Chickamauga
Americannoun
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He spoke as if each syllable had been dredged through the Chickamauga Dam.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2024
Lincoln’s old friend Gilmer, who was killed leading an Illinois infantry regiment during the Civil War’s 1863 Battle of Chickamauga, received one copy of the ambrotype.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Benning and his men held “Burnside’s Bridge” against a much larger Union force before retreating during the Battle of Antietam and took part in ferocious combat at Gettysburg and Chickamauga.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
"This new concept was tested during the long days of fighting at the battle of Chickamauga where Wilder's Brigade saved the Union Army from almost certain destruction on two occasions," the Indiana War Memorial explains.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
Not long after he got the top of his head shot off in the Battle of Chickamauga, Cudn Vanna married an Englishman, a blockade-runner for the Confederates.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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