General Don Carlos Buell, under political pressure…

January 1862 CE

General Don Carlos Buell, under political pressure to invade and hold pro-Union East Tennessee, moves slowly in the direction of Nashville, but achieves nothing more substantial toward his goal than minor victories at Middle Creek (January 10, 1862) under Colonel James A. Garfield and Mill Springs (January 19) under Brigadier General George Henry Thomas. (Mill Springs is a significant victory in a strategic sense because it breaks the end of the Confederate Western defensive line and opens the Cumberland Gap to East Tennessee, but it gets Buell no closer to Nashville.)

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Nancy Pulaski Kentucky United States View →

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Don Carlos Buell View → George Henry Thomas View → James A. Garfield View →

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Kentucky, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → Tennessee, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View → Middle Creek, Battle of View → Mill Springs, Battle of View →

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