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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.

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In late 1863, Union General Grant used his superior force of 61,000 troops to make a successful assault against Confederate troops near Chattanooga. This success drove the Rebel army south to northern Georgia.


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