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It would be unusual for any head of state to appear at an upcoming battlefield. Jefferson Davis, had always wanted to be a general and had plenty of strategic advice for his generals as did US President Lincoln. In the situation of Tennessee, Davis paid a visit to General Braxton Bragg. Davis was concerned about the numbers of Federal troops near Chattanooga Tennessee. Davis urged Bragg to send General Longstreet to attack Union forces under the command of General Burnside in Knoxville in an effort to regain Tennessee for the South. This, Davis believed would force Union General US Grant to chase after Longstreet. Grant was not fooled however, and planned instead to break the siege that Bragg had set for Chattanooga.

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