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Part of American Civil War

Battle of Chickamauga

September 18–20, 1863 · Chickamauga, Georgia

Result Confederate victory

Battle of 18-20 September 1863 between the Union's Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg, ending the Chickamauga Campaign in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. The first major battle fought in Georgia and the worst Union defeat in the Western Theater, its casualties were second only to Gettysburg.

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Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
William S. Rosecrans Major General, Commander of the Army of the Cumberland George H. Thomas Major General, Commander of XIV Corps; held Snodgrass Hill Gordon Granger military commander Alexander McDowell McCook military commander Thomas Leonidas Crittenden military commander
John Bell Hood James Longstreet military commander Daniel Harvey Hill Lieutenant General, Commander of a corps on the Confederate right Braxton Bragg General, Commander of the Army of Tennessee Leonidas Polk military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 60,00058,222, 57,000
Casualties
16,170
Killed
1,6571,700, 1,656
Wounded
9,7569,756, 9,800, 9,749
Missing
4,7574,757, 5,000, 4,774
Guns
246
Guns lost
51
Strength
66,32670,000
Casualties
18,454
Killed
2,3122,400, 2,068
Wounded
14,67413,400, 13,085
Missing
1,4682,000, 1,303
Guns lost
15

Units

Army of the Cumberland Strength 60,000 William S. Rosecrans Major general · 1862–1863 Cavalry Corps (Army of the Cumberland) Robert B. Mitchell Robert B. Mitchell Brigadier general · 1863 Reserve Corps (Army of the Cumberland) Gordon Granger Gordon Granger Major general · 1863 XIV Corps (Union Army) George H. Thomas George H. Thomas Major general · 1863 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment XX Corps (Union Army, 1863) Alexander McDowell McCook Alexander McDowell McCook Major general · 1863 XXI Corps (Union Army, 1863) Thomas Leonidas Crittenden Thomas Leonidas Crittenden Major general · 1863
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21st Ohio Infantry Regiment 2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union) 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment
Army of Tennessee Strength 65,000 Braxton Bragg General · 1862–1863 First Corps, Army of Tennessee Polk's Corps Leonidas Polk Lieutenant general · 1862–1863 Reserve Corps (Army of Tennessee) William H. T. Walker William H. T. Walker Major general · 1863 Second Corps, Army of Tennessee Hill's Corps Daniel Harvey Hill Lieutenant general · 1863 Third Corps, Army of Tennessee Buckner's Corps Simon Bolivar Buckner Major general · 1863 Wheeler's Cavalry Corps Joseph Wheeler Joseph Wheeler Major general · 1862–1865 First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Longstreet's Corps; commanded by John Bell Hood on September 19, Longstreet arriving September 20 James Longstreet Lieutenant general · 1862–1864 Forrest's Cavalry Corps Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest Lieutenant general · 1863–1865
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1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Confederate) 8th Confederate Cavalry Regiment 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion

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