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The Second Minnesota Infantry Regiment charging up Missionary Ridge by Douglas Volk, 1906. At 3:00 pm [1] the regiment advanced to the foot of Missionary Ridge. The regiment appeared from the edge of the woods that concealed them and could fully view the enemy defenses atop the ridge and at its foot.
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 ...
Moved to Lookout Valley, Tenn., November 4–6. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24–25. Missionary Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 28 – December 17. Duty in Alabama until May 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 – September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge ...
Instead, he used the veterans from the Army of the Potomac, proud of their recent victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, to take Lookout Mountain and planned to use the troops from the Army of the Tennessee, also recent victors at the Siege of Vicksburg, to attack the Confederate right flank on Missionary Ridge. The Army of the Cumberland was ...
Missionary Ridge surrounds downtown Chattanooga; the "Ridge Cut", a 1 ⁄ 4-mile (0.40 km) blast into the ridge to pass Interstate 24, is the dip in the center of the image. Missionary Ridge runs basically north–south for several miles and varies in width from a few feet to over 660 feet (200 m), with very steep, nearly vertical sides that ...
Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29. Brown's Ferry October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Orchard Knob November 23. Missionary Ridge November 24–25. Duty at Chattanooga until February 1864, and at Graysville until May. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11.
Orchard Knob November 23–24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26–27. At Chattanooga until February 22, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22–27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23–25. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11.
Missionary Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26–27. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., December 3; to Larkinsville, Ala., December 22, and to Huntsville, Ala., January 17, 1864. Duty there until June 1864. Demonstration on Dalton February 22–27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23–25.