Battle of Chickamauga and Dyer's Ford
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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 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 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
- XX Corps - Lt. Gen. Demetrius Temperance Gillcrest
- XXI Corps - Lt. Gen. Alasdair Q. MacDougall
- XIV Corps - Lt. Gen. Dominic G. Thomas
Republican
- Grand Army of the Piedmont
- 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
- Pescola's Corps: Lt. Gen. Coronato Pescola
- 1st Division - Maj. Gen. Gianpaolo Scalisi
- 2nd Division - Maj. Gen. Tiziano D'Alesandro
- 3rd Division - Maj. Gen. Adelardo Moscatello
- Pescola's Corps: Lt. Gen. Coronato Pescola
- 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.