Contents
Page [WARTIME IMPORTANCE OF CHATTANOOGA AND EAST TENNESSEE] 2 [WINTER, 1863] 4 [THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN] 5 [FROM TULLAHOMA TO CHICKAMAUGA] 8 [REINFORCEMENTS FOR GENERAL BRAGG] 10 [MANEUVER FOR POSITION] 13 [THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA] 14 [September 18—Preliminaries] 15 [September 19—First Day] 18 [September 20—Second Day] 19 [THE SIEGE OF CHATTANOOGA] 24 [REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE BESIEGED ARMY] 27 [LIFTING THE SIEGE—THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA] 33 [Orchard Knob] 33 [Sherman Moves] 35 [The Battle Above the Clouds, November 24] 35 [Missionary Ridge, November 25] 39 [RELIEF OF KNOXVILLE] 42 [EFFECTS OF THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA] 44 [THE WAR AFTER CHATTANOOGA] 44 [GUIDE TO THE AREA] 47 [Chickamauga Battlefield] 47 [Missionary Ridge] 52 [Point Park] 55 [THE PARK] 56 [HOW TO REACH THE PARK] 56 [ABOUT YOUR VISIT] 57 [RELATED AREAS] 59 [ADMINISTRATION] 59 [SUGGESTED READINGS] 60
TABLES
[1. Union Army at Chickamauga] 16 [2. Confederate Army at Chickamauga] 17 [3. Union Army at Chattanooga] 34 [4. Confederate Army at Chattanooga] 35
Moccasin Bend of the Tennessee River from Point Park on Lookout Mountain.
In and around strategically important Chattanooga, Tenn., in the autumn of 1863, there occurred some of the most complex maneuvers and hard fighting of the Civil War. The Confederate victory at Chickamauga (September 19-20) gave new hope to the South after the defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July of that year. At Chattanooga (November 23-25) Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant blasted this hope and prepared the way for the capture of Atlanta and Sherman’s “March to the Sea.” Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, oldest and largest of the national military parks, commemorates the heroic soldiers of both North and South in the battles for the control of Chattanooga.
The year 1863 proved to be one of victory for the Union forces. Three great campaigns took place which shaped the destiny of the war. The first, a decisive blow at Gettysburg, forced a Confederate army under Gen. Robert E. Lee to abandon its attempt to invade Northern soil. Lee began an orderly retreat to Virginia on July 4.