popular belief that Confederate armies were only named after cities or states.
This is true, but its odd that all the Confederate casualty reports for the Battle of Perryville are addressed to Army of the Mississippi. Also of note is also Cheatham's report of the battle that was written on November 19, 1862. It too was addressed to the Army of the Mississippi. I wonder what the actual date was for adoption of the Army of Tennessee?On March 5, 1862, PGT Beauregard assumed command of what he called the Army of the Mississippi. The following day correspondence from Gen. Beauregard originates from this army while letters and orders from Gen. Bragg come from the Army of Mississippi. Gen. Leonidas Polk also uses the title Army of Mississippi even after Bragg has switched over to the new Army of the Mississippi. You can find correspondence using either name up until March 29 when Gen. A.S. Johnston assumed command of the Army of the Mississippi. Even after you can still see both titles used and occasionally one name scratched out on printed stationary and the other name penned in.
Tom