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Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham

 

 

Born: October 20, 1820

Nashville, Tennessee

 

 

 

 

Died: September 4, 1886

Nashville, Tennessee

 

 

Captain: 1846

Colonel: 1847

Maj. Gen.: 1853

Brig. Gen. CSA: May 9, 1861

Maj. Gen. CSA: March 10, 1861

1846 - 1847: Mexican War

1846: Captain: 1st Tennessee regiment

May 8, 1846: Battle of Palo Alto

September 26, 1846: Capture of Monterey

1847: Colonel: 3rd Tennessee regiment

March 28, 1847: Battle of Vera Cruz

1847: Battles around Mexico City

1853: Major General of Tennessee Militia

May 9, 1861: Brigadier General, Provisional Army of Tennessee

July 8, 1861: Brigadier General, CSA

September 7 - October26, 1861: Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Geographical Division, Department #2

October 24, 1861 - March 9, 1862: Commander, 2nd Division, 1st Geographical Division, Department #2

November 7, 1861: Battle of Belmont

March 29 - July 2, 1862: Commander, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Mississippi

April 6-7, 1862: Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh

July 2 - August 15, 1862: Commander, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi

August 15 - November 20, 1862: Division Commander, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi

October 8, 1862: Battle of Perryville

November 20, 1862 - October 23, 1863: Commander, Polk's and Hardees' Corps, Army of the Tennessee

December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863: Battle of Stone's River

September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga

October 23 - November 1863: Commander, Polk's-Hardees' Corps, Army of Tennessee

November 25, 1863: Battle of Missionary Ridge

January - July 1864: Commander, Polk's and Hardees' Corps, Army of the Tennessee

January 27, 1864: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

July 22, 1864: Battle of Atlanta

September - October 1864: Commander, Polk's and Hardees' Corps, Army of the Tennessee

October 1864 - April 9, 1865: Commander, Polk's-Hardees' Corps, Army of Tennessee

November 29, 1864: Battle of Spring Hill

December 15-16, 1864: Battle of Nashville

April 9-26, 1865: Commander, Division, Hardees' (new) Corps, Army of Tennessee

April 26, 1865: Surrendered with Gen. Johnston's Army in North Carolina 

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 147-148

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 47-48

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