Missionary Ridge

The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought as part of the Chattanooga Campaign. Union forces in the Military Division of the Mississippi under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Missionary Ridge and the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Gen. …

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The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought as part of the Chattanooga Campaign. Union forces in the Military Division of the Mississippi under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Missionary Ridge and the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg. In the morning, elements of the Union Army of the Tennessee commanded attempted to capture the northern end of Missionary Ridge, Tunnel Hill, but were stopped by the Confederate divisions. Grant was concerned that Bragg was reinforcing his right flank. He ordered the Army of the Cumberland, to move forward and seize the Confederate line of rifle pits in the center and stop there to await further orders. The Union soldiers moved forward and quickly pushed the Confederates back but were then subjected to a punishing fire from the Confederate lines up the ridge.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought on November 25, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the Union victory in the Battle of Lookout Mountain on November 24, Union forces in the Military Division of the Mississippi under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Missionary Ridge and defeated the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg, forcing it to retreat to Georgia.

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