BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA - SEPTEMBER 19-20, 1863

Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army attacked Gen. William Rosencrans' Union Army forcing a Union retreat to Chattanooga, Tennessee. There were 34,000 total causalties. The 18,000 Confederate losses included 37 men from the 38th Alabama. In addition, 151 soldiers of the 38th were wounded and five were missing.
Map of the Battle of Chickamauga

More information about the battle can be found in excerpts from a letter by Captain Ben Lane Posey which appeared in the Mobile Advertiser and Register Oct. 25, 1863.

CHICKAMAUGA PHOTOS - PAGE 1

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This group of photos gives some insights into the nature of the battle. See also a list of men who were honored for their bravery during the battle.

Brotherton Cabin at Chickamauga   "General Clayton claimed for his brigade that it was the first and last in General Alexander P. Steward's Division to encounter the Union forces at Chickamauga, and the first in the Army to pierce the Federal center and cross the Chattanooga Road on Saturday evening, September 19, 1963, near Brotherton's House." From Southerners at War - the 38th Alabama Infantry by Arthur E. Green.
See Captain Ben Lane Posey's letter describing the batttle.

Plaque at Missionary Ridge citing the participation of the 38th Alabama led by Colonel Charles T. Ketchum.




Lookout Mountain  Clayton's Brigade was sent to Lookout Mountain late in the afternoon of November 24, 1965, to relieve a Mississippi and an Alabama brigade.