Battle of Missionary Ridge

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Missionary Ridge was a major American Civil War engagement in November 1863 near Chattanooga, Tennessee, in which Union forces broke Confederate defensive lines and secured control of a vital strategic corridor in the Western Theater.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Missionary Ridge canonical	10
Battle of Chattanooga	1
Battle of Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ surface form: Battle of Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaignObjective	Lift the Confederate siege of Union forces in Chattanooga ⓘ
commander	Braxton Bragg ⓘ George H. Thomas ⓘ Joseph Hooker ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: William T. Sherman
confederateArmy	Army of Tennessee ⓘ
confederateCommander	Braxton Bragg ⓘ
conflictIn	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	November 25, 1863 ⓘ
endDate	November 25, 1863 ⓘ
followedBy	Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ surface form: Relief of the Siege of Chattanooga Union advance into Georgia ⓘ
front	Western front of the American Civil War ⓘ
frontLineFeature	Missionary Ridge ⓘ
location	Missionary Ridge ⓘ surface form: Missionary Ridge, Tennessee near Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
month	November ⓘ
notableAction	Unexpected frontal charge by Union troops broke Confederate center ⓘ Union infantry assault up Missionary Ridge ⓘ
outcome	Confederate Army of Tennessee forced to retreat ⓘ Confederate defensive line on Missionary Ridge broken ⓘ Union secured control of a vital strategic corridor in the Western Theater ⓘ
partOf	Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ Battle of Orchard Knob ⓘ
railHub	Chattanooga ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ surface form: Siege of Chattanooga
result	Union victory ⓘ
significance	Opened the gateway to the Deep South for Union forces ⓘ Set the stage for the Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
startDate	November 25, 1863 ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
strategicObjective	Break Confederate siege of Chattanooga ⓘ Secure control of Chattanooga as a supply and rail hub ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
unionCenterCommander	George H. Thomas ⓘ
unionForceCommander	Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
unionLeftCommander	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: William T. Sherman
unionRightCommander	Joseph Hooker ⓘ
year	1863 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philip Sheridan → notableBattle → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

Chattanooga Campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Chattanooga

Chattanooga Campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

Western Theater of the American Civil War → majorBattle → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

Army of the Tennessee → engagement → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

Army of Tennessee → notableDefeat → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

Major General Joseph Hooker → battle → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

subject surface form: Joseph Hooker

Army of the Cumberland → engagement → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

Battle of Missionary Ridge → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga

George H. Thomas → notableBattle → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ

Missionary Ridge → knownFor → Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ