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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 A. humorous dare-devil—the very man to suit my purpose. Bulwer. across the mountains. Chattanooga was therefore practically besieged by the Confederates, and great suffering ensued among the Union soldiers. 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V. / (i \ y >—. %* Mill ’ 7x au, Vtlapta daipphigi) jViupbef 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,