Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
Born: October 20, 1820
Nashville, Tennessee
Died: September 4, 1886
Nashville, Tennessee
Captain: 1846
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Colonel: 1847
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Maj. Gen.: 1853
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Brig. Gen. CSA: May 9, 1861
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Maj. Gen. CSA: March 10, 1861
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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
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​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
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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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