,,ტრიუმფის შემოდგომა“: კონფედერაციის მთავარი დამრტყმელი ძალა, ტენესის არმია 1862-1864 წლებში
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2024-02-14
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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Formed on November 20, 1862, by merging General Braxton Bragg’s
Army of Mississippi with General Edmund Kirby Smith’s Army of Kentucky,
the Army of Tennessee was the Confederacy’s principal army in the Western
Theatre. From the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River,
this force fought most of the major battles that took place in the region.
After undergoing various reorganizations under different leaders, in the
final phase of the war, the army of Tennessee was commanded by General
Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891). The army ceased its resistance in
North Carolina on April 18, 1865, by which the main battles of the civil
war came to an end.
Although the army fought in numerous military operations, it won
only a few victories and in most cases failed to fulfill strategic scale objectives.
In addition to facing some of the Union’s most capable generals,
the army was plagued by problems of command, supply, and logistics for
the duration of the war. Historians have identified the string of defeats
suffered by the Army of Tennessee as a primary cause of Confederate defeat
in the war.
Despite multiple attempts and replacement of its commanders, the
Army of Tennessee was unable to solve major operational tasks. According to leading Civil War historians, the series of defeats experienced by
the Army of Tennessee was the main reason for the defeat of the Confederacy.
In the opening days of the war, the army defended the northern
frontier of the Confederacy along the Tennessee-Kentucky border before
retreating following the Federal capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers in February 1862. After the fall
of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, the army was never able to regain the
lost ground and seize the initiative.
Despite the complete fiasco, the Army of Tennessee maintained the
reputation as an aggressive, combative, unshakable, resilient and tireless
military formation to the end. During most of the hostilities, the army,
usually outnumbered and led by inept commanders, was chronically
short of reserves and resources. Given this fact, the question that continues
to arouse interest and discussion is: Was the Army of Tennessee, as
the main fighting force of the Confederacy, able to achieve an impressive
result or not?
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თბილისის უნივერსიტეტის დაარსებისადმი მიძღვნილი სამეცნიერო კონფერენცია. თსუ 106, თეზისები, 2024, გვ.: 19-22 / Scientific conference dedicated to the foundation of Tbilisi University. TSU 106, Abstracts, 2024, pp.: 19-22