Beech Grove Engagement
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ggmorton
N 35° 37.723 W 086° 14.564
16S E 568570 N 3943033
The site of a skirmish near Beech Grove, TN.
Waymark Code: WM1Q0Q
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2007
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On June 24, 1863, Union forces under Rosecrans overpowered Confederate defenders of Hoover's Gap, commanded by Stewart, Bate, and Bushrod Johnson. This was the beginning of Bragg's withdrawal to Chattanooga. Unknown soldiers who fell in the battle are buried in the cemetery to the southeast.
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