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Battle of Fort Sanders

November 29, 1863 · Battle of Fort Sanders

Result Union victory

Longstreet's assault on the Knoxville earthwork failed in minutes, ending his siege of Burnside.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

Ambrose Burnside military commander

James Longstreet military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 440
Casualties: 13100
Killed: 8
Wounded: 5

Strength: c. 3,000
Casualties: 813780
Killed: 129
Wounded: 458
Captured: 226

Units

Army of the Ohio

First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia