| Battle of Ringgold Gap | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 Sketch of the Battle of Ringgold Gap | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Joseph Hooker | Patrick Cleburne | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 16,000[1] | 4,200[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 509 (67 KIA, 442 WIA)[3] | 20 killed, 201 wounded[4] | ||||||
The Battle of Ringgold Gap was fought November 27, 1863, outside the town of Ringgold, Georgia, by the Confederate and Union armies during the American Civil War. Part of the Chattanooga Campaign, it followed a heavy Confederate loss at the Battle of Missionary Ridge from which General Braxton Bragg's artillery and wagon trains were forced to retreat south. The five hour Battle of Ringgold Gap resulted in the Confederate victory of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne and gave the Army of Tennessee safe passage to retreat through the Ringgold Gap mountain pass.