Battle of Hoover’s Gap

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Hoover’s Gap was a key 1863 American Civil War engagement in Tennessee, where Union forces successfully outmaneuvered Confederate defenders to open a crucial route during the Tullahoma Campaign.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Hoover’s Gap canonical	1
Battle of Liberty Gap	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Action at Hoover’s Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignObjective	Outflank Confederate Army of Tennessee at Tullahoma ⓘ
commander	Alexander P. Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Braxton Bragg NERFINISHED ⓘ George H. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ John T. Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ William S. Rosecrans NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	Union Army of the Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	June 24–26, 1863 ⓘ
endDate	1863-06-26 ⓘ
followedBy	Occupation of Middle Tennessee by Union forces ⓘ
front	Middle Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Hoover’s Gap in the Highland Rim NERFINISHED ⓘ
innovation	Early large-scale use of Spencer repeating rifles by Union troops ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	Confederate cavalry ⓘ Confederate infantry ⓘ Union cavalry ⓘ Union infantry ⓘ
notableUnit	4th U.S. Cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest ⓘ Wilder’s Lightning Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingForce	Confederate Army of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Tullahoma Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Hoover’s Gap, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Stones River NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryAxisOfAdvance	Road from Murfreesboro toward Manchester, Tennessee ⓘ
relatedEvent	Tullahoma Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	1863-06-24 ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
strategicSignificance	Helped force Confederate withdrawal from Middle Tennessee ⓘ Opened route through Highland Rim into Middle Tennessee ⓘ
tacticalCharacteristic	Featured rapid mounted infantry advance ⓘ Union forces outmaneuvered Confederate defenders ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1863 ⓘ

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Tullahoma Campaign → notableEngagement → Battle of Hoover’s Gap ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Liberty Gap