Missionary Ridge

American  

noun

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

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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

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Example Sentences

They fell like dominos, breaking off a box elder from the Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, battleground.

From Washington Times

That’s not to say “Little Seeds” is bleak — it opens with a blast of guitar feedback and a stomping rocker called “I Know,” and even the softer, folky songs, like “Missionary Ridge,” have a bit of X and Johnny-and-June in them.

From Seattle Times

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

On Sept. 29, two weeks after he returned, Albert was shot multiple times and died in the middle of Rosemont Drive near the Missionary Ridge Tunnel.

From Washington Times

He made mountains of chips and stones out in the wood lot and showed John’s little boys how their father, along with the boys in the Army of the Cumberland, had scaled Missionary Ridge and had so broken the center of the Confederate line that General Bragg had had to order his divided army to retreat and to leave Chattanooga in the hands of the Federals.

From Literature