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The Army of the Cumberland's ascent of Missionary Ridge was one of the war's most dramatic events. Military historians Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones contend that the Battle of Missionary Ridge was "the war's most notable example of a frontal assault succeeding against entrenched defenders holding high ground." [56] A Union officer remembered ...
Missionary Ridge, as viewed from Lookout Mountain.The ridge is the sharp divide in the middle of the picture. The Smoky Mountains are in the far background.. Missionary Ridge is a geographic feature in Chattanooga, Tennessee, site of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, a battle in the American Civil War, fought on November 25, 1863.
The Chattanooga campaign [7] was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War.Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chickamauga in September, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg besieged Rosecrans and his men by occupying key high terrain around Chattanooga ...
The Union order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] on November 20, 1863 [2] and the reports. [3] Abbreviations used
Missionary Ridge (November 25) Grant had ordered the Cumberlands to capture the rifle-pits at the base of the ridge. But apparently on impulse, they continued on up to the crest, achieving a startling victory. [16] Battle of Ringgold Gap (November 27) Failed attempt by Grant to capture the Confederates retreating into Georgia.
Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the campaign, [2] the casualty returns [3] and the reports. [4] Abbreviations used. Military rank
The 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment was a Minnesota USV infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment went on to campaign in the south and especially distinguish itself at the battles of Mill Springs, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge.
Lookout Mountain November 23–24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to the relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Garrison duty at Woodville and Scottsboro, Ala., until May 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8–13. Battle of Resaca May 13–15.