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Missionary Ridge, Battle of

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Missionary Ridge, Battle of an Union victory near Chattanooga on November 24–25, 1863, that prepared the ground for Gen. William T. Sherman's march on Atlanta several months later. Under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's command, Sherman, Gen. Joseph Hooker, and Gen. George H. Thomas led a three-pronged attack to lift the two-month-long Confederate siege. Thomas led the improbable charge on Missionary Ridge, which was won because of natural cover, ill-sited defenses, and Confederate backbiting. The aggressive Federals had redeemed their September defeat at Chickamauga, and Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg was cashiered.

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