1. Ride across Missionary Ridge

    · Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

    Ride across Missionary Ridge
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    During the Battle of Chickamauga, Garfield crossed Missionary Ridge to survey whether part of the Union army still held the field. The source supports September 1863 but does not identify which of the battle's two days he crossed the ridge.

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