Definition of Battle of chickamauga

1. Noun. A Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces.

Exact synonyms: Chickamauga
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: American Civil War, United States Civil War, War Between The States
Geographical relationships: Al, Alabama, Camellia State, Heart Of Dixie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Chickamauga

battle flag
battle fleet
battle fleets
battle group
battle honours
battle it out
battle line
battle neurosis
battle of Atlanta
battle of Austerlitz
battle of Boyne
battle of Brunanburh
battle of Bunker Hill
battle of Caporetto
battle of Chattanooga
battle of Chickamauga
battle of Cowpens
battle of Crecy
battle of Cunaxa
battle of Cynoscephalae
battle of Hastings
battle of Hohenlinden
battle of Ipsus
battle of Issus
battle of Ivry
battle of Jutland
battle of Langside
battle of Leuctra
battle of Lule Burgas
battle of Lutzen

Literary usage of Battle of chickamauga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"CHAPTER XI THE battle of chickamauga General Forrest Opens the Battle of Chickamauga on the Afternoon of Friday, September 18, 1863—Engages the Enemy on ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... Report of the Effective Strength of the several Regiments composing Adams' Brigade, carried into the Battle of Chickamauga, on each day of the battle. ..."

3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1899)
"The action of that day was indecisive.2 This was the prelude to the fierce and bloody battle of Chickamauga, " the great battle of the West," which raged ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... on the seventeenth and eighteenth istant, and at the battle of Chickamauga, on he nineteenth and twentieth instant. ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"... and on September 19 and 20, 1863, was fought the battle of Chickamauga, one of the greatest and most fiercely contested battles of the war. ..."

6. Publications by Mississippi Historical Society (1916)
"Longstreet's troops twitting, preliminary to battle of Chickamauga. 528. ... JB, 29th Mississippi, wounded in battle of Chickamauga 529. Morgan. ..."

7. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"He held Owen's Gap at the battle of Chickamauga in September, BELKNAP, George Eugene, naval officer, was born at Newport, NH, Jan. 22, 1832 In October, ..."

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