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The Battle of Orchard Knob
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2 pm – Taking Orchard Knob
Location: Orchard Knob Reservation, 306 N Orchard Knob Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404
Fought on November 23, 1863, the Battle of Orchard Knob, a 100-foot-high knoll, was the first of three engagements of Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s breakout from Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s siege of Chattanooga. Initially, the 634 Confederates of the 24th and 28th Alabama Infantry Regiments positioned on Orchard Knob thought the Union line of battle was for a parade for General Grant. Little did they know that this line, of 14,000 Union soldiers, was an exploratory push outward to see what General Bragg’s intentions were. Come learn how this little, but important first Battle of Chattanooga helped secure the town for the Union army for the remainder of the war. This 1-hour program will explore the fighting that took place on this important rise between Union occupied Chattanooga and Confederate occupied Missionary Ridge.