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Tennessee was probably one of the bloodiest states during the war, being second only to Virginia in terms of the sheer number of battles that happened. These battles include the capture of Fort Donelson and Henry,  the Battle of Shiloh, The Fall of Nashville, Battle of Stones River in 1862, which were all clear and clean union victories, the Tullahoma and Chickamauga Campaigns, which were Confederate victories but shut down before the end of the war, and the Siege of Knoxville, in which the union claimed knoxville and kept it for the rest of the war, the Fort Pillow Massacre in 1863, where many people, of all races, were massacred by the Confederate forces, and finally, Franklin and Nashville in 1864, which were victories by the union that took place just months before the end of the civil war.

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Due to all the battles and the general split that went across the east and west sides preferences. The east of Tennessee did not own slaves, and so many, when the time came, did not want to leave the union, but did not want to leave their state. The west however, were confident and ready to leave the union and wanted the east to leave with them. Due to this, when the war came, the split became obvious when two Armies of Tennessee appeared. One on the union side, and the other on the side of the confederates. And as well as that, many people from Tennessee took up leadership positions on their respective sides. These sides would often clash, which is one of the reasons Tennessee had so many battles

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Tennessee was very affected by the civil war. There are multiple landmarks in Tennessee such as the Union Monument in Knoxville National Cemetery, but the biggest effect was that so many people lost family members due to civilian violence and the fights in the war themselves, there were many civilian losses. This affected many families throughout tennessee. As well as opinions split families due to the difference in opinions. It took years for the community to bounce back from it. It wasn't just civilians though. Many soldiers died as well. The number of Tennessee army casualties in the Confederate side totaled 6414, and the Union wasn't any better, with a total of 6777 casualties.

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Òne of the last battles of the Civil War, that's one of the most known battles of the civil war in fact, is the battle of Nashville. This is because it's one of the last battles, and after it ended, it had many impacts on everyone who participated, as well as all the people fighting the war. In the eastern side of Tennessee, but still close to the center, one of the last battles of the civil war took place. The confederates came with the goal of taking nashville. General Hood, the man leading them, wanted to take Tennessee for the confederates. And probably the best way to do it was to take the capital. Hood came up with a strategy that consisted of leading the union troops in the area, led by General Thomas, into a trap. However, with a clever trick, Thomas caught this trap and tried his own strategy on the 14th, after countless complaints from Lincoln and Grant. This strategy consisted of sending a small force of almost unknown units against the right side of the confederate forces, before sending the bulk of his forces against the left. This strategy didn't work as well as he hoped, however, and only pushed back the hood. But Thomas had better luck the second day when he struck back on the 15th of december, 1864, with the same tactic. He used the tactic to take the confederates by surprise. This decimated the left side and after a little more time of fighting. Hood gave up, and the battle was concluded to be a clear union victory. Not only did this victory end almost all fighting in Tennessee, but almost all fighting in the West. Another battle that took place in Tennessee about halfway through the war was the siege of Chickamauga, and later, the battle at Chattanooga. The battle of Chattanooga took place right after a failed attempt to take back Chickamauga by major general William S. Rosecrans and major general Ambrose E. Burnside. Rosecrans was staying in Chattanooga when he was suddenly replaced. But not by a Confederate general. when Ulysses S. Grant got control of the entire area from Lincoln, Traveling to the area, he sacked Rosecrans, and replaced him with a union general who was in the area. General George H. Thomas. (yes the same Thomas that's later present at Nashville.) He then opened a small supply route through the confederate siege defenses that were in the area. This supply line was later called the cracker line, as not only did it supply the troops in the area, it also supplied the townspeople that were in Chattanooga. The siege stayed for a few more days in the same fashion. The actual battle took place later on the 23rd of November 1863, when faced with General Bragg, a general who had caused problems in the earlier points in the war. Grant decided to use a tactic where he launched General Thomas against the confederates at Lookout Mountain. Then he sent Brigadier General William T. Sherman to march to the area which he was to attack. Though this failed, Grant did not give up on defeating the confederates and their siege, as he had another plan already in action. Two days later, on the 25th, bouncing back from the original failure, Grant struck back by launching a massive, or the bulk of his own force, against the confederates. Seeing that they were outmatched and outnumbered, Bragg retrated, which basically allowed the union to take control of Tennessee as a whole. After the battle ended, with a union victory of course, the casualties were estimated. (exact is unknown.) The union suffered around 5,800 casualties overall, which was devastating, until you look at the confederates, which was around 6,600, or estimated to have 800 more losses.

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A political figure from Tennessee was Andrew Johnson, who as a self educated man, was elected to senator in 1856. He served as a senator until Lincoln's second election in November 1864, when he became Lincoln's vice president. He was a firm believer in the idea of the union, even though he was from the succeeding south. When Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865, he became the president of the United states, and led the union for the next few years. Other than that, he made achievements like being the seventeenth governor of Tennessee, and while working as senator he was appointed military senator of Tennessee, and being the only senator from the south to not lose their position due to being fired or by leaving the senate themselves.  Another, not quite as important general who although not as important, was at many important battles, is Lieutenant General Nathan B. Forrest. He was born in 1821 to a blacksmith and when the civil war started, he rushed to raise a calvary with his own money, and took to the Confederate side. He was involved in many battles, such as Shiloh, Chickamauga, where he defended the right flank of The Army of Tennessee. His troops were later a major part in the Fort Pillow Massacre and he later won a notable victory at Brice Crossroads, Mississippi. He served at Franklin Nashville, and in 1865, he and his calvary surrendered to the Union side in Alabama.

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Tennessee did not contribute any less bloodshed to the war, but they did send many troops to both sides. The armies of tennessee were not few in number and were the majority of the people fighting in tennessee. In fact, they sent over 120,000 soldiers to the confederate side, and around 31,000 soldiers to the union side. and even though the state itself had seceded, it still was one of the states the contributed the most soldiers to the war. Other than that, many resources were sent to those men along with great amounts of gold, silver, gunpowder, and food like many other states, which would count as a contribution.

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General Hood

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General Thomas ^