What happened in the Battle of Chattanooga?

Answer 1

General Grant held on to the city of Chattanooga on the south side of the Tennessee River. The Confederates had his army surrounded on the higher mountains: ocuppying the Lookout Mountain to the west and Missionary Ridge to the east. Sherman's troops arrived with reinforcments. Then Grant made his move to re-position his armies. Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, with three divisions, marched from Bridgeport through Lookout Valley towards Brown's Ferry from the south. At 3:00 am, on October 27, portions of Hazen's brigade embarked upon pontoons and floated around Moccasin Bend to Brown's Ferry. They then proceeded along the western side of Lookout Mountain and fought a rare night battles at Wauhatchie Station. See: http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/tn021.htm Then they proceeded to advance along the western slopes of Lookout Mountain and pivoted around the northern face and eventually captured this prominant landmark---the battle being called the Battle above the Clouds---even though there was little actual fighting on top of it. Just the day before, General Longstreet pulled his men out of the defenses. This weaken the Confederate army around Chattanooga. On November 23-24, Union forces struck out and captured Orchard Knob and Lookout Mountain. On November 25, Union soldiers assaulted and carried the seemingly impregnable Confederate position on Missionary Ridge. One of the Confederacy's two major armies was routed. See: http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/tn024.htm Custermen