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The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans' Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chickamauga in September, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg besieged Rosecrans and his men by occupying key high terrain around Chattanooga, Tennessee. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was given command of Union forces in the West and significant reinforcements began to arrive with him in Chattanooga from Mississippi and the Eastern Theater.
After opening a supply line (the "Cracker Line") to feed his starving men and animals, Grant's army fought off a Confederate counterattack at the Battle of Wauhatchie on October 28–29, 1863. On November 23, the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas advanced from the fortifications around Chattanooga to seize the minor high ground at Orchard Knob while elements of the Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman maneuvered to launch a surprise attack against Bragg's right flank on Missionary Ridge. On November 24, Eastern Theater troops under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hookerdefeated the Confederates in the Battle of Lookout Mountain and began a movement toward Bragg's left flank at Rossville.
On November 25, Sherman's attack on Bragg's right flank made little progress. Hoping to distract Bragg's attention, Grant authorized Thomas's army to advance in the center of his line to the base of Missionary Ridge. A combination of misunderstood orders and the pressure of the tactical situation caused Thomas's men to surge to the top of Missionary Ridge, routing the Army of Tennessee, which retreated to Dalton, Georgia, fighting off the Union pursuit successfully at the Battle of Ringgold Gap. Bragg's defeat eliminated the last significant Confederate control of Tennessee and opened the door to an invasion of the Deep South, leading to Sherman's Atlanta Campaign of 1864.
* Ulysses S. Grant and Braxton Bragg
* The "Battle Above the Clouds" painting by James Walker
* The Battle of Wauhatchie (Site No. 1)
* The Battle of Wauhatchie (Site No. 2)
* The Battle of Chattanooga (Cravens House)
* Ohio Monument near the Cravens House
* The Battle of Chattanooga (Point Park)
* New York Peace Monument at Point Park
* The Battle of Missionary Ridge (Orchard Knob - Grant's Headquarters)
* The Battle of Missionary Ridge (Sherman Reservation)
* The Battle of Missionary Ridge (De Long Reservation)
* The Battle of Missionary Ridge (Bragg Reservation)
* The Chattanooga National Cemetery (Final Resting Place of Andrews Raiders)
* Photos courtesy of William Bechmann (2012)
After opening a supply line (the "Cracker Line") to feed his starving men and animals, Grant's army fought off a Confederate counterattack at the Battle of Wauhatchie on October 28–29, 1863. On November 23, the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas advanced from the fortifications around Chattanooga to seize the minor high ground at Orchard Knob while elements of the Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman maneuvered to launch a surprise attack against Bragg's right flank on Missionary Ridge. On November 24, Eastern Theater troops under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hookerdefeated the Confederates in the Battle of Lookout Mountain and began a movement toward Bragg's left flank at Rossville.
On November 25, Sherman's attack on Bragg's right flank made little progress. Hoping to distract Bragg's attention, Grant authorized Thomas's army to advance in the center of his line to the base of Missionary Ridge. A combination of misunderstood orders and the pressure of the tactical situation caused Thomas's men to surge to the top of Missionary Ridge, routing the Army of Tennessee, which retreated to Dalton, Georgia, fighting off the Union pursuit successfully at the Battle of Ringgold Gap. Bragg's defeat eliminated the last significant Confederate control of Tennessee and opened the door to an invasion of the Deep South, leading to Sherman's Atlanta Campaign of 1864.
* Ulysses S. Grant and Braxton Bragg
* The "Battle Above the Clouds" painting by James Walker
* The Battle of Wauhatchie (Site No. 1)
* The Battle of Wauhatchie (Site No. 2)
* The Battle of Chattanooga (Cravens House)
* Ohio Monument near the Cravens House
* The Battle of Chattanooga (Point Park)
* New York Peace Monument at Point Park
* The Battle of Missionary Ridge (Orchard Knob - Grant's Headquarters)
* The Battle of Missionary Ridge (Sherman Reservation)
* The Battle of Missionary Ridge (De Long Reservation)
* The Battle of Missionary Ridge (Bragg Reservation)
* The Chattanooga National Cemetery (Final Resting Place of Andrews Raiders)
* Photos courtesy of William Bechmann (2012)
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