Chickamauga

Union General William Rosecrans had gathered his army of 60,000 at Chickamauga, Georgia, located 12 miles southwest of Chattanooga. Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee would have 65,000 men. On the first day of battle, Bragg’s men attacked the …

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Union General William Rosecrans had gathered his army of 60,000 at Chickamauga, Georgia, located 12 miles southwest of Chattanooga. Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee would have 65,000 men. On the first day of battle, Bragg’s men attacked the Union left, held by a Union corps led by George Thomas. With reinforcements sent in by Rosecrans, Thomas was able to hold his position, With heavy losses on both sides. That evening, Confederate General Longstreet arrived with two more brigades. Bragg split his army into two wings, with Longstreet in command of the left and Leonidas Polk the right.

Chickamauga, Georgia

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18 – 20, 1863, between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia, the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater, and involved the second-highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg.

Wikipedia: Battle of Chickamauga

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