” 17—The President calls for 300,000 more troops.
” 21—A battle in Alabama, in Mississippi, and in Tennessee.
” 27—Battle of Brown’s Ferry, near Chattanooga. Confederates beaten.
” 28—Gen. Hooker takes Lookout Mountain.
” 31—Gen. Hooker gains the battle of Shell Mound.
Nov.—The main interest of the month gathers about the great and decisive battle of Chattanooga, between Gens. Grant and Bragg. All the forces to be spared on either side were concentrated here. Chattanooga has been called, “The back door of the Confederacy.”
Nov. 5—Chattanooga bombarded by the Southern forces.
Gen. Avery gains a Union victory at Lewisburg, Va.
” 6—The North is thrilled with indignation at barbarities ascertained to have been perpetrated in Southern prisons.
” 7—Gen. Meade drives Southern army across the Rappahannock.