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Ringgold Gap Battle Facts And Summary American Battlefield Trust “The hills on both sides of the gap were lined with busy sharpshooters, and the shell and grape came plunging and hurtling into and around our position” Brig Gen John W Geary BACKGROUND After the spectacular Union victory at Missionary Ridge Braxton Bragg’s Confederate Army of Tennessee began its retreat into Georgia General Bragg’s main Ringgold Gap November 27,The Battle of Ringgold Gap was fought , in northwest Georgia during the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War The Confederate victory by Maj Gen Patrick Cleburne gave the artillery and wagon trains of the Army of Tennessee safe passage to retreat through the “Ringgold Gap” mountain pass and caused high Union casualties Can a retainer fix a gap