Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/48

November 23

1863 - Chattanooga - In this first phase of Ulysses S. Grant's planned breakout from Chattanooga, the Army of the Cumberland under George H. Thomas struck out east in the face of Missionary Ridge meeting little Confederate resistance

November 24

1863 - Lookout Mountain - In this second day, Joseph Hooker's XI and XII Corps of the Army of the Potomac, recently transferred to the western theater, assaulted the gap between Lookout Mountain and the Tennessee River and fought the "Battle above the Clouds"

1864 - Columbia - A Confederate diversion designed to cross the Duck River upstream and interdict the Union army's line of communications with Nashville, John B. Hood's Army of Tennessee was delayed by Federals under John Schofield

November 25

1863 - Missionary Ridge - Ordered to take the rifle pits in front of Missionary Ridge, Thomas's Army of the Cumberland advanced to the ridge top without orders and broke the Confederate line overlooking the city of Chattanooga

1864 - First Battle of Adobe Walls

November 27

1863 - Ringgold Gap - In the wake of the Battle of Chattanooga, Army of Tennessee commander Braxton Bragg ordered Patrick Cleburne and his division to defend this narrow pass in Catoosa County, Georgia "at all hazards" from pursuing Federal corps under Joseph Hooker

1863 - Mine Run - George Meade pushed his Army of the Potomac to cross the Rapidan River in Orange County, Virginia in an attempt to surprise Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia