Battle of Orchard Knob Facts

Date

• November 23, 1863

Location

• Southeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Campaign

• Chattanooga Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Brigadier General Arthur Manigault

Union Forces Eengaged

• Wood’s Division of the 4th Corps (Army of the Cumberland)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Two regiments of Manigault’s Brigade (28th Alabama and 24th Alabama) of the Army of Tennessee

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 14,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 600

Estimated Union Casualties

• 1,100 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 600 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Result

• Union victory

Significance

• The Battle of Orchard Knob was the first engagement of the Federal breakout from the Siege of 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