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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

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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

In June the Missionary Ridge fire, northeast of town, burned 70,000 acres.

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

Arthur MacArthur was not yet 20 when he led a charge up Missionary Ridge in the Civil War, an action that won him the Medal of Honor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next paragraphs explained Grant’s strategy of the battle: Hooker would strike at one end of the Confederate line on Lookout Mountain; Sherman would hit the other end on Missionary Ridge.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt