Chattanooga, TN III

[Battle of Chattanooga by Kurz and Allison- Courtesy of Wikipedia]

Date(s): November 23-25, 1863 

Location: Please click on link below for map.

Campaign(s): Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign [November 1863]

Battles in Campaign:

• Chattanooga, TN III - November 23-25, 1863 A

• Ringgold Gap, GA - November 27, 1863 B

Situation:

Commanders:

• Union:  Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

• Confederate: Gen. Braxton Bragg

Principal Forces:

• Union: Military Division of the Mississippi

• Confederate: Army of Tennessee

Description:

• From the last days of September through October 1863, Gen. Braxton Bragg’s army laid siege to the Union army under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans at Chattanooga, cutting off its supplies.

• On October 17, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant received command of the Western armies;  he moved to reinforce Chattanooga and replaced Rosecrans with Maj. Gen. George Thomas.

• A new supply line was soon established. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman arrived with his four divisions in mid-November, and the Federals began offensive operations.

• On November 23-24, Union forces struck out and captured Orchard Knob and Lookout Mountain.

• On November 25, Union soldiers assaulted and carried the seemingly impregnable Confederate position on Missionary Ridge.

• One of the Confederacy’s two major armies was routed.

• The Federals held Chattanooga, the “Gateway to the Lower South,” which became the supply and logistics base for Sherman’s 1864 Atlanta Campaign.

Slide Presentation: Chattanooga, TN

Photo Gallery:¹

Point Park on Lookout Mountain	Point Park on Lookout Mountain	Point Park on Lookout Mountain	The Battles of Chattanooga
Description of Activities of Stevenson's Division of Breckinridge's Corps.	Corput's Georgia Battery	Description of Activities of Confederate Forces at Battle of Lookout	Union Occupation of the Summit of Lookout
View from Lookout Mountain	View from Lookout Mountain	View from Lookout Mountain	View from Lookout Mountain
Artillery Battery on Lookout	View from Lookout Mountain		Garrity's Alabama Battery
	Mountain Cliffs and Cherokee Geology
Battle Above the Clouds		Lookout Valley and Browns Ferry	Tennessee River and Mocasin Bend
Tennessee River and Mocasin Bend	Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge	Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge	Battle of Missionary Ridge
	Corput's Georgia Battery		The Cravens House
The Cravens House	The Cravens House	The Cravens House	The Cravens House

Classification²: A

Casualties³:

• Union: 5,815

• Confederate: 6,670

Results: Union Victory

Battlefield Website:

• Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park - National Park Service  

• Battle of Chattanooga - Answers.com

• Breakout from Chattanooga - HistoryAnimated.com

• The Battles for Chattanooga - National Park Service Civil War Series

Resources:

¹ Please click on the image to enlarge it. You may copy the images if you include the following note and link with each image: "Courtesy of civil-war-journeys.org."

² Classification:

• A - having a decisive influence on a campaign and a direct impact on the course of the war

• B - having a direct and decisive influence on their campaign

• C - having observable influence on the outcome of a campaign

• D - having a limited influence on the outcome of their campaign or operation but achieving or affecting important local objectives

³ Casualties are someone killed, injured, wounded, captured or missing.

Revised 04/12/2013