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Union Gen. Thomas J. Wood played an unusual part in the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga.
This 1888 chromolithograph commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Chattanooga, fought between November 23 and 25, 1863. After General Grant was given command over all of the Union forces ...
Chattanooga, September 30, 1863. It is a masterpiece, and towers above all the reports furnished during the war by the generals on both sides.
Considering the strength of the rebel position, and the difficulty of storming his intrenchments, the battle of Chattanooga must be considered the most remarkable in history.
Missionary Ridge is Chattanooga's "diamond in the rough" that can spearhead a new era in our city's growth. Way back on Nov. 25, 1863, soldiers under the leadership of General Ulysses S. Grant ...
Conquistadors at Chattanooga Chattanooga and the 'General' Chattanooga's first Thanksgiving, 1863 Chattanooga's greatest flood caught city unaware Opening the Cracker Line ...
A Chattanooga woman says she is in financial distress after asking the city for months to help with a collapsed sewer line near her home.
Years later, another battle was fought over the General, by men no less determined. The weapons were writs, motions and briefs and men styled as "raiders" were once more defeated.
Of the nearly 1,150 men that served in the 149th New York Volunteers, 620 never made it back to Syracuse. Five won the Medal of Honor for bravery.
Although Chattanooga had supporters of both the Union and Confederates during the Civil War, the Confederates were soundly defeated in the 1863 battles of Chattanooga after Chickamauga, so its ...
Maj. Gen. Rosecrans, a competent tactician, took Chattanooga from Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg without a battle through a series of brilliant flanking maneuvers in early September 1863.