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Title: History of the American Civil War
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Draper, John William, 1811-1882
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slavery Slaves
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ph,dispatched the torn, the bleeding, the barefoot troops ofSherman over dreadful roads, and raised the siege ofKnoxville, a hundred miles in his rear. The battle of Chattanooga consists of three distinct acts:1st. The passage of the river by the Array of the Ten-nessee, which, under Sherman, constituted Grants leftwing. On this army, as I have said, fell the weight of thebattle. It was its duty, by persistent and fierce attackson Braggs right, to compel him to weaken his centre. Onhis part, Bragg, believing that Sherman was attempting to 86 PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA. (Sect. XIV. turn him and intercept his communications, sacrificed ev-ery thing in the furious resistance he made. 2d. The seizure of Lookout Mountain by the detachmentfrom the Army of the Potomac, which, under Hooker, con-stituted Grants right wing. 3d. The storming of Missionary Ridge by the Army ofthe Cumberland, which, under Thomas, constituted Grantscentre. Grant, having reconnoitred the country above Chatta-
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THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA. Chap. LXVIIL) SEIZUEE OF ORCHARD KNOB. 37 nooga as far as could be done without exciting suspicion,acquired a knowledge of the roads, and found that thenorth end of Missionary Ridge was imperfectly guarded, asalso was the river bank from the mouth of the SouthChickamauga southward to his main line in front of Chat-tanooga. The plan now was to mass all the forces possible against Missionary Ridge, converging toward theman and ThomaL north end of it. Sherman was to cross the Tennessee just below the mouth of the SouthChickamauga, and secure the heights from the northernextremity to about the railroad tunnel. In doing this,Thomas was to give him aid. Thomas was to concentratehis troops on his left flank, leaving force enough to defendthe fortifications on the right and centre, and one divisionto threaten an attack on the most practicable line of thevalley. A junction was to be made with Sherman, andthe ridge carried. Shermans forces prepared to move from Bridge

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