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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, A Mad Irregular Battle: From the Crossing of Tennessee River Through the Second Day, August 22-September 19, 1863. Savas Beatie, 2015. ISBN 978-1611211740. Powell, David A. The Maps of Chickamauga: An Atlas of the Chickamauga Campaign, Including the Tullahoma Operations, June 22-September 23, 1863. Savas Beatie, 2009.
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 ...
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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chickamauga of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the campaign. [2]
Civil War Home: The Chickamauga Campaign. Union Order of Battle ; Union Chickamauga Order of Battle at Civil War Virtual Tours; Richardson, Maj. Robert D. (1989). ROSECRANS' STAFF AT CHICKAMAUGA: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS' STAFF ON THE OUTCOME OF THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
At the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863, now commanding the XIV Corps, he once again held a desperate position against Bragg's onslaught while the Union line on his right collapsed. Thomas rallied broken and scattered units together on Horseshoe Ridge to prevent a significant Union defeat from becoming a hopeless rout.
Granger is most famous for his actions commanding the Reserve Corps at the Battle of Chickamauga. There on September 20, 1863, the second day of the battle, he reinforced, without orders, Major General George H. Thomas' XIV Corps on Snodgrass Hill by ordering James B. Steedman to send two brigades under his command to help Thomas. [9]