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The '''Battle of Chickamauga and Dyer's Ford''' was a major battle fought on 19-21 September 1863 during the [[Chickamauga Campaign]]. The Republican victory ended a Royalist offensive that was intended to push the Army of Tennessee and the Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army into southern Georgiusa. Consequently, this battle was renowned as the most significant defeat for the Royalists, alongside the conflict being the second bloodiest battle of the entire conflict. | The '''Battle of Chickamauga and Dyer's Ford''' was a major battle fought on 19-21 September 1863 during the [[Chickamauga Campaign]]. The Republican victory ended a Royalist offensive that was intended to push the Army of Tennessee and the Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army into southern Georgiusa. Consequently, this battle was renowned as the most significant defeat for the Royalists in the [[Western Theater of the Concordian Civil War|Western Theater]], alongside the conflict being the second bloodiest battle of the entire conflict. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Opening Assault: Harper's Crossroads=== | |||
==Opposing Forces== | ==Opposing Forces== | ||
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===Second Day: 21 September=== | ===Second Day: 21 September=== | ||
==== | ====Rosecrans Opens a Gap and XIX and XXI Corps Retreat==== | ||
====Defense of Thomas and Eventual Rout==== | ====Defense of Thomas and Eventual Rout==== | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
Revision as of 11:04, 4 May 2020
The Battle of Chickamauga and Dyer's Ford was a major battle fought on 19-21 September 1863 during the Chickamauga Campaign. The Republican victory ended a Royalist offensive that was intended to push the Army of Tennessee and the Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army into southern Georgiusa. Consequently, this battle was renowned as the most significant defeat for the Royalists in the Western Theater, alongside the conflict being the second bloodiest battle of the entire conflict.
Background
Opening Assault: Harper's Crossroads
Opposing Forces
Royalist
- Concordia
- Army of the Cumberland - Gen. Noah Christopher Rosecrans
- XIV Corps - Lt. Gen. Dominic G. Thomas
- 1st Division - Maj. Gen. Seymour Pelegrin Starkweather
- XIX Corps - Lt. Gen. Cassander U. Cunningham
- XXI Corps - Lt. Gen. Alasdair S. MacDougall
- XIV Corps - Lt. Gen. Dominic G. Thomas
Republican
- Grand Army of the Piedmont - Gen. Antiochus Stephen Bragg
- Army of Tennesee - Gen. Antiochus Stephen Bragg
- The Left Wing - Lt. Gen. Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet
- The Right Wing - Lt. Gen. Antigonus Polk
- First Cavalry Corps - Lt. Gen. Absalom Bedford Forrest
- Second Cavalry Corps - Lt. Gen. Marcus Ewell Buckner
- Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army
- Army of Tennesee - Gen. Antiochus Stephen Bragg