The NPS battle descriptionArchived January 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission and Kennedy, p. 227, cite September 15-20 However, fighting on September 18 was relatively minor in comparison to the following two days and only small portions of the armies were engaged. The Official Records of the war list September 18 activities as "Skirmishes at Pea Vine Ridge, Alexander's and Reed's Bridges, Dyer's Ford, Spring Creek, and near Stevens' Gap, Georgia." Chickamauga is almost universally referred to as a two-day battle, fought on September 19–20.
Cozzens, pp. 418–419; Robertson (Summer 2008), p. 44; Alf G. Hunter, Chapter V: Chickamauga campaignArchived March 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, reports, however, that Col. Hunter stated in an 1887 speech to veterans of his regiment that he did not see Brannan once that afternoon.
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The NPS battle descriptionArchived January 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission and Kennedy, p. 227, cite September 15-20 However, fighting on September 18 was relatively minor in comparison to the following two days and only small portions of the armies were engaged. The Official Records of the war list September 18 activities as "Skirmishes at Pea Vine Ridge, Alexander's and Reed's Bridges, Dyer's Ford, Spring Creek, and near Stevens' Gap, Georgia." Chickamauga is almost universally referred to as a two-day battle, fought on September 19–20.
Cozzens, pp. 418–419; Robertson (Summer 2008), p. 44; Alf G. Hunter, Chapter V: Chickamauga campaignArchived March 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, reports, however, that Col. Hunter stated in an 1887 speech to veterans of his regiment that he did not see Brannan once that afternoon.
