Battle of Chickamauga
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| Type: | Articles |
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| Creator: | Bohannon, Keith S. |
| Title: | Battle of Chickamauga |
| Date: | 1863 |
| Description: | Encyclopedia article about the Battle of Chickamauga. The Battle of Chickamauga, one of the bloodiest engagements of the Civil War's western theater and the biggest battle ever fought in Georgia, took place September 18-20, 1863. The campaign that brought the Union and Confederate armies to Chickamauga began in late June 1863, when the Union Army of the Cumberland under Major General William S. Rosecrans advanced southwestward from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, against the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Braxton Bragg. Rosecrans's goal was to capture the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, an important rail junction and gateway to the Deep South. Through a series of successful and relatively bloodless turning movements, Rosecrans's army forced Bragg's troops to abandon middle Tennessee and fall back to Chattanooga. |
| Subjects: | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | Chickamauga Battlefield (Ga.) | Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns | Confederate States of America. Army | Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 | Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 | Chickamauga (Ga.) | Walker County (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) | Georgia Humanities Council | University of Georgia. Press | Merrill-Hall New Media | GALILEO (Georgia statewide project) |
| Online Publisher: | [Athens, Ga.] : Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press, 2002-09-05 |
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