Battle of chattanooga iii

The Battle of Chattanooga

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  • Rosecrans withdraws forces to Chattanooga

    Rosecrans withdraws forces to Chattanooga

    Braggs Confederates occupy Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.
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    The Battle of Chatanooga

  • Transfer of Federal Army Corps

    Transfer of Federal Army Corps

    To aid Rosecrans, Federal XI and XII Corps of Army of the Potomac are transferred 1,233 miles by rail from Culpeper to Chattanooga.
  • Grant is given overall command in west

    Grant is given overall command in west

    Grant is granted overall command in the west, and arrives in Chattanooga.
  • General Smith advances and builds bridge

    General Smith advances and builds bridge

    Gen. Smith and 3,500 men sail down the Tennessee River and march across Moccasin Point to Brown's Ferry, chase-off Confederate Pickets and erect a pontoon bridge.
  • Longstreet's troops attack Federal XI Corps

    Longstreet's troops attack Federal XI Corps

    At Wauhatchie, Longstreet's troops attack Federal XI Corps, but fail to drive them frome the newly-opened Union supply route from Bridgeport, nicknamed the "Cracker Line."
  • Grant sends more forces

    Grant sends more forces

    Grant sends Sherman and Hooker to envelop the flank of the Confederate position.
  • Bragg loses Lookout Mountain to Hooker's forces.

    Bragg loses Lookout Mountain to Hooker's forces.

    Hooker proceeds to Rossville to threaten Bragg's left and rear.
  • Sherman's troops attack Confederates

    Sherman's troops attack Confederates

    Sherman's troops attack Confederate right at Tunnel Hill, but repulsed by Cleburne's and Stevenson's division.
  • Bragg's army is defeated.

    Bragg's army is defeated.

    Four divisions of Thomas' Corps advance up Missionary Ridge and rout the Confederate Center, while Hooker attacks their left. Bragg's Army is defeated and retreats deep into Georgia.