Battle of Chattanooga Facts

Also Known As

• Battles for Chattanooga

Date

• November 23–25, 1863

Location

• Outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Campaign

• Chattanooga Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Ulysses S. Grant

Principal Confederate Commanders

• General Braxton Bragg

Union Forces Engaged

• Army of the Cumberland
• Army of the Tennessee

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Army of Tennessee

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 72,500

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 49,000

Estimated Union Casualties:

• 5,815 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 6,670 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Result

• Union victory

Significance

• The Union victory at the Battle of Chattanooga drove the Confederate Army of Tennessee into Georgia and paved the way for William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign.

Timeline of the Chattanooga Campaign

These are the main battles and events of the Chattanooga Campaign in order.

• October 28–29, 1863 — Battle of Wauhatchie
• November 24–25, 1863 — Battle of Chattanooga
• November 23, 1863 — Battle of Orchard Knob
• November 24, 1863 — Battle of Lookout Mountain
• November 25, 1863 — Battle of Missionary Ridge
• November 27, 1863 — Battle of Ringgold Gap