Ringgold Gap, GA
Date(s):
November 27, 1863
Campaign(s):
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
[November 1863]
Battles in
Campaign:
Situation:
Commanders:
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Union:
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker
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Confederate:
Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne
Principal Forces:
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Union:
Three divisions
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Confederate:
One division
Description:
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Following the Union victory at Missionary Ridge
and the Rebel retreat, Union troops set out in pursuit.
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Maj. Gen. Patrick
Cleburne’s command fell back to Ringgold Gap where the Western &
Atlantic Railroad passed through Taylor’s Ridge.
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Maj. Gen. Joseph B.
Hooker sent his force forward to seize the ridge, which it failed to
do after five hours of heavy fighting.
Photo Gallery:1
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Marker describing the Battle of Ringgold Gap
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Marker describing the Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Ringgold Gap
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Marker describing the Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Ringgold Gap
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Map of the Battles of the Atlanta Campaign
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Map of the Battles of the Atlanta Campaign
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Map of the Battles of the Atlanta Campaign
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Western & Atlantic Depot
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Western & Atlantic Depot
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Western & Atlantic Depot
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Memorial Stones at the Western & Atlantic Depot
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Memorial Stones at the Western & Atlantic Depot
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Memorial Stones at the Western & Atlantic Depot
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Classification2:
B
Casualties3:
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Union:
432
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Confederate:
480
Results:
 Confederate
Victory
Battlefield Websites:
Recommended
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
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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
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