Battle of Ringgold Gap Facts

Date

• November 27, 1863

Location

• Catoosa County, Georgia

Campaign

• Chattanooga Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Joseph Hooker

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Major General Patrick Cleburne

Union Forces Engaged

• 11th Army Corps
• 12th Army Corps

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Cleburne’s Division (the Army of Tennessee)

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 12,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 4,100

Estimated Union Casualties

• 432 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 480 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Result

• Confederate victory

Significance

• Eyewitnesses to the battle claimed that federal losses were much higher than Major General Joseph Hooker reported.
• Cleburne’s small force held Hooker’s 12,000 men at bay for five hours, buying time for General Braxton Bragg to reassemble the disorganized Army of Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia following its defeat at the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
• After the Battle of Ringgold Gap, Union General Ulysses S. Grant ended the pursuit of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
• The Battle of Ringgold Gap was the last engagement of the Chattanooga 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