Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
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, fought from September 19-September 20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia, the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater, and involved the second-highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg.
- Dates range anywhere from September 18-21, 1863
Sub-Operations
- This action is the final act of
The Chickamauga Campaign
August 16-September 22, 1863
Union Order of Battle
Army of the Cumberland
- William Rosecrans, Major General, Commanding
General Staff
GENERAL STAFF
Chief of Staff: James A. Garfield, Brigadier General
- James Barnett, Colonel, Chief of Artillery
- William Truesdale, Colonel
- John P. Sanderson, ADC, Colonel
- Joseph C. McKibbin, ADC, Colonel
- Calvin Goddard, Adjutant General, Lieutenant Colonel
- Arthur C. Ducat, Inspector General, Lieutenant Colonel
- Henry C. Hodges, Quartermaster General, Lieutenant Colonel
- Samuel Simmons, Commissary of Subsistence, Lieutenant Colonel
- William M. Wiles, Provost Marshal General, Lieutenant Colonel
- William M. McMichael, Adjutant General, Major
- Frank S. Bond, ADC, Major
- Horace Porter, Chief of Ordnance, Captain
- Andrew S. Burt, Acting Inspector General, Captain
- Hunter Brooke, Acting Judge Advocate General, Captain
- William E. Merrill, Topographical Engineer, Captain
- William C. Margedant, Topographical Engineer, Captain
- Jesse Merrill, Signal Officer, Captain
- John C. Van Duzer, Telegraph, Captain
- R.S. Thomas, ADC, Captain
- James P. Drouillard, ADC, Captain
- Charles R. Thompson, ADC, Captain
- William Farrar, ADC, Captain
- M.J. Kelly, Chief of Couriers, Lieutenant
- George Burroughs, Engineer, Lieutenant
- William L. Porter, Acting ADC, Lieutenant
- James K. Reynolds, Acting ADC, Lieutenant
- Glover Perin, Surgeon
- Henry H. Seys, Surgeon
- D. Bache, Assistant Surgeon
- Jeremiah F. Trecy, Chaplain
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
- 1st Ohio Sharpshooter Battalion - Gershom M. Barber, Captain
- (II) 10th Ohio Infantry - William M. Ward, Lieutenant Colonel
- 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry - William J. Palmer, Colonel
PIONEER BRIGADE
- James St. Clair Morton, Chief Engineer
- 1st Pioneer Battalion
- 2nd Pioneer Battalion
- 3rd Pioneer Battalion
14th Corps
- George Henry Thomas, Major General
HEADQUARTERS
- PROVOST GUARD: 9th Michigan Infantry[1] - John Gibson Parkhurst, Colonel
- ESCORT: 1st Ohio Cavalry / Company L[2] - John D. Barker, Captain
20th Corps
- Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General
HEADQUARTERS
- PROVOST GUARD: 81st Indiana Infantry / Company H
William J. Richards, Captain - ESCORT: 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (U) / Company I
George W. L. Batman, Lieutenant
21st Corps
- Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General
Headquarters
- Escort: 15th Illinois Cavalry / Company K
Samuel B. Sherer, Captain
Reserve Corps
- Gordon Granger, Major General
Cavalry Corps
- Robert B. Mitchell, Brigadier General
Other
Other troops listed in Dyer but not in Wikipedia order of battle
Confederate Order of Battle
Casualties
- Union: 1,656 killed, 9,749 wounded, 4,774 missing = Total, 16,179
Notes
- ↑ Wikipedia, not referenced in Dyer
- ↑ Wikipedia, not referenced in Dyer
- ↑ Not referenced in Dyer but listed on unit homepage
- ↑ On September 20 the remnants of this battalion, 35 men, served attached to the 19th U.S. Infantry.
- ↑ Not engaged; train guard - Wikipedia
- ↑ Wikipedia, not referenced in Dyer
- ↑ Detached from its division and serving as mounted infantry.
- ↑ Not engaged; guarding supply train (none of these units listed in Dyer except the WI artillery battery) - Wikipedia
- ↑ Wikipedia - Detached from its brigade and serving as mounted infantry (not referenced in Dyer)
- ↑ Wikipedia - Not engaged, detached to Chattanooga.
- ↑ Wikipedia - Stationed at Chattanooga, and not engaged.
- ↑ Wikipedia - Five companies detached as wagon guard.
- ↑ Not engaged.
- ↑ Wikipedia - Stationed at Whiteside's, and not engaged.
- ↑ Not referenced in Dyer summary but listed on unit homepage
- ↑ Temporarily attached.
- ↑ Wikipedia - not referenced in Dyer
- ↑ Not originally referenced on Dyer summary, but referenced on unit homepage
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 606, 697, 701)
- Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
Categories:
- Engagements in the War of the Rebellion
- Engagements in Georgia
- Engagements in Catoosa County, Georgia
- Engagements in Walker County, Georgia
- Battles in Georgia
- Battles in Catoosa County, Georgia
- Battles in Walker County, Georgia
- Engagements in 1863
- Engagements on September 19, 1863
- Engagements on September 20, 1863
- Source: ACWR 606
- Source: ACWR 697
- Source: ACWR 701