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  • First Battle of Chattanooga
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  • In late spring 1862, the Confederacy split its forces in Chattanooga, Tennessee into several small commands in an attempt to complicate Federal operations. Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel received orders to take his division to Huntsville, Alabama, to repair railroads in the area. Soon, he occupied more than 100 miles along the Nashville & Chattanooga and Memphis & Charleston railroads. In May, Mitchel and his men sparred with Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's men.
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  • 1
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Date
  • 1862-06-07
Commander
Casualties
  • 23
  • 65
Result
  • Union victory
combatant
  • United States
  • CSA (Confederacy)
Place
  • Chattanooga, Tennessee
Conflict
  • First Battle of Chattanooga
Units
  • Army of Kentucky
  • Negley's Division, Army of the Ohio
abstract
  • In late spring 1862, the Confederacy split its forces in Chattanooga, Tennessee into several small commands in an attempt to complicate Federal operations. Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel received orders to take his division to Huntsville, Alabama, to repair railroads in the area. Soon, he occupied more than 100 miles along the Nashville & Chattanooga and Memphis & Charleston railroads. In May, Mitchel and his men sparred with Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's men.
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