Battle of Wauhatchie, Facts

Also Known As

• Battle of Brown’s Ferry

Date

• October 28–29, 1863

Location

• Hamilton County, Tennessee
• Marion County, Tennessee
• Dade County, Georgia

Campaign

• Chattanooga Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Joseph Hooker
• Brigadier General John W. Geary

Principal Confederate Commanders

• General James Longstreet
• Brigadier General Micah Jenkins

Union Forces Engaged

• 11th Army Corps, 12th Army Corps

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Jenkins’s Brigade, Longstreet’s Corps

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Undetermined

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Undetermined

Estimated Union Casualties

• 420 (killed, wounded and captured/missing)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 408 (killed, wounded and captured/missing)

Result

• Union victory

Significance

• The Battle of Wauhatchie was one of the largest night battles of the American Civil War.
• The Battle of Wauhatchie was significant because it enabled Major general Ulysses S. Grant to establish a much-needed supply line (known as the Cracker Line) to provision his starving army at Chattanooga.

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