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Battle of Missionary Ridge

Confederate Commander

Gen. Braxton Bragg

Forces Engaged: 44,010

Killed: 361

Wounded: 2,160

Captured or Missing: 4,146

Total Casualties: 6,667

40 cannons also captured

Confederate Officers

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Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee

Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge

Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner

Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne

Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson

Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson

Brig. Gen. James Patton Anderson

Brig. Gen. States Rights Gists

Brig. Gen. William B. Bate

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Army of Tennessee

​Hardee's Corps

Breckinridge's Corps

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November 25, 1863

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Union Victory

Part of the Chattanooga Campaign

National Park Service

Missionary Ridge

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Battlefield Trust

November 25, 1863 - 4pm

November 25, 1863 - 5pm

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HistoryNet.com

Awaiting Orders to Attack Missionary Ridge, A Commander Records his Doubts

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Paintings

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Maps

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Harper's Weekly

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New York Times

December 3, 1863

December 4, 1863

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Forces Engaged: 56,359

Killed: 753

Wounded: 4,722

Captured or Missing: 349

Total Casualties: 5,842

Union Officiers

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Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman

Maj. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr

Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger

Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer

Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker

Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard

Brig. Gen. John E. Smith

Brig. Gen. John W. Geary

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Union Order of Battle

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Military Division of the Mississippi

​Army of the Cumberland

​Army of the Tennessee

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Commager, Henry Steele. The Civil War Archives The History of the Civil War in Documents. New York: Tess Press, 2000. p

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Cozzens, Peter & Robert I. Girardi. The New Annals of the Civil War. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004. p 331-344

Korn, Jerry, ed. The Fight for Chattanooga Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1985.

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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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