Battle of Hoover's Gap

The Battle of Hoover's Gap was the principal battle in the Tullahoma Campaign of the American Civil War, in which Union General William S. Rosecrans drove General Braxton Bragg’s Confederates out of Central Tennessee. Rosecrans’ feigned move on the western end of the Confederate line had left the eastern mountain passes lightly defended, and Colonel John T. Wilder's mounted infantry achieved total surprise when they attacked Hoover's Gap. Success was attributed both to Rosecrans’ brilliant deception tactics and the high morale of Wilder’s "Lightning Brigade", equipped with the new Spencer repeating rifle.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Tullahoma Campaign	military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	First Battle of Murfreesboro	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Hoover's Gap	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Liberty Gap	battle	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1982	Barrett Firearms Manufacturing	organization, arms industry, weapons manufacturing company, business, enterprise	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Nash	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fortress Rosecrans	fort	Wikidata