Battle of Chickamauga

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Chickamauga was a major Confederate victory in the American Civil War, fought in September 1863 in northwestern Georgia and known as one of the war’s bloodiest engagements.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Chickamauga canonical 41
Chickamauga Campaign 1
Chickamauga Campaign cavalry operations 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States of America (Union)
campaign Battle of Chickamauga self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chickamauga Campaign
commander Alexander P. Stewart ⓘ
Braxton Bragg ⓘ
George H. Thomas ⓘ
James Longstreet ⓘ
John Bell Hood ⓘ
Leonidas Polk ⓘ
Nathan Bedford Forrest ⓘ
Patrick Cleburne ⓘ
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner

William Rosecrans ⓘ
confederateArmy Army of Tennessee ⓘ
confederateCasualties approximately 18,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
confederateCommanderRank Braxton Bragg ⓘ
surface form: General Braxton Bragg
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1863-09-20 ⓘ
estimatedTotalCasualties over 34,000 ⓘ
followedBy Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Battles for Chattanooga

Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
front Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of the American Civil War
location Catoosa County, Georgia ⓘ
Walker County, Georgia ⓘ
northwestern Georgia ⓘ
namedAfter Chickamauga Creek ⓘ
nickname “Gettysburg of the West” ⓘ
notableEvent George H. Thomas’s stand at Horseshoe Ridge ⓘ
notableFor highest Union casualty total in the Western Theater ⓘ
one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War ⓘ
parkEstablished 1890 ⓘ
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Tullahoma Campaign ⓘ
preservedAt Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
river Chickamauga Creek ⓘ
startDate 1863-09-18 ⓘ
strategicObjective Confederate attempt to halt Union advance into Georgia ⓘ
strategicOutcome Battle of Chickamauga self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Union Army of the Cumberland forced back to Chattanooga

Union forces besieged in Chattanooga after the battle ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Western Theater
typeOfEngagement large-scale infantry and artillery battle ⓘ
unionArmy Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
unionCasualties approximately 16,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
unionCommanderRank William Rosecrans ⓘ
surface form: Major General William Rosecrans

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James Longstreet → participantIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Confederate States Army → significantBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Philip Sheridan → notableBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Braxton Bragg → battle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Old Pete → participatedIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
subject surface form: James Longstreet
Union Army → notableBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Battle of Chickamauga → campaign → Battle of Chickamauga self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chickamauga Campaign
Battle of Chickamauga → strategicOutcome → Battle of Chickamauga self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Army of the Cumberland forced back to Chattanooga
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park → commemorates → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park → namedAfter → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Chattanooga Campaign → precededBy → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
1st Texas Infantry → engagement → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
15th Alabama Infantry → battle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
John Bell Hood → battle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Nathan Bedford Forrest → participatedIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War → majorBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Leonidas Polk → participatedIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Joseph Wheeler → participatedInBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Chickamauga Lake → namedAfter → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Edmund Pettus → participantIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Patrick Cleburne → battle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Army of Tennessee → activeInBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Army of Tennessee → notableVictory → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Confederate cavalry → notableEngagement → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chickamauga Campaign cavalry operations
Confederate infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
D. H. Hill → participatedIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Henry Ware Lawton → battle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Army of the Cumberland → engagement → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Battle of Missionary Ridge → relatedEvent → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Jefferson C. Davis → participatedIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
George H. Thomas → notableBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Pete → participatedIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
subject surface form: James Longstreet
Longstreet family → notableBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
subject surface form: James Longstreet
August Willich → participantIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Federal Army → significantBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
William Rosecrans → notableBattle → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
“Gettysburg of the West” → refersTo → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
subject surface form: Gettysburg of the West
“Gettysburg of the West” → nicknameFor → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
subject surface form: Gettysburg of the West
Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) → participatedIn → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Chickamauga Creek → gaveNameTo → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Chickamauga Creek → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center → topic → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Cracker Line → establishedAfter → Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ