Grant's force of fifty-six thousand, three hundred…

November 1863 CE

Grant's force of fifty-six thousand, three hundred and fifty-nine men, reinforced by troops from Vicksburg under Major General William T. Sherman and from the Potomac under General Hooker, defeats the sixty-four thousand one hundred and sixty five Confederates in the Battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge on November 23-25, and lift the siege, driving the Confederates out of Chattanooga and Tennessee, and opening the road to Georgia.

Sherman subsequently secures Knoxville.

Union losses in the Battle of Chattanooga total five thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, with seven hundred and fifty-three killed, four thousand seven hundred and twenty-two wounded, and three hundred and forty-nine missing.

The Confederates lose six thousand six hundred and sixty-seven of their troops: three hundred and sixty-one killed, two thousand one hundred and sixty wounded, and an astounding four thousand one hundred and forty-six missing.

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Chattanooga Hamilton Tennessee United States View →

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Braxton Bragg View → Joseph Hooker View → Ulysses S. Grant View → William Tecumseh Sherman View →

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Tennessee, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View → Chattanooga Campaign View → Lookout Mountain, Battle of View → Missionary Ridge, Battle of View →

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