The Battle of Chickamauga - An Historic Walk of Snodgrass Hill and Horseshoe Ridge
Thu, Mar 09
|Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Mil
Join us the day before the Seminar in the Woods for this special event!
Time & Location
Mar 09, 2023, 1:30 PM EST
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Mil, 3370 Lafayette Rd, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742, USA
Guests
About the event
We will meet in the Visitor's Center!
From 12:30 pm to 7:00 pm on September 20, 1863, the wooded and hilly area around the small George Snodgrass farm was witness to one of the great defensive stands in the annals of the United States Army. After suffering the disintegration of the Army of the Cumberland’s center and right caused by a division being mistakenly ordered out of the line, the survivors of that attack gathered on the high ground west of their original battle line to attempt to stop the seemingly unstoppable Confederate assault. Shattered units were placed into a hastily improvised line on Snodgrass Hill and Horseshoe Ridge and ordered to hold the ground at all costs. If they failed, the Army of the Cumberland could be completely destroyed, killed, or captured.
The Confederate Army of Tennessee was not familiar with battlefield success. Having been heavily reinforced from Mississippi…