The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign was a series of military engagements from November 23-27, 1863 in the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Dyer lists the order of battle for the campaign and the battles interchangeably, though casualties differ
- There may be other counties associated with this campaign as well, not all documented
Sub-Operations
- Lookout Mountain
- Missionary Ridge
- Ringgold Gap
Union Order of Battle
Overall Command
Military Division of the Mississippi
General Staff:
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Army of the Cumberland
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Hooker's Command Operating under the authority of Army of the Cumberland
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Army of the Tennessee
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(AotC) 4th Corps
- Gordon Granger, Major General
(AotC) 14th Corps
- John M. Palmer, Major General
Escort:
- 1st Ohio Cavalry / Company L - John D. Barker, Captain
(AotC) Artillery Reserve
- John M. Brannan, Brigadier General[23]
(AotC) Cavalry Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Smaller Units |
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2nd Division[25] |
2nd Brigade
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(AotC) Engineers and Garrison
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Engineer Troops
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Engineer Brigade
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| Pioneer Brigade
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Chattanooga Garrison
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Post of Chattanooga
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(HC) 11th Corps
- Oliver O. Howard, Major General
General Headquarters:
- 8th New York, Independent Company - Anton Bruhn, Captain[28]
(HC) 12th Corps
(AotT) 15th Corps
- Francis P. Blair (Jr.),[33] Major General
(AotT) 17th Corps
Confederate Order of Battle
Casualties
- Union losses: 753 killed, 4,722 wounded, 349 missing = Total 5,824
- Includes totals for Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge
- Dyer lists the order of battle for the campaign and the battles interchangeably, though does not seem to segregate casualties for the Battles of Chattanooga
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 606, 838, 866)
- Wikipedia - Chattanooga Campaign
- ↑ Major General Joseph Hooker, commanding Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps had under his immediate command the First Division, Fourth Corps, the Second Division, Twelfth Corps, portions of the Fourteenth Corps, and the First Division, Fifteenth Corps.
- ↑ Wikipedia - Not originally referenced on unit homepage
- ↑ General Sherman had under his immediate command the Eleventh Corps and the Second Division, Fourteenth Corps, of the Army of the Cumberland; the Second and Fourth Divisions, Fifteenth Corps.
- ↑ The 1st Brigade and 4th United States Artillery / Battery M, at Bridgeport Alabama; the 115th Illinois Infantry and 84th Indiana Infantry, of the 2nd Brigade, and 5th Indiana (Independent) Light Artillery Battery, at Shellmound, Tennessee; and the 30th Indiana Infantry and 77th Pennsylvania Infantry, of the 3rd Brigade, and 4th United States Artillery / Battery H, at Whiteside's, Tennessee
- ↑ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Hicks' report)
- ↑ Temporarily in command of a demi-brigade
- ↑ The 51st Indiana Infantry was between Nashville and Chattanooga en route to join the brigade
- ↑ Commanded part of time 6th Indiana and 5th Kentucky (see: Berry's report)
- ↑ Succeeded Lieutenant Colonel Langdon in command of the 23rd Kentucky and 1st Ohio (see: Stafford's report)
- ↑ Commanded part of time 23rd Kentucky and 1st Ohio (see: Foy's and Stafford's report)
- ↑ Wounded but remained on the field
- ↑ Commanded part of time 41st Ohio and 93rd Ohio (see: Kimberly's and Smith's report)
- ↑ Succeeded Colonel Wiley in command of the 41st Ohio and 93rd Ohio (see: Kimberly's and Smith's report)
- ↑ After Colonel Stoughton assumed command, Colonel Moore (69th Ohio) took command of the 19th Illinois, 11th Michigan and 69th Ohio and Major John R. Edie (15th United States) of the 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th United States (see: Stoughton's and Moore's reports).
- ↑ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Johnson's report)
- ↑ Assumed command November 25, 1863
- ↑ Took command of the regular infantry detachments at Missionary Ridge
- ↑ During the engagements of 23, 24, and 25 November 1863 was in line of battle holding fort and breastworks at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- ↑ Temporarily attached to Second Division, Fourth Army Corps
- ↑ 14th Michigan Infantry detached at Columbia, Tennessee
- ↑ (II) 3rd Ohio Infantry detached at Kelley's Ferry, Tennessee River
- ↑ 18th Kentucky Infantry (U) detached at Brown's Ferry, Tennessee
- ↑ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Cumberland
- ↑ Temporarily attached to Third Division, Fourth Army Corps
- ↑ Corps headquarters and the First and Second Brigades and 18th Indiana Battery, of the First Division, at and about Alexandria, Tennessee; the Third Brigade at Caperton's Ferry, Tennessee River. The First and Third Brigades, and the Chicago Board, of Trade Battery, of the Second Division, at Maysville, Alabama.
- ↑ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 505
- ↑ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 507
- ↑ Wikipedia, not referenced in Dyer
- ↑ The First Division engaged in guarding the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad from Wartrace Bridge, to Bridgeport, Alabama, etc. Major General Henry W. Slocum, the corps commander, had his headquarters at Tullahoma, Tennessee.
- ↑ Disabled November 24, 1863
- ↑ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Randoll's report)
- ↑ Chief of Artillery, Twelfth Corps
- ↑ The Third Division, Brigadier General James M. Tuttle commanding, at Memphis, La Grange, and Pocahontas, Tennessee.
- ↑ 15th Michigan Infantry detached at Scottsborough, Alabama
- ↑ Assumed command November 25, 1863
- ↑ Succeeded Colonel Benjamin D. Dean November 25, 1863
- ↑ Referenced on Dyer and unit homepage but no place on Wikipedia order of battle
- ↑ Referenced on Dyer and unit homepage but no place on Wikipedia order of battle
Categories:
- Operations in the War of the Rebellion
- Operations in Tennessee
- Campaigns in Tennessee
- Campaigns in Hamilton County, Tennessee
- Operations in 1863
- Operations on November 23, 1863
- Operations on November 24, 1863
- Operations on November 25, 1863
- Operations on November 26, 1863
- Operations on November 27, 1863
- Source: ACWR 606
- Source: ACWR 838
- Source: ACWR 866
