Chattanooga Campaign

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American Civil War campaign military campaign

The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of pivotal American Civil War battles in late 1863 in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, that broke the Confederate siege of the city and opened the Deep South to Union invasion.

Aliases (2)

Battle of Chattanooga ×3
Battles for Chattanooga ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War campaign → military campaign →
belligerent	Confederate States of America → United States (Union) →
commander	Braxton Bragg NERFINISHED → George H. Thomas → James Longstreet NERFINISHED → Joseph Hooker → Ulysses S. Grant → William T. Sherman →
conflict	American Civil War →
country	United States →
dateDetail	Major fighting occurred in November 1863 →
endDate	1863-11 →
followedBy	Atlanta Campaign →
front	Western Front of the American Civil War →
impact	Enabled Union advance into Georgia → Secured Chattanooga as a Union supply and rail center → Weakened Confederate control of the Western Theater →
includesBattle	Battle of Chattanooga → Battle of Lookout Mountain → Battle of Missionary Ridge → Battle of Orchard Knob → Battle of Wauhatchie →
keyLocation	Cracker Line → Lookout Mountain NERFINISHED → Missionary Ridge → Tennessee River NERFINISHED →
location	Chattanooga, Tennessee NERFINISHED →
notableAction	Relief of besieged Union forces in Chattanooga → Union assault on Missionary Ridge →
notableCommanderRole	Ulysses S. Grant took overall command of Union forces in the region →
notableEvent	Union breakout from Chattanooga siege → “Battle Above the Clouds” at Lookout Mountain →
opposingForce	Army of Tennessee (Confederate) → Army of the Cumberland → Army of the Ohio → Army of the Tennessee (Union) →
partOf	Western Theater of the American Civil War →
precededBy	Battle of Chickamauga → Tullahoma Campaign →
result	Union victory →
siegeStatus	Broke Confederate siege of Chattanooga →
startDate	1863-09 →
strategicObjective	Break Confederate siege of Chattanooga → Open Deep South to Union invasion →
theater	Tennessee →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Philip Sheridan ("Battle of Chattanooga") → Sam Grant → Ulysses S. Grant → Union Army ("Battle of Chattanooga") →	notableBattle
Battle of Chickamauga → Battle of Chickamauga ("Battles for Chattanooga") →	followedBy
Braxton Bragg →	battle
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park →	commemorates
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman →	describesEvent
Chattanooga ("Battle of Chattanooga") →	historicalEvent
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park →	namedAfter
Military Division of the Mississippi →	oversawOperation
Atlanta Campaign →	precededBy