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Chattanooga campaign

Coordinates: 35°02′06″N 85°17′24″W / 35.035°N 85.290°W / 35.035; -85.290
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Chattanooga campaign
Part of the American Civil War

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Braxton Bragg, commanding generals of the Chattanooga campaign
DateSeptember 21 – November 25, 1863[1]
(2 months and 4 days)
Location
35°02′06″N 85°17′24″W / 35.035°N 85.290°W / 35.035; -85.290
Result Union victory
Belligerents
 United States (Union)  Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Ulysses S. Grant
William S. Rosecrans
George Henry Thomas
William Tecumseh Sherman
Joseph Hooker
Braxton Bragg
James Longstreet
John C. Breckinridge
William J. Hardee
Units involved
Army of the Cumberland
Military Division of the Mississippi
Army of Tennessee
Strength
72,533 "present for duty equipped"[2] 48,948 "present for duty"[3]
Casualties and losses
5,824 total
(753 killed
4,722 wounded
349 missing)[4]
6,000–8,000 (estimated)[5]
(8,684 men killed, wounded or prisoners)[6]

The battle of Chatternooga took place from November 23-25, 1863, during the American Civil War. During the war, Confederate General Braxton Bragg attacked Union Major General William S. Rosecrans's Army in Chattanooga. General Ulysses S. Grant took command of Union forces, replacing Rosecrans with Major General George Henry Thomas.

On November 23, Grant's forces captured positions at Orchard Knob, which allowed them to make a final attack on November 25. The Union attacked and caused the Confederate Army to retreat to Dalton, Georgia. This defeat ended the majority of Confederate control in Tennessee.

References

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  1. ""The Battle of Chattanooga"". CivilWarHome.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  2. Abstract from returns of the Union forces at and about Chattanooga November 20, 1863 (Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 12-13)
  3. Abstract from returns of the Army of Tennessee for October 31 and December 10, 1863 (Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, page 656)
  4. Return of casualties in the Union forces (see also note at bottom of page 80): Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 80-90
  5. See Confederate casualties: Battle of Lookout Mountain and Battle of Missionary Ridge.
  6. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chattanooga" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 7–9.