The Chattanooga campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Union Army of the C
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Braxton Bragg, commanding generals of the Chattanooga campaign
Chattanooga viewed from the north bank of the Tennessee River, 1863. The Union Army pontoon bridge is shown on the left, Lookout Mountain at the right rear. The small hill in front of Lookout Mountain is Cameron Hill, which was significantly flattened during 20th century development of the city.
Union reinforcements, destined for the Army of the Cumberland, being moved by train through Louisville–Nashville to Chattanooga, October 1863 as part of the preparation for operations against Confederate forces based around Chattanooga.
View of Chattanooga from the northern side of the Tennessee, looking southwards towards Georgia, showing the town in the foreground across the river. On the left in the distance is Missionary ridge along the horizon. In the distance to the right is Lookout Mountain. These natural formations offered excellent defensive positions, and bottled the Union army in Chattanooga.
Braxton Bragg was an American military officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War. He later served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, seeing action in the Western
Chattanooga campaign
…Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chickamauga in September, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg besieged Rosecrans and his men by occupying key high terrain around Chattanooga, Tennessee. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was given command of Union forces…
A Little More Grape, Capt. Bragg by N. Currier
Initial movements in the Chickamauga Campaign, August 15 – September 8, 1863