| Battle of Fort Sanders | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 The Rebel Assault on fort Sanders, Harper's Weekly January 9, 1864 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 Confederate States of America | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ambrose Burnside | James Longstreet | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Army of the Ohio | Confederate Forces in East Tennessee[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 440 | ~3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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13 total 8 killed 5 wounded [2] |
813 total 129 killed 458 wounded 226 captured[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Fort Sanders was the crucial engagement of the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War, fought in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 29, 1863. Assaults by Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet failed to break through the defensive lines of Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, resulting in lopsided casualties, and the Siege of Knoxville entered its final days.
- ^ "Battle Detail - the Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)".
- ^ Eicher, p. 616.
- ^ Alexander, p. 492.