18. – 20. september 1863 st\u00f3\u00f0 einn bl\u00f3\u00f0ugasti bardagi Borgarastr\u00ed\u00f0sins yfir \u00ed nor\u00f0urhluta Georg\u00edu-fylkis, hinn svonefndi Chickamauga-bardagi (e. the battle of Chickamauga) \u00fear sem um 125 \u00fe\u00fasund hermenn b\u00f6r\u00f0ust; 60.000 \u00far Sambandshernum og 65.000 \u00far Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjaher. \u00deeim bardaga lauk me\u00f0 sigri Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjahersins og manntj\u00f3ni sem var hi\u00f0 anna\u00f0 mesta \u00ed s\u00f6gu str\u00ed\u00f0sins, me\u00f0 t\u00e6plega 35 \u00fe\u00fasund f\u00f6llnum, sl\u00f6su\u00f0um e\u00f0a horfnum \u00far b\u00e1\u00f0um fylkingum samtals. Einungis bardaginn vi\u00f0 Gettysburg \u00ed Pennsylvan\u00edu (1.-3. J\u00fal\u00ed 1863) olli meira manntj\u00f3ni. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Borgin Chickamauga \u00ed Georg\u00edu-fylki liggur um 14 km su\u00f0ur af Chattanooga, Tennessee. Fr\u00e1 Chattanooga og ni\u00f0ur \u00ed nor\u00f0austurhluta Georg\u00edu st\u00f3\u00f0 yfir r\u00f6\u00f0 bardaga \u00e1 t\u00edmabilinu 21. \u00e1g\u00fast til 20. september 1863 milli Sambandshers Cumberlands (e. Union Army of the Cumberland) og Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjahers Tennessee (e. Confederate Army of Tennessee). \u00deessi svokalla\u00f0a Chickamauga-herfer\u00f0 h\u00f3fst \u00feegar Sambandsherinn hernam Chattanooga og neyddi Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjaherinn \u00ed framhaldinu til a\u00f0 h\u00f6rfa \u00ed su\u00f0ur\u00e1tt til nor\u00f0urhluta Georg\u00edu. S\u00f3kn Sambandshersins lauk vi\u00f0 Chickamauga \u00feegar atlaga Su\u00f0urr\u00edkjahers neyddi William S. Rosencrans hersh\u00f6f\u00f0inga \u00e1 endanum til a\u00f0 hopa aftur til Chattanooga. Innr\u00e1s Sambandsherinn \u00ed Georg\u00edu-fylki var\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed lengri a\u00f0 sinni \u00fe\u00f3 honum hef\u00f0i tekist a\u00f0 n\u00e1 Chattanooga \u00e1 sitt vald. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ddmsar t\u00e6knin\u00fdjungar h\u00f6f\u00f0u liti\u00f0 dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma. Flutningar me\u00f0 lestum h\u00f6f\u00f0u sta\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir \u00ed minna en \u00ferj\u00e1 \u00e1ratugi \u00ed Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku, en \u00fearna n\u00fdttu herir beggja fylkinga einbrei\u00f0ar lestarbrautir til a\u00f0 koma birg\u00f0um og a\u00f0f\u00f6ngum til s\u00edn \u00ed gegnum hrj\u00f3strugt landslagi\u00f0. Rits\u00edminn var kominn til s\u00f6gunnar og verkfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar \u00ed li\u00f0i Sambandshersins sm\u00ed\u00f0u\u00f0u flatbytnur og \u00fatbjuggu skammbitabr\u00fdr (e. trestle bridges) til a\u00f0 koma herm\u00f6nnum yfir Tennessee-flj\u00f3t. \u00dea\u00f0 var \u00fe\u00f3 tilkoma Spencer-fj\u00f6lskotariffilsins (Spencer repeating rifle) sem \u00e1tti st\u00f3ran \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed hinu g\u00edfurlega mannfalli. Hann ger\u00f0i herm\u00f6nnum kleift a\u00f0 hleypa af 14-20 skotum \u00e1 m\u00edn\u00fatu a\u00f0 me\u00f0altali, e\u00f0a um tv\u00f6falt fleiri en forveri hans, og gj\u00f6rsamlega t\u00e6tti upp herfylkingarnar sem fyrir \u00feeim ur\u00f0u. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Connolly ofursti \u00ed 123. deild Sambandshers Illinois l\u00fdsti sinni reynslu af notkun rifflanna \u00ed j\u00fan\u00ed 1863 (teki\u00f0 af s\u00ed\u00f0u American Battlefield Trust):<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201ePresently the enemy got near enough to us to make a charge on our battery, and on they came; our men are on their feet in an instant and a terrible fire from the \u201cSpencers\u201d causes the advancing regiment to reel and its colors fall to the ground, but in an instant their colors are up again and on they come, thinking to reach the battery before our guns can be reloaded, but they \u201creckoned without their host,\u201d they didn\u2019t know we had the \u201cSpencers,\u201d and their charging yell was answered by another terrible volley, and another and another without cessation, until the poor regiment was literally cut to pieces\u2026.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n 18. – 20. september 1863 st\u00f3\u00f0 einn bl\u00f3\u00f0ugasti bardagi Borgarastr\u00ed\u00f0sins yfir \u00ed nor\u00f0urhluta Georg\u00edu-fylkis, hinn svonefndi Chickamauga-bardagi (e. the battle of Chickamauga) \u00fear sem um…<\/p>\n\n
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