The campaign and the major battle are named after West Chickamauga Creek

One of the interesting facts about the Battle of Chickamauga is that the campaign and the major battle are named after West Chickamauga Creek. During the Civil War, one of the fiercest battles took place along West Chickamauga Creek over control of the railroad center at neighboring Chattanooga. The battle, known as the Battle of Chickamauga, took place between September 18 and 20, 1863. The engagement was named after Chickamauga Creek and was fought between the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg. However, the creek itself had little impact on the outcome of the war. The battle's earliest skirmishes occurred as Confederate troops attempted to bridge the West Chickamauga Creek, particularly at Alexander's Bridge and Reed's Bridge, which are located around the southeast and northeast borders of the present-day Chickamauga National Military Park.

Union General William S. Rosecrans had based his troops in Chickamauga, Georgia, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) southeast of Chattanooga. Confederate General Braxton Bragg had gathered reinforcements and was preparing to fight alongside General James Longstreet. Rosecrans and a substantial number of his force fled the field in confusion after three days of warfare. The Union's "Chickamauga Campaign" in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia came to a conclusion with the Battle of Chickamauga, which cost Rosencrans his command.