Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields

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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.This is a reprint of the National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 25. This guide covers the battles for the control of Chattanooga. The guide will provided you with a brief background of the historic sites and events that took place on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields.

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