A state of shock in Washington, and recognition that the situation could only be saved by US Grant, who was then given immediate aid and eventual promotion to the top job.
Chattanooga, Tennessee was a key railhead and control of the city was considered a major part of the Union's campaign to dominate the Confederate state of Tennessee. Holding Chattanooga and breaking the siege around it by Confederate Major General Braxton Bragg, would lead the way into Georgia and the pivotal City of Atlanta, Georgia. In the Fall of 1863, Union General Rosencrans had just been defeated by General Bragg at the Battle of Chickamauga, and Rosenscrans was under siege as he took refuge in Chattanooga.
The purposes of the Battle of Chattanooga were: - 1 Relieve the besieged Army of Cumberland and break up the siege of the town. - 2 Break through the Confederate front on the Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge opening the way to the invasion of Georgia.
The siege of Vicksburg ended on July 4, 1863. Grant's army arrived in Chattanooga on October 23, 1863. Therefore, it took Grant 2 months, 20 days, or 81 days.
Unknown at the beginning of the war, he had gained credibility by liberating the Mississippi and then saving the Army of the Cumberland from starvation in the siege of Chattanooga.
Rosecrans was forced to retreat into Chattanooga, where his Federal army was besieged by the Confederates under Bragg.
Sounds like Confederates at the siege of Vicksburg. Could also have been the Army of the Cumberland, besieged at Chattanooga, and living on half-rations.
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The Army of the Cumberland had nearly starved during the siege, and had had to be rescued by troops under Grant and Sherman, arriving from the West. These troops had done a lot of sneering at the Cumberlands, who suddenly lost their temper and stormed the heights of Chattanooga as a gesture of defiance. The Confederates were completely taken by surprise, and sddenly the War in the West was over.
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