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- Eight miles south, along the Chickamauga - a creek the Cherokee call "the river of death" - Union and Confederate forces clash in what will become the biggest battle of the Western Theater.
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Sep 8, 2010 · Civil War Army Crosses the Tennessee River and Enters Chattanooga. This Harper’s Weekly engraving shows the obstacle created by the river. Crossing was a major operation involving pontoon bridges and boats. Library of Congress Union forces soon followed Bragg into Georgia.
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The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, between the United States Army and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a U.S. Army offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.
- September 18–20, 1863
- Confederate victory
Oct 8, 2018 · Hardcover – Illustrated, October 8, 2018. by William Glenn Robertson (Author) 4.4 24 ratings. Part of: Civil War America (159 books) See all formats and editions. The Battle of Chickamauga was the third bloodiest of the American Civil War and the only major Confederate victory in the conflict's western theater.
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- William Glenn Robertson
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- The University of North Carolina Press
The Battle of Chickamauga was the third bloodiest of the American Civil War and the only major Confederate victory in the conflict's western theater. It pitted Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee against William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland and resulted in more than 34,500 casualties.
Conflicting Memories on the “River of Death” The Chickamauga Battlefield and the Spanish-American War, 1863–1933. Civil War Era, History, Military History. Bradley Keefer. Description. Author. Reviews. How veterans of two wars constructed contrasting meanings for one sacred landscape.
