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

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

At 18, he led an assault on Missionary Ridge, and for his courage won the Medal of Honor.

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

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