Battle of Wauhatchie

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The Battle of Wauhatchie was an 1863 nighttime engagement of the American Civil War in Tennessee, notable for securing the “Cracker Line” supply route to Union forces besieged at Chattanooga.

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Battle of Wauhatchie canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
aimOfConfederateForces to cut the Union supply line to Chattanooga ⓘ
aimOfUnionForces to secure and defend the Cracker Line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wauhatchie Station ⓘ
associatedWith Lookout Valley ⓘ
Wauhatchie Station on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
commander James Longstreet ⓘ
John W. Geary ⓘ
Joseph Hooker ⓘ
Micah Jenkins ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date October 28–29, 1863 ⓘ
endDate 1863-10-29 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ
front Tennessee front ⓘ
geographicalContext Lookout Mountain area ⓘ
linked to: Lookout Mountain
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
involves Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
Longstreet’s Corps ⓘ
linked to: Longstreet's Corps
location Hamilton County, Tennessee ⓘ
near Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
notableFor securing the Cracker Line supply route ⓘ
objective to disrupt Union communications and supplies ⓘ
to protect the newly opened Union supply line to Chattanooga ⓘ
partOf Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
purposeOfCrackerLine to supply Union forces besieged at Chattanooga ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Chattanooga ⓘ
Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ
Siege of Chattanooga ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1863-10-28 ⓘ
strategicImportance ensured continuous Union supply via the Cracker Line ⓘ
helped lift the Union siege of Chattanooga ⓘ
supplyRoute Cracker Line ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timeOfDay night ⓘ
typeOfEngagement night attack ⓘ
year 1863 ⓘ

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Chattanooga Campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ
XI Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ
Cracker Line → associatedBattle → Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ
Battle of Lookout Mountain → precededBy → Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ
Battle of Orchard Knob → precededBy → Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ
XII Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ
Eleventh Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ
75th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Wauhatchie ⓘ