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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle → battle →
belligerent	Confederate States of America → United States of America (Union) →
campaign	Chickamauga Campaign →
commander	Alexander P. Stewart NERFINISHED → Braxton Bragg → George H. Thomas → James Longstreet → John Bell Hood → Leonidas Polk → Nathan Bedford Forrest → Patrick Cleburne → Simon Bolivar Buckner → William Rosecrans →
confederateArmy	Army of Tennessee →
confederateCasualties	approximately 18,000 killed, wounded, or missing →
confederateCommanderRank	General Braxton Bragg →
conflict	American Civil War →
country	United States →
endDate	1863-09-20 →
estimatedTotalCasualties	over 34,000 →
followedBy	Battles for Chattanooga → Chattanooga Campaign →
front	Western Front of the American Civil War →
location	Catoosa County, Georgia NERFINISHED → Walker County, Georgia NERFINISHED → 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	Union Army of the Cumberland forced back to Chattanooga → Union forces besieged in Chattanooga after the battle →
theater	Western Theater →
typeOfEngagement	large-scale infantry and artillery battle →
unionArmy	Army of the Cumberland →
unionCasualties	approximately 16,000 killed, wounded, or missing →
unionCommanderRank	Major General William Rosecrans →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Philip Sheridan → Union Army →	notableBattle
Braxton Bragg →	battle
Battle of Chickamauga ("Chickamauga Campaign") →	campaign
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park →	commemorates
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park →	namedAfter
James Longstreet →	participantIn
James Longstreet →	participatedIn
Chattanooga Campaign →	precededBy
Confederate States Army →	significantBattle
Battle of Chickamauga ("Union Army of the Cumberland forced back to Chattanooga") →	strategicOutcome