Chickamauga Battles

Chickamauga Battles is a series of missions about the Battle of Chickamauga, fought in Georgia from September 18 to 20, 1863. The Army of the Cumberland, led by Major General William Rosecrans, engaged the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg. Earlier in September, Rosecrans had driven Bragg's army out of Chattanooga and pursued it south. Bragg set out to reoccupy the city by meeting and defeating part of Rosecrans's army, but encountered the Union army on the way north.

The battle

The Battle of Chickamauga was the most significant Union defeat in the western theatre and had the second-highest number of casualties of any Civil War battle, after Gettysburg. The game presents key parts of the battle in individual missions, then concludes with a mission to refight the entire battle. Because the battle covered a vast area, this final mission uses a different scale from the more detailed missions covering individual actions.

Campaigns and missions

The game includes:

• Tutorial: 7 missions played as the Union.
• Opening Shots: 4 missions covering key events from September 19.
• Engagement: 4 missions covering further key events from September 19.
• Deadlock: 4 missions covering key events from September 20.
• Twilight: 4 missions covering further key events from September 20.
• The Battle of Chickamauga: A single large-scale mission to refight the whole battle.

Except for the tutorial, missions can be played as either side.