Battle of Orchard Knob

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The Battle of Orchard Knob was an 1863 American Civil War engagement near Chattanooga, Tennessee, in which Union forces seized a key elevated position that served as a staging ground for their subsequent victories at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.

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Battle of Orchard Knob canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Orchard Knob ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignGoal break Confederate siege of Chattanooga ⓘ
category 19th-century battle in North America ⓘ
Military history of Tennessee ⓘ
city Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
commander George H. Thomas ⓘ
Gordon Granger ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commemoratedBy Orchard Knob Reservation ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date November 23, 1863 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Missionary Ridge ⓘ
forcesEngaged Confederate Army of Tennessee elements ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army of the Cumberland divisions ⓘ
front Chattanooga front ⓘ
frontlineChange Union advanced positions toward Missionary Ridge ⓘ
geographicalFeature knob (hill) ⓘ
location Chattanooga ⓘ
Orchard Knob ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
managedBy Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park ⓘ
militaryOperation Union reconnaissance in force turned assault ⓘ
objective seizure of Orchard Knob ⓘ
opposingCommander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
partOf Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ
purpose prepare for main attack on Missionary Ridge ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Chattanooga ⓘ
Siege of Chattanooga ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
strategicSignificance improved Union observation of Confederate positions ⓘ
secured key elevated position near Chattanooga ⓘ
served as staging ground for Union assaults on Missionary Ridge ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timePeriod American Civil War, 1863 ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
typeOfAction assault on fortified hill ⓘ
year 1863 ⓘ

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Chattanooga Campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Orchard Knob ⓘ
Battle of Missionary Ridge → precededBy → Battle of Orchard Knob ⓘ
Orchard Knob → battle → Battle of Orchard Knob ⓘ
Battle of Chattanooga → notableEngagement → Battle of Orchard Knob ⓘ