Union Forces Commanded by: Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside
Confederate Forces Commanded by: Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
**Missing and Captured Conclusion: Union Victory | ![]() |
BATTLE SUMMARY
In early November, Gen. Braxton Bragg dispatched Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, with 2 infantry divisions and about 2 artillery battalions, from the Confederate Army of Tennessee near Chattanooga with a license to crush Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's Union Department of the Ohio troops at Knoxville, Tennessee.