Battle of Chattanooga

November 1863 --The Battle of Chattanooga-- 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. http://americancivilwar.com/tl/tl1863.html The Battles of Chattanooga, in the U.S. Civil War, were a series of engagements fought around Chattanooga, Tenn., in …

…on October 23, reinforced the Army of the Cumberland (now under Thomas's command), bringing it to 60,000 men. In the confused battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge (Nov. 24-25, 1863), Thomas and Grant decisively defeated 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 (1969).