Battle of Chattanooga

7.8

A major 1863 American Civil War battle where Union forces defeat the Confederate army

noun
/ˈbætəl əv ˌʃəˈnætəɡoʊ/

: Batalla de Chattanooga

Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant achieved a decisive victory during the Battle of Chattanooga in November 1863.

Examples

From these stores, for example, Cuyler quickly and completely rearmed the batteries of the armies of Mississippi and Tennessee following their defeat at the Battle of Chattanooga in 1863.

Academic text (2007)
Grant court-martialed him right after the Battle of Chattanooga.

The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
The Battle of Chattanooga was a turning point in the American Civil War, leading to significant Union victories.
The defeat of Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army at the Battle of Chattanooga marked a crucial moment in the war's outcome.

Synonyms

First Battle of Chattanooga

vsBattle of Chattanooga

9.9

A major 1863 battle where Union forces led by Ulysses S. Grant defeat Confederate troops near Chattanooga, Tennessee

is the same battle but named without an ordinal label

Surface Forms

Battle of Chattanooga singular

Battles of Chattanooga plural

Morphology

battle + of + Chattanooga

The phrase is fully compositional: 'battle' + 'of' + a place name signals a military engagement that took place at Chattanooga. This naming pattern (Battle of X) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer it denotes a battle at that location (though historical details require extra knowledge).

Etymology

The name Battle of Chattanooga comes from a major battle in 1863 near the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant beat the Confederate army and won control of a key railroad hub, so the event is remembered as a 'turning point' in the American Civil War.