Battle of Chickamauga
Confederate Commander
Forces Engaged: 65,000
Killed: 2,389
Wounded: 13,412
Captured or Missing: 2,003
Total Casualties: 17,804
Confederate Officers
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Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge
Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.
Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
Maj. Gen. William H. T. Walker
Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson
Brig. Gen. Preston Smith (k)
Brig. Gen. George Maney
Brig. Gen. Marcus J. Wright
Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl
Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson
Brig. Gen. Zach C. Deas
Brig. Gen. Arthur M. Manigault
Brig. Gen. Sterling A. M. Wood
Brig. Gen. Lucius E. Polk
Brig. Gen. James Deshler
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Helm
Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams
Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall
Brig. Gen. William B. Bate
Brig. Gen. John C. Brown
Brig. Gen. Henry De Lamar Clayton
Brig. Gen. William Preston
Brig. Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.
Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector
Brig. Gen. St. John R. Liddell
Brig. Gen. Edward C. Walthall
Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson
Brig. Gen. John Gregg
Brig. Gen. Evander McNair Law
Brig. Gen. Jerome B. Robertson
Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning
Brig. Gen. John A. Wharton
Brig. Gen. William T. Martin
Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong
Brig. Gen. John Pegram
Brig. Gen. Henry B. Davidson
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Confederate Order of Battle
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Army of Tennessee
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Army of Tennessee
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Confederate Official Records
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September 18-20, 1863
Catoosa and Walker Counties, Georgia
Confederate Victory
National Park Service
Unexpected Journey: Prisoners of Chickamauga
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Battlefield Trust
​Animated Map
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Southern Historical Society Papers
Letter from Captain W. N. Polk
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History.Net
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U-tube Video
​Bloodiest Battle in Western Theater
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Maps
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Union Commander
Forces Engaged: 60,000
Killed: 1,656
Wounded: 9,749
Wounded or Captured: 4,774
Total Casualties: 16,179
Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. James S. Negley
Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds
Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook
Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden
Brig. Gen. James A. Garfield
Brig. James St. Clair Morton (w)
Brig. Gen. Abaslom Baird
Brig. Gen. John C. Starkweather (w)
Brig. Gen. John H. King
Brig. Gen. John Beatty
Brig. Gen. John Milton
Brig. Gen. William P. Carlin
Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson
Brig. Gen. August Willich
Brig. Gen. William Haines Lytles (k)
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood
Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner
Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft
Brig. Gen. William Babcock Hazen
Brig. Gen. Horatio P. Van Cleve
Brig. Gen. James B. Steedman
Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker
Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell
Brig. Gen. George Crook
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Union Official Records
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 149-153
Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., Kirkley, Joseph W. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes & Nobles, 2003. Plate 46, Sheet 1 & Sheet 2
Fullerton, J. S. Reenforcing Thomas at Chickamauga. Johnson, Robert Underwood & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles and
Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume III Part II. New York: The Century Co., 1884-1887. National Historical
Society, 2006. p 665-667
Hill, Daniel H. Chickamauga - The Great Battle of the West. Johnson, Robert Underwood & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume III Part II. New York: The Century Co., 1884-1887. National
Historical Society, 2006. p 638-662
Kkorn, Jerry, Ed. The Fight for Chattanooga Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1989. p 49-65
Mcelroy, Joseph C. Chickamauga battlefield. Accompanies The battle of Chickamauga. Historical map and guide book.
[Cincinnati, The Henderson-Achert-Krebs Lith. Co, 1895] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
Morris, Walter J., Capt. Engr'S, C.S.A. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19 and 20. [United States: s.n., 18--?, 1863] Map.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/94683238/>.
Opdyeke, Emerson. Notes on the Chickamauga Campaign. Johnson, Robert Underwood & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume III Part II. New York: The Century Co., 1884-1887. National
Historical Society, 2006. p 668-671
Polk, W. M. General Polk at Chickamauga. Johnson, Robert Underwood & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume III Part II. New York: The Century Co., 1884-1887. National
Historical Society, 2006. p 662-663
Powell, David. The Maps of Chickamauga. New York: Savas Beatie, 2009.
Thurston, Gates P. The Crisis of Chickamauga. Johnson, Robert Underwood & Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume III Part II. New York: The Century Co., 1884-1887. National
Historical Society, 2006. p 663-665
Tucker, Glenn. Chickamauga Bloody Battle in the West. Dayton, Ohio: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.
------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.
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