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The Army of the Cumberland's ascent of Missionary Ridge was one of the war's most dramatic events. Military historians Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones contend that the Battle of Missionary Ridge was "the war's most notable example of a frontal assault succeeding against entrenched defenders holding high ground." [56] A Union officer remembered ...
Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] on November 20, 1863 [2] and the reports. [3] Abbreviations used. Military rank. Gen = General;
The following units and commanders fought in the Chattanooga–Ringgold campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Two officers of the 100th Indiana were awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, on November 25, 1863: Captain Charles W. Brouse of Company K, and Major Ruel M. Johnson, then in temporary command of the regiment. [1]
Missionary Ridge, as viewed from Lookout Mountain.The ridge is the sharp divide in the middle of the picture. The Smoky Mountains are in the far background.. Missionary Ridge is a geographic feature in Chattanooga, Tennessee, site of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, a battle in the American Civil War, fought on November 25, 1863.
Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tennessee, November 27-December 8. Duty in Lookout Valley till January 25, 1864, and at Whiteside, Alabama, until April 23. Atlanta Campaign (Georgia) May 1 to September 8. Demonstration at and Battle of Rocky Face Ridge May 8–11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8–9.
His stout defense at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 saved the Union Army from being completely routed, earning him his most famous nickname, "the Rock of Chickamauga." He followed soon after with a dramatic breakthrough on Missionary Ridge in the Battle of Chattanooga .
Ruel Milton Johnson (June 5, 1836 – November 12, 1901) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War.Johnson received the Medal of Honor, his country's highest award for bravery in combat, for his extraordinary heroism at the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863, while a major in temporary command of the 100th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry.