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Missionary Ridge

American  

noun

  1. a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.


Missionary Ridge British  

noun

  1. a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: site of a battle (1863) during the Civil War: Northern victory leading to the campaign in Georgia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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En route, dressing every day entirely in black, he paid final visits to the battlefields of his youth, hiking for miles in the Indian summer heat around Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, Hell’s Half-Acre.

From The Guardian May 28, 2016

General Arthur MacArthur, left Wisconsin to join the Union forces at the age of 17, emerged as "The Boy Colonel of the West," having led his troops personally on the charge at Missionary Ridge.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are flashes of MacArthur's father, Arthur MacArthur, who fought for the Union at Missionary Ridge, who was the last military governor of the Philippines.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Perryville, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge he won his spurs, came under the notice of Grant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then finally the command came for them to take the frontline trenches at the base of Missionary Ridge, which towered like a steep wall opposite Lookout.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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