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General Ulysses S. Grant saved the Union army at Chattanooga. General Grant immediately released General William S. Rosecrans from his duties upon arrival at Chattanooga and replaced him with General George H. Thomas.

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Ulysses S. Grant


Which army won the battle of Chattanooga?

The Union Army won the Battle of Chattanooga. The victory opened the gate for the invasion of Georgia and the campaign for the conquest of Atlanta.


What were the casualties of both sides of the Chattanooga war?

Union Army: 5,824 Confederate Army: 6,667


Union leader who commanded the army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga and Atlanta?

George Thomas at Chattanooga. William T. Sherman at Atlanta.


What could the union army do after the Battle of Vicksburg that was a result of their victory?

Go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga.


Who saved the union army at Chattanooga in 1863?

U.S. Grant managed to save the besieged Army of the Cumberland from starvation, by forcing a supply-route across the Tennessee River, with the help of William "Baldy" Smith. The grateful troops called it the Cracker Line.


How many weapons did the union take during the battle of Chattanooga?

ANSWER During the third Battle of Chattanooga (Nov. 1863) the Union Army seized 40 guns and 6175 individual guns.


Who was put in charge of the whole Union army after Chattanooga?

Grant. He then was sent to Virginia and he put William Sherman in charge of the western army.


What did the union soldiers call the battle of Chattanooga?

The supply line set up to provide the minimum of rations for the survival of men and animals of the Union army besieged in Chattanooga in October 1863 was called the "Crackers Line"


Why did the battle of chickamauga take place?

The Confederate Army of Tennessee was in Chattanooga, and the Union Army of the Cumberland wanted them to leave so they started fighting.


WHo was ordered by Lincoln to lead the union army east?

After the liberation of the Mississippi, Grant was ordered East, to rescue the Army of the Cumberland from starvation at Chattanooga.


Effects of the battle of chickamauga?

Devastating Union defeat by Braxton Bragg, saved from total destruction by George Thomas. William Rosecrans removed from command, replaced by US Grant. Bragg pursued the Union army to Chattanooga, to which he laid siege, and it looked as though he would starve out the Union troops. Grant managed to force a river-crossing that enabled a new supply-line, and he and Thomas drove the Confederates off the heights overlooking Chattanooga.