From Wikipedia.
Earlier this year, we had a talk at the McHenry County Civil War Round Table on this little-known Civil War campaign in Tennessee. It was almost completely overshadowed by the Battle of Gettysburg and surrender of Vicksburg, but was important nonetheless.
Also called the Middle Tennessee Campaign and lasted from June 24 to July 3, 1863. Hence the overshadowing.
The Union Army of Cumberland under Major General William Rosecrans effectively drove the Confederates out of Middle Tennessee and threatened the strategic city of Chattanooga as a result of it.
Confederate General Braxton Bragg and his Army of Tennessee were in a strong position on the top of the Nashville Basin rim, south of that city. But Rosecrans captured the strategic passes through the basin rim, partly aided by the new 7-shot Spencer repeating rifles.
As before mentioned, it was overshadowed by Gettysburg and Vicksburg as well as the Battle of Chickamauga two months later.
--Old Secesh
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