Missionary Ridge

noun

Missionary Ridge

a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: site of a battle (1863) during the Civil War: Northern victory leading to the campaign in Georgia

He had been in Sheridan's force when it stormed Missionary Ridge.

Two miles to the east rises Missionary Ridge, 500 feet high.

It was that flag that this Company followed in its awful charge up Missionary Ridge.

What if a sprig of green were found upon the bloody jacket of a Union soldier who lay dead on Missionary Ridge?

The assault of Missionary Ridge was an undertaking before which another army would have quailed.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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