Battle of Wauhatchie

Battle of Wauhatchie
Part of the American Civil War
Map of the engagement at Wauhatchie, Tenn. by Julius Bien & Co.
Date October 28, 1863 (1863-10-28) – October 29, 1863 (1863-10-29) Location Hamilton County, Tennessee 35°00′35″N 85°22′28″W / 35.00972°N 85.37444°W / 35.00972; -85.37444 Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Hooker John W. Geary Carl Schurz Adolph von Steinwehr	Micah Jenkins
Units involved
XI Corps XII Corps	Jenkins's Brigade Longstreet's Corps
Casualties and losses
420: 78 killed 327 wounded 15 missing	408: 34 killed 305 wounded 69 missing

The Battle of Wauhatchie was fought October 28–29, 1863, in Hamilton and Marion counties, Tennessee, and Dade County, Georgia, in the American Civil War. A Union force had seized Brown's Ferry on the Tennessee River, opening a supply line to the Union army in Chattanooga. Confederate forces attempted to dislodge the Union force defending the ferry and again close this supply line but were defeated. Wauhatchie was one of the few night battles of the Civil War.