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Battle of Chickamauga

Confederate Commander

Gen. Braxton Bragg

Forces Engaged: 65,000

Killed: 2,389

Wounded: 13,412

Captured or Missing: 2,003

Total Casualties: 17,804

Confederate Officers

Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk

Lieut. Gen. Daniel H. Hill

Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet

Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham

Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman

Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne

Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge

Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.

Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

Maj. Gen. William H. T. Walker

Maj. Gen. John B. Hood

Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler

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

Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest

Confederate Order of Battle

Army of Tennessee

September 19, 1863

Page 2 of September 19, 1863

Army of Tennessee

September 20, 1863

Page 2 of September 20, 1863

Confederate Official Records

Records 235 through 305

Records 306 through 366

Records 367 through 439

September 18-20, 1863

Catoosa and Walker Counties, Georgia

Confederate Victory

Forces Engaged: 60,000

Killed: 1,656

Wounded: 9,749

Wounded or Captured: 4,774

Total Casualties: 16,179

Union Officers

Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas

Maj. Gen. James S. Negley

Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds

Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook

Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan

Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden

Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer

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. Jefferson C. Davis

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

Union Order of Battle

Union Official Records

Records 1 through 60

Records 61 through 113

Records 114 through 174

Records 175 through Appendix

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,

          <www.loc.gov/item/99447310/>.

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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