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The Chickamauga campaign of the American Civil War was a series of battles fought in northwestern Georgia from August 21 to September 20, 1863, between the Union Army of the Cumberland and Confederate Army of Tennessee. The campaign started successfully for Union commander William S. Rosecrans, with the Union army occupying the vital city of ...
Sep 19, 2020 · The American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of Chickamauga, site of this epic 1863 Civil War battle in Georgia between William Rosecrans' Union Army of the Cumberland and Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee.
Oct 30, 2016 · Coming just after the Tullahoma Campaign, the Battle of Chickamauga occurred September 18-20, 1863. Fought south of Chattanooga, TN, the Battle of Chickamauga saw Union forces under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans defeated and forced to retreat. Fleeing to Chattanooga, the Army of the Cumberland was placed under siege by Confederate forces in the weeks after the Battle of Chickamauga.
The Battle of Chickamauga was the culmination of a month-long cat and mouse game between the Union Army of the Cumberland, led by Major General William Starke Rosecrans, and Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee. This struggle played out in the mountains of Northern Georgia, with the ultimate prize being the gateway to the Deep ...
Battle of Chickamauga, Sept 19, 1863 - "Forward Proud Steed!" by Adolph Metzner, 32nd Indiana . Library of Congress Image, LC-DIG-ppmsca-51286. For thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers, their hopes hinge on controlling Chattanooga—the “gateway” to the Confederacy.
The Battle of Chickamauga began as cavalry action, but quickly escalated into a three-day bloodbath that resulted in more than 34,000 casualties — a greater figure than any Civil War battle, except Gettysburg. Mass confusion, chaos and insubordination plagued both sides of the battle lines at Chickamauga Creek, resulting in the Union army’s ...
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia by Kurz & Allison, 1890. The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 19–20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. It was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the Civil War.
