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The Ringgold Gap Battlefield, in Catoosa County, Georgia, preserves the scene of the Battle of Ringgold Gap in the American Civil War According to the National Park Service At Ringgold Gap, a pass nestled between White Oak Mountain and Taylor Ridge, Major General Patrick Cleburne, leader of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, successfully halted Union Army advances through The standoff at Ringgold's Gap became a sharpshooters' war between Union troops sheltering in farm buildings and along the creek banks Cleburne ordered the Napoleons to open fire again, putting an end to Ireland's advance The battle fell into a quiet lull, as Liddell arrived from Bragg's headquarters with the order for Cleburne to fall back

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Battle of ringgold gap map-The Battle of Ringgold Gap Following the Union victory at Missionary Ridge and the Rebel retreat, Yankee troops set out in pursuit Maj Gen Patrick Cleburne's command fell back to Ringgold Gap where the Western & Atlantic Railroad passed through Taylor's Ridge Maj Gen Joseph B Hooker sent his force forward to seize the ridge, whichThe Battle of Ringgold Gap was fought , in northwest Georgia during the American Civil War The Confederate victory by Maj Gen Patrick Cleburne gave the artillery and wagon trains of the Army of Tennessee safe passage to retreat through the "Ringgold Gap" mountain pass and caused high Federal casualties The disastrous Confederate rout at

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There's a gap here, about 100 yards wide, located about 1/2 mile east of Ringgold (6 miles east of Chickamauga) Bragg's defeated Army passed through here on the 26th and the early morning of the 27th This was where the Confederates would make their last stand It was now Fighting Joe's time to become acquainted with Patrick CleburneBATTLE MAP American Battlefield Trust's map of the Battle of Ringgold Gap, Georgia onDescription Following the Union victory at Missionary Ridge and the Rebel retreat, Union troops set out in pursuit Maj Gen Patrick Cleburne's command fell back to Ringgold Gap where the Western & Atlantic Railroad passed through Taylor's Ridge Maj Gen Joseph B Hooker sent his force forward to seize the ridge, which it failed to do

Control of the railroad at the gap was critical to moving the badly needed Confederate supply trains to the rear Federal Major General Joseph B Hooker, with about 16,000 men, sent his force forward into the gap on the morning of November 27th, 1863 to meet the Confederate defenders Hooker's forces were committed piecemeal, one division orExplore Bobby Lawrence's board "Battle of Ringgold Gap" on See more ideas about american civil war, ringgold, civil warRinggold Gap Battlefield A small roadside park one halfmile east of Ringgold on US Route 41 commemorates the Battle of Ringgold Gap The nearby Western and Atlantic Depot still shows scars from the damage it received from artillery fire during the battle The General Patrick R Cleburne Memorial, a statue dedicated in 09, is located at