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File:James Longstreet.jpg|<center>Lt. Gen.<br/>Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet</center> | File:James Longstreet.jpg|<center>Lt. Gen.<br/>Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet</center> | ||
File:Portrait of General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A.jpg|<center>Lt. Gen.<br/>Antigonus Polk</center> | File:Portrait of General Leonidas Polk, C.S.A.jpg|<center>Lt. Gen.<br/>Antigonus Polk</center> | ||
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*** The Right Wing - Lt. Gen. [[Antigonus Polk]] | *** The Right Wing - Lt. Gen. [[Antigonus Polk]] | ||
**** [[Séamus St. Clair Augustine Cleburne]]'s Division | **** [[Séamus St. Clair Augustine Cleburne]]'s Division | ||
*** First Cavalry Corps - Lt. Gen. [[Absalom Bedford | *** First Cavalry Corps - Lt. Gen. [[Absalom Bedford Newman]] | ||
*** Second Cavalry Corps - Lt. Gen. [[Marcus Ewell Buckner]] | *** Second Cavalry Corps - Lt. Gen. [[Marcus Ewell Buckner]] | ||
** Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army - Left Wing | ** Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army - Left Wing | ||
Revision as of 17:43, 8 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
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| Royalist Army Commanders |
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- Concordia
- Army of the Cumberland - Gen. Noah Christopher Rosecrans
- XIV Corps - Lt. Gen. Dominic G. Thomas
- 1st Division - Maj. Gen. Seymour Pelegrin Starkweather
- 2nd Division - Maj. Gen. Peter Travis Negley
- XIX Corps - Lt. Gen. Cassander Odysseus Cunningham
- 1st Division - Maj. Gen. Ambrose Jonathan Wood
- 2nd Division - Maj. Gen. Johnson Leonard Harrington
- XXI Corps - Lt. Gen. Alasdair Q. MacDougall
- XIV Corps - Lt. Gen. Dominic G. Thomas
- United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Republican
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| Army Commanders (Grand Army of the Piedmont) |
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- Grand Army of the Piedmont - Gen. Antiochus Stephen Bragg
- Army of Tennesee - Gen. Antiochus Stephen Bragg
- The Left Wing - Lt. Gen. Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet
- Marcellus Jackson Hood's Division
- The Right Wing - Lt. Gen. Antigonus Polk
- Séamus St. Clair Augustine Cleburne's Division
- First Cavalry Corps - Lt. Gen. Absalom Bedford Newman
- Second Cavalry Corps - Lt. Gen. Marcus Ewell Buckner
- The Left Wing - Lt. Gen. Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet
- Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army - Left Wing
- Army of Tennesee - Gen. Antiochus Stephen Bragg
Battle
Opening Engagement: 19 September
First Day: 20 September
Two Royalist Arcs
Second Day: 21 September
Polk's Morning Assaults
Rosecrans Opens a Gap and XIX and XXI Corps Retreat
Defense of Thomas and Eventual Rout
- Brig. Gen. Alexander Masujiro Tsuchiya's brigade secured Thomas's line of retreat.