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.Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (national military park), Georgia, United States
Campaign(s): Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign [November 1863]
Battles in Campaign:
Situation:
Commanders:
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Union: Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
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Confederate: Gen. Braxton Bragg
Principal Forces:
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Union: Military Division of the Mississippi
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Confederate: Army of Tennessee
Description:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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On November 23-24, Union forces struck out and captured Orchard Knob and Lookout Mountain.
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On November 25, Union soldiers assaulted and carried the seemingly impregnable Confederate position on Missionary Ridge.
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One of the Confederacy’s two major armies was routed.
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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
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Point Park on Lookout Mountain
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Point Park on Lookout Mountain
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Point Park on Lookout Mountain
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The Battles of Chattanooga
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Description of Activities of Stevenson's Division of Breckinridge's Corps.
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Corput's Georgia Battery
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Description of Activities of Confederate Forces at Battle of Lookout
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Union Occupation of the Summit of Lookout
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View from Lookout Mountain
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View from Lookout Mountain
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View from Lookout Mountain
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View from Lookout Mountain
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Artillery Battery on Lookout
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View from Lookout Mountain
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Garrity's Alabama Battery
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Mountain Cliffs and Cherokee Geology
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Battle Above the Clouds
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Lookout Valley and Browns Ferry
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Tennessee River and Mocasin Bend
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Tennessee River and Mocasin Bend
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Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge
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Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge
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Battle of Missionary Ridge
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Corput's Georgia Battery
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The Cravens House
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The Cravens House
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The Cravens House
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The Cravens House
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The Cravens House
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Classification2: A
Casualties3:
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Union: 5,815
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Confederate: 6,670
Results:  Union Victory
Battlefield Website:
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park - National Park Service
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Battle of Chattanooga - Answers.com
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Breakout from Chattanooga - HistoryAnimated.com
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:
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A - having a decisive influence on a campaign and a direct impact on the course of the war
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B - having a direct and decisive influence on their campaign
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C - having observable influence on the outcome of a campaign
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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 06/05/2008
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