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Vol 1.
The Campaigns
ALONG THE LINE OE THE
Western & Atlantic
Railroad.
The Historic Battlefields
Route of America.
The army operations
along the line of the West
■era & Atlantic Railroad
during the great “War
between the States” began
early in September, 1863,
after Rosecrans, by his
movements through the
mountain passes southwest
•of Chattanooga, into the
Chickamauga Valley, had
forced the evacuation of
that point by the Confed
erate army under General
After several days of ma
neuvering, during which
there were occasionally se
vere skirmishes or minor
engagements between the
two armies, the great bat
tle of Chickamauga began
September 18,1863. This
was along the line of the
West Chickamauga creek,
some seven miles west
from Ringgold and Grays
ville, which are stations
on the Western & Atlan
tic Railroad.
The Federal army, be
ing defeated in this san
guinary struggle, retreat
ed to Chattanooga. The
Confederates folio wed,and
occupied Missionary Ridge
and Lookout Mountain,
just south of Chattanooga.
They also secured pos
session of the Nashville &
Chattanooga Railroad at
Bridgeport and other
points, th us breakingßose
erans’ communications by
rail with Nashville, his
base of supplies, and forc
ing the Federal army to
receive its army stores,
provisions, etc., by wagon
roads sixty miles in length
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across the mountains. Chattanooga
was therefore practically besieged by
the Confederates, and great suffering
ensued among the Union soldiers.
Thus matters continued until the
latter part of November, when Gen
eral Grant with large re-enforcements
arrived and took personal command of
the Federal army. Bragg strangely
weakened himself by detaching Long-
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street’s corps and other portions of his
army, and sending to Knoxville for the
purpose of reducing that point.
November 24, 1863, began the bat
tles around Chattanooga. “Fighting
Joe Hooker,” with 9,100 men, assault
ed Lookout Mountain, which was de
fended by General Walthall, with
1,489 men. The attack was made late
in the night, and a thick mist envel-
oped the mountain, rendering it im
possible for the Confederates to accu
rately determine the Federal move
ments; hence Hooker, literally in the
midst of the clouds, succeeded in scal
ing the craggy mountain, and after a
short struggle, drove the Confederates
off at about 2 a. m., November 25.
The same day (November 25),
Grant’s army made a general attack
Vo. 10.
upon the Confederate po
sit ion on Missionary
Ridge. The assault
upon Hardee’s corps on
the Confederate right
was repulsed several
times; but, la*e in the
afternoon, the Confed
erate left center was
broken, and soon the en
tireline except the right
gave way, and a disas
trous defeat for the Con
federates was the result.
The day following,
there was fighting at
Chickamauga station
and Graysville, on the
Western & Atlantic rail
road ; and on Novem
ber 27, ensued the des
perate contest between
Hooker’s corps of Grant’s
army and Cleburne’s di
vision of the Confeder
ate army at Ringgold
Gap on the Western <fc
Atlantic Railroad. The
Federals here met a se
vere repulse.
The next day there
was fighting at Tunnel
Hill, to which point the
Confederates had retir
ed. The Union army
then fell back to Chat
tanooga, and went into
winter quarters.
General Grant short
ly afterwards went to
Virginia to assume com
mand of the army of the
Potomac, leaving Tho
mas in temporary com
mand of the army at
Chattanooga.
During February,
1864, the Federals made
a movement in heavy
force towards Dalton,