Chattanooga 1863

Grant and Bragg in Central Tennessee

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Chattanooga 1863

Grant and Bragg in Central Tennessee

Description

A highly illustrated account of the Chatanooga campaign that opened the road to Atlanta, and marked Grant's first experience as a theater commander.

Following the disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, Union forces were in disarray and the tactically vital Chattanooga was under siege and on the brink of falling. Secretary of War William Stanton ordered Ulysses Grant to send the Army of Tennessee to reinforce Chattanooga. Grant had already reacted. The situation was dire. It required outstanding leadership to rescue the situation.

President Abraham Lincoln decided Grant was the man for the occasion. In early October, Grant was promoted to command of the Military District of Mississippi and told to clean up the mess created by Chickamauga. With those orders a new campaign began: the Chattanooga Campaign. This book tracks how over the next three months Grant would orchestrate the movements of three Union Armies – The Army of the Cumberland, The Army of the Tennessee, and two Corps from the Army of the Potomac.

He would lead them into a series of battles that saw them break the siege of Chattanooga before in three battles in three days the Union forces broke the Confederate army entrenched in the heights overlooking Chattanooga.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology

Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The campaign

Aftermath
The battlefields today
Further reading
Index

Product details

Published 16 Jun 2016
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472812926
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 65 b/w; 17 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 295
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Mark Lardas

Mark Lardas has always been fascinated by things r…

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Adam Hook

Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his wo…

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