Skirmish at Alexander's Bridge, Georgia

Skirmish at Alexander's Bridge, Georgia - Multiple units skirmish on the Chickamauga Creek in Walker County, Georgia on September 18, 1863

• Dyer also refers to this as the Action at Alexander's Bridge

Sub-Operations

• This action is a sub-operation of The Chickamauga Campaign (August 21-September 20, 1863)

Union Troops

• 92nd Illinois Infantry (Mounted)
• 98th Illinois Infantry (Mounted)
• 123rd Illinois Infantry (Mounted)
• 18th Indiana (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 17th Indiana Infantry (Mounted)
• 72nd Indiana Infantry (Mounted)

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 595, 697, 701)
• https://www.nps.gov/chch/planyourvisit/upload/chch-pad-map-sept-18-20-web-version-2.pdf