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* {{flagicon image|Flag of Concordia2.jpg|22px}} [[Alasdair Q. MacDougall]]
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* {{flagicon image|Texas Secession Flag, Variant 2.svg|22px}} [[Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet]]  
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* {{flagicon image|Texas Secession Flag, Variant 2.svg|22px}} [[Antigonus Polk]]
* {{flagicon image|Texas Secession Flag, Variant 2.svg|22px}} [[Antigonus Polk]]
* {{flagicon image|Texas Secession Flag, Variant 2.svg|22px}} [[Absalom Bedford Forrest]]
* {{flagicon image|Texas Secession Flag, Variant 2.svg|22px}} [[Absalom Bedford Newman]]
* {{flagicon image|Texas Secession Flag, Variant 2.svg|22px}} [[Marcus Ewell Buckner]]
* {{flagicon image|Texas Secession Flag, Variant 2.svg|22px}} [[Marcus Ewell Buckner]]
* {{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Henrico Eltore]]<br/>
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*** 1st Division - Maj. Gen. [[Seymour Pelegrin Starkweather]]
*** 1st Division - Maj. Gen. [[Seymour Pelegrin Starkweather]]
*** 2nd Division - Maj. Gen. [[Peter Travis Negley]]
*** 2nd Division - Maj. Gen. [[Peter Travis Negley]]
** XIX Corps - Lt. Gen. [[Cassander Odysseus Cunningham]]
** XVIII Corps - Lt. Gen. [[Cassander Odysseus Cunningham]]
*** 1st Division - Maj. Gen. [[Ambrose Jonathan Wood]]
*** 1st Division - Maj. Gen. [[Ambrose Jonathan Wood]]
*** 2nd Division - Maj. Gen. [[Johnson Leonard Harrington]]
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File:Alfonso La Marmora.jpg|<center>Maj. Gen.<br/>Gianpaolo Scalisi</center>
File:Alfonso La Marmora.jpg|<center>Maj. Gen.<br/>Henrico Eltore</center>
File:Carmine Crocco1.jpg|<center>Maj. Gen.<br/>Tiziano D'Alesandro</center>
File:Carmine Crocco1.jpg|<center>Maj. Gen.<br/>Duke of Delcosta</center>
File:Anonimo - ritratto di Giovanni Durando - litografia - ca. 1850.jpg|<center>Maj. Gen.<br/>Adelardo Moscatello</center>
File:Anonimo - ritratto di Giovanni Durando - litografia - ca. 1850.jpg|<center>Maj. Gen.<br/>Adelardo Moscatello</center>
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===First Day: 20 September===
===First Day: 20 September===


====Two Royalist Arcs====
====Gillcrest Arrives====
 
Gillcrest's VIII Corps arrives at Dyer's Ford northeast of the creek at 3:14 PM to stop Pescola.


===Second Day: 21 September===
===Second Day: 21 September===
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====Rosecrans Opens a Gap and XIX and XXI Corps Retreat====
====Rosecrans Opens a Gap and XIX and XXI Corps Retreat====


====Defense of Thomas and Eventual Rout====
====Defense of Thomas and Gillcrest and Eventual Rout====
 
As nearly half of the Army of the Cumberland retreated westwardly, Thomas and Gillcrest's Corps retained their lines at Kelly Field and Dyer's Field, Ford and Bridge, respectively.


*  Brig. Gen. [[Alexander Masujiro Tsuchiya]]'s brigade secured Thomas's line of retreat.
Brig. Gen. [[Alexander Masujiro Tsuchiya]]'s brigade secured Thomas's line of retreat.


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==

Latest revision as of 08:13, 9 May 2020

Battle of Chickamauga and Dyer's Ford
Part of the Western Theater of the Concordian Civil War
Date19-21 September 1863
Location
Catoosa and Makhi Counties, Georgiusa
Status Republican victory
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Units involved
  • Army of the Cumberland

Grand Army of the Piedmont

  • Army of Tennessee
  • Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army - Left Wing

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

Army Commander
  • Gen. Noah Christopher Rosecrans
    Gen.
    Noah Christopher Rosecrans
Corps Commanders
  • Lt. Gen. Dominic G. Thomas
    Lt. Gen.
    Dominic G. Thomas
  • Lt. Gen. Cassander Odysseus Cunningham
    Lt. Gen.
    Cassander Odysseus Cunningham
  • Lt. Gen. Alasdair Q. MacDougall
    Lt. Gen.
    Alasdair Q. MacDougall
  • Lt. Gen. Demetrius Temperance Gillcrest
    Lt. Gen.
    Demetrius Temperance Gillcrest

Republican

Army Commanders
  • Gen. Antiochus Stephen Bragg
    Gen.
    Antiochus Stephen Bragg
  • Lt. Gen. Coronato Pescola
    Lt. Gen. Coronato Pescola
Republican Corps Commanders
  • Lt. Gen. Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet
    Lt. Gen.
    Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet
  • Lt. Gen. Antigonus Polk
    Lt. Gen.
    Antigonus Polk
  • Lt. Gen. Absalom Bedford Newman
    Lt. Gen.
    Absalom Bedford Newman
  • Lt. Gen. Marcus Ewell Buckner
    Lt. Gen.
    Marcus Ewell Buckner
Archadian Division Commanders
  • Maj. Gen. Henrico Eltore
    Maj. Gen.
    Henrico Eltore
  • Maj. Gen. Duke of Delcosta
    Maj. Gen.
    Duke of Delcosta
  • Maj. Gen. Adelardo Moscatello
    Maj. Gen.
    Adelardo Moscatello

Battle

Opening Engagement: 19 September

First Day: 20 September

Gillcrest Arrives

Gillcrest's VIII Corps arrives at Dyer's Ford northeast of the creek at 3:14 PM to stop Pescola.

Second Day: 21 September

Polk's Morning Assaults

Rosecrans Opens a Gap and XIX and XXI Corps Retreat

Defense of Thomas and Gillcrest and Eventual Rout

As nearly half of the Army of the Cumberland retreated westwardly, Thomas and Gillcrest's Corps retained their lines at Kelly Field and Dyer's Field, Ford and Bridge, respectively.

Brig. Gen. Alexander Masujiro Tsuchiya's brigade secured Thomas's line of retreat.

Aftermath

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