By Samuel E Burns
Looking across freshly mowed lawns, it's hard to imagine that in the fall of 1863, Union and Confederate armies clashed in some of the hardest fighting of the Civil War. The Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park is home to monuments paying tribute to fallen soldiers and a visitors center with lots of information and artifacts on the battle that took place on these grounds. Chattanooga, TN was a key rail & river center, the gateway into the western theater of operation, to the heart of the Confederacy.
Photo by Samuel E Burns
The union general William S. Rosecrans had forged southern general Braxton Bragg's to withdraw from middle Tennessee to Chattanooga. Rags dug in his forces to guard the Tennessee River Crossing northeast of the city. In September, 1863, Rosecrans Union forces crossed the Tennessee River well above Chattanooga. This forced Bragg's to withdraw his troops southward and thus eluding his federal pursuers.
Photo by Samuel E Burns
Braggs concentrated his forces at Lafayette Georgia some 26 miles south of Chattanooga. With his army reinforced to more than 66,000 men, he stationed his army on the West Bank of Chickamauga Creek.
Photo by Samuel E Burns
Shortly after dawn on the morning of September 19, fighting broke out as both armies fought desperately all day but the Confederates pushed the federal's back. The next day brags again tried to drive between median forces in Chattanooga, but failed to dislodge Rosecrans from his position. As the battle continued a gap opened up in the federal line and the Confederates swarmed through, routing the Union Army. Gen. George Thomas took command of the remaining federal forces, and after dark, withdrew his forces from the field and set up his defense for Chattanooga. The battle for Chattanooga had begun.
Photo by Samuel E Burns
Looking across freshly mowed lawns, it's hard to imagine that in the fall of 1863, Union and Confederate armies clashed in some of the hardest fighting of the Civil War. The Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park is home to monuments paying tribute to fallen soldiers and a visitors center with lots of information and artifacts on the battle that took place on these grounds. Chattanooga, TN was a key rail & river center, the gateway into the western theater of operation, to the heart of the Confederacy.
Photo by Samuel E Burns
The union general William S. Rosecrans had forged southern general Braxton Bragg's to withdraw from middle Tennessee to Chattanooga. Rags dug in his forces to guard the Tennessee River Crossing northeast of the city. In September, 1863, Rosecrans Union forces crossed the Tennessee River well above Chattanooga. This forced Bragg's to withdraw his troops southward and thus eluding his federal pursuers.
Photo by Samuel E Burns
Braggs concentrated his forces at Lafayette Georgia some 26 miles south of Chattanooga. With his army reinforced to more than 66,000 men, he stationed his army on the West Bank of Chickamauga Creek.
Photo by Samuel E Burns
Shortly after dawn on the morning of September 19, fighting broke out as both armies fought desperately all day but the Confederates pushed the federal's back. The next day brags again tried to drive between median forces in Chattanooga, but failed to dislodge Rosecrans from his position. As the battle continued a gap opened up in the federal line and the Confederates swarmed through, routing the Union Army. Gen. George Thomas took command of the remaining federal forces, and after dark, withdrew his forces from the field and set up his defense for Chattanooga. The battle for Chattanooga had begun.
Photo by Samuel E Burns
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