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Chickamauga

noun
1.
A Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces.  Synonym: battle of Chickamauga.





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"Chickamauga" Quotes from Famous Books



... importance of the points taken or threatened by our forces, and they concentrated great masses of troops, in the hope of being able to defeat our armies, regain the territory lost, and transfer the seat of war far to the north. The Battle of Chickamauga was fought, and a portion of General Rosecrans's army was defeated, while another portion, under General Thomas, stubbornly maintained its ground, and inflicted great damage on the enemy. The effect of General Thomas's ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 • Various
... preached the Gospel. "I heard him preach, he preached for me in my pulpit," a minister told me. He preached once in Wall Street to an excited throng, after Lincoln was shot. He preached to the wounded soldiers at Chickamauga. He preached in the United States Senate, in speeches of great nobility. When a college boy, camped on the mountains, he read the Scriptures aloud to his companions. After he was shot, he declared that he trusted all in the Lord's hand—was ready ...
— T. De Witt Talmage - As I Knew Him • T. De Witt Talmage


Words linked to "Chickamauga" :   battle of Chickamauga, Camellia State, pitched battle, War between the States, Alabama, Heart of Dixie, United States Civil War, American Civil War, al


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