Battle of Chickamauga and Dyer's Ford

Battle of Chickamauga and Dyer's Ford
Part of the Western Theater of the Concordian Civil War
Date 19-21 September 1863 Location Catoosa and Makhi Counties, Georgiusa Status Republican victory
Belligerents
Concordia	Republic of Concordia Archadia-Archedes
Commanders and leaders
Noah Christopher Rosecrans Dominic G. Thomas Cassander Odysseus Cunningham Alasdair Q. MacDougall Demetrius Temperance Gillcrest	Antiochus Stephen Bragg Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet Antigonus Polk Absalom Bedford Forrest Marcus Ewell Buckner Henrico Eltore
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.

Opposing Forces

Royalist

Army Commander
Gen. Noah Christopher Rosecrans

Corps Commanders
Lt. Gen. Dominic G. Thomas Lt. Gen. Cassander Odysseus Cunningham Lt. Gen. Alasdair Q. MacDougall Lt. Gen. Demetrius Temperance Gillcrest

• 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
  • XVIII 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

Republican

Army Commanders
Gen. Antiochus Stephen Bragg Lt. Gen. Coronato Pescola

Republican Corps Commanders
Lt. Gen. Thaddeus Selkirk Longstreet Lt. Gen. Antigonus Polk Lt. Gen. Absalom Bedford Newman Lt. Gen. Marcus Ewell Buckner

Archadian Division Commanders
Maj. Gen. Henrico Eltore Maj. Gen. Duke of Delcosta Maj. Gen. Adelardo Moscatello

• 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
  • Archadian Southern Expeditionary Army - Left Wing
    • Pescola's Corps: Lt. Gen. Henrico Eltore
      • 1st Division - Maj. Gen. Duke of Delcosta
      • 2nd Division - Maj. Gen. Tiziano D'Alesandro
      • 3rd Division - Maj. Gen. Adelardo Moscatello

Battle

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

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.