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The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, between the United States Army and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a U.S. Army offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.
The Chickamauga campaign of the American Civil War was a series of battles fought in northwestern Georgia from August 21 to September 20, 1863, between the Union Army of the Cumberland and Confederate Army of Tennessee. The campaign started successfully for Union commander William S. Rosecrans, with the Union army occupying the vital city of ...
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Civil War Home: The Chickamauga Campaign. Confederate Order of Battle ; Confederate Chickamauga Order of Battle at Civil War Virtual Tours
Starting on September 18, the two armies fought in the Battle of Chickamauga, which lasted until September 20 and was one of the bloodiest battles in the war, with approximately 35,000 soldiers killed, wounded, captured, or missing. [1] During the battle, Union officer John T. Wilder led his brigade (known as the Lightning Brigade) into action. [2]
Feb. 3—"If you're interested in the Civil War," the Chickamauga Civil War Show "is the show to come to," said Nathan Smith, one of a group of Civil War reenactors who attended the show Saturday ...
The newly created Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was used during the Spanish–American War as a major training center for troops in the southern states. The park was temporarily renamed "Camp George H. Thomas" in honor of the union army commander during the Civil War battle at the site. The park's proximity to the major ...
Due to his familiarity with and expertise concerning Civil War battles and battlefields, he has given lectures on the Civil War and has led battlefield tours. [1] [7] As of 2022, Wittenberg serves as a member of the board of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust and as board chairman of the Little Big Horn Associates. He also serves as the ...
The Save Wyse Fork Battlefield Commission says the future Interstate 42 exit near Kinston would destroy the place where the outcome of the four-day battle in 1865 was decided.