One of each in the “west”
The scenery near Chattanooga and Chickamauga is fairly interesting even in the winter. The transportation corridors are more important. Two major Civil War battles occurred near here in 1863. In September of that year, the Confederate army under Bragg, Longstreet and Hood defeated the Union army under Rosecrans, as fate rather than planning would have it, at Chickamauga. The Federals nevertheless managed to hold Chattanooga. Two months later, in November, the Union routed the Confederates at Chattanooga and held the city and its transportation arteries for the remainder of the war. The Chickamauga battle is said to have been the bloodiest two-day battle of the war, accounting for 47,000 casualties.
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park, GA
Dec 27, 2005
