Battle of Chickamauga

September 18–20, 1863

Contemporaries

Part of American Civil War

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, between the Union Army and Confederate forces, marked the end of the Chickamauga Campaign in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia and the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater, involving the second-highest number of casualties after Gettysburg. The battle was fought between the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg.

Commanders

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William S. Rosecrans Major General, Commander of the Army of the Cumberland · 1819–1898 George H. Thomas Major General, Commander of XIV Corps; held Snodgrass Hill · 1816–1870

Confederates 3

Braxton Bragg General, Commander of the Army of Tennessee · 1817–1876 John Bell Hood · 1831–1879 Daniel Harvey Hill Lieutenant General, Commander of a corps on the Confederate right · 1821–1889

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