Battle of Chickamauga and Dyer's Ford

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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
Noah Christopher Rosecrans Antiochus Stephen Bragg
Units involved
  • Army of the Cumberland

Grand Army of the Piedmont

  • Army of Tennessee
  • Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army

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

Republican

Battle

First Day: 20 September

Second Day: 21 September

Rosecrans Opens a Gap and XIX and XXI Corps Retreat

Defense of Thomas and Eventual Rout

Aftermath