BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Battle of Chickamauga UID:2008-05-08-10-52-37-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=9;BYMONTHDAY=19 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250919 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250920 DTSTAMP:20260715T013136 CATEGORIES:Civil War Events LOCATION:Chickamauga\, Georgia GEO:34.8711879;-85.2907896 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

The Battle of Chickamaug a was fought on September 19–20, 1863, in northwestern Georgia during th e American Civil War. It was the most significant Confederate victory in t he Western Theater and the second-bloodiest battle of the war after Gettys burg, with about 34,000 total casualties. Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg clashed with Union troops led by Major General William Rose crans, who had been pushing south after capturing Chattanooga, Tennessee. On the second day of fighting, a gap in the Union line allowed Confederate General James Longstreet’s forces to launch a massive assault, driving much of the Union army from the field. However, Union General George H. Th omas held firm with a portion of the army, earning him the nickname “The Rock of Chickamauga.” Despite the Confederate victory, their failure to retake Chattanooga allowed the Union to later launch campaigns that opene d the Deep South to invasion.

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DESCRIPTION:The Battle of Chickamauga was fought on September 19–20\, 186 3\, in northwestern Georgia during the American Civil War. It was the most significant Confederate victory in the Western Theater and the second-blo odiest battle of the war after Gettysburg\, with about 34\,000 total casua lties. Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg clashed with Union t roops led by Major General William Rosecrans\, who had been pushing south after capturing Chattanooga\, Tennessee. On the second day of fighting\, a gap in the Union line allowed Confederate General James Longstreet’s fo rces to launch a massive assault\, driving much of the Union army from the field. However\, Union General George H. Thomas held firm with a portion of the army\, earning him the nickname “The Rock of Chickamauga.” Desp ite the Confederate victory\, their failure to retake Chattanooga allowed the Union to later launch campaigns that opened the Deep South to invasion .\n\n URL:https://iotcalendar.org/component/zcalendar/2,6669-battle-of-chickamaug a?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR