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September 18–20, 1863 · Civil War

Battle of Chickamauga

2 Medals of Honor were earned in the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18–20, 1863). Result: Confederate victory.

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Date
September 18–20, 1863
Location
Catoosa and Walker counties, Georgia
Result
Confederate victory
Part of
American Civil War

About the battle

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, between the United States Army, or Union Army, and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a U.S. Army offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia and the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater, and it involved the second-highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle was fought between the U.S. Army's Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg, and was named for Chickamauga Creek.

From the Wikipedia article “Battle of Chickamauga”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Result, date and location from the article’s infobox and Wikidata.

Medal of Honor recipients (2)

Where it happened

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