Chickamauga
Speech parts
1. Chickamauga - Noun
2. Chickamauga - Proper noun
Meaning
a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
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Examples
I used to be in the real estate business, and I have three areas of interest: Chickamauga Lock, Chickamauga Lock, and Chickamauga Lock.
For many years, North Carolinians proudly boasted that they had been "First at Bethel, Farthest at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, and Last at Appomattox."
In 1820, the William Blackwells moved to Hall County, Ga. In 1834, they pushed on to Chickamauga Creek on a farm that straddled the Georgia-Tennessee line.
The deaf-mute boy playing war may have been a figment of Bierce’s imagination, but the writer no doubt looked into the face of despair and emptiness that day if he chanced upon Eliza Glenn or one of the other Chickamauga refugees.
The commemorative effort took countless hours of research for Chickamauga Chapter Historian Cindy Dearing and the hardworking committee members.
Nevertheless, Chickamauga was the greatest Confederate victory in the Western Theater and Longstreet deserved a good portion of the credit.