Battle Of Chattanooga
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Grant, brought in to save the situation, steadily built up offensive strength, and on November 23- 25 burst the blockade in a series of brilliantly executed attacks. Union forces pushed Confederate troops away from Chattanooga. The victory set the stage for General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
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The Battles of Chattanooga, in the U.S. Civil War, were a series of engagements fought around Chattanooga, Tenn., in September and November 1863. The Confederates were commanded by Braxton Bragg, and the Union forces were first under William S. Rosecrans, then George H. Thomas, and finally Ulysses S. Grant. Rosecrans maneuvered Bragg from Chattanooga ...
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Bragg's 40,000 men. The result left Tennessee in Union hands.
Frank E. Vandiver
Bibliography: Catton, Bruce, Grant Takes Command (1968); Connelly, T. L., Autumn of Glory (1971); Cozzens, Peter, The Shipwreck of Their Hopes (1994); McDonough, J. L., Chattanooga (1984); McWhiney, Grady, Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat ...
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