because everyone was equally divided
It released Grant to move to Virginia and take on Lee, while Sherman crowded Johnston back towards Atlanta.
Chattanooga was important in the Civil War. It was important because of the way the land was situated with rivers and valleys, and gaps.
Chattanooga and not Chickamauga was an important Railway Junction to the South. Chattanooga commanded following vital railway links: Mobile - Montgomery - Atlanta - Chattanooga, Chattanooga - Knoxville - Lynchburg, Memphis - Corinth Decatur - Chattanooga, Nashville - Murfreesborough - Chattanooga, Chattanooga - Atlanta - Augusta - Savannah and Charleston.
General William S. Rosecrans went to Chattanooga in the summer of 1863 to lead the Union Army of the Cumberland in an effort to secure a strategic victory in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. His objective was to capture Chattanooga, a vital transportation hub, and to counter the Confederate forces led by General Braxton Bragg. The Union's successful control of Chattanooga would open the door to further military operations in the South, particularly against Atlanta and beyond.
They wanted to capture the besieged Union Army of Cumberland, secure the vital line of lateral communication in the south and prevent Georgia from being invaded again.
The Northern strategy to divide the South into the upper and lower South was successful.
Railroad lines from Chattanooga linked major distribution centers of the Confederacy; it was a key in Lincoln's plan to "divide and conquer" the South.
It released Grant to move to Virginia and take on Lee, while Sherman crowded Johnston back towards Atlanta.
Chattanooga was important in the Civil War. It was important because of the way the land was situated with rivers and valleys, and gaps.
Chattanooga and not Chickamauga was an important Railway Junction to the South. Chattanooga commanded following vital railway links: Mobile - Montgomery - Atlanta - Chattanooga, Chattanooga - Knoxville - Lynchburg, Memphis - Corinth Decatur - Chattanooga, Nashville - Murfreesborough - Chattanooga, Chattanooga - Atlanta - Augusta - Savannah and Charleston.
Because it enabled Union troops to liberate the Mississippi, so ending the war in the West. It enabled them to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.
Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee
On June 10, 1862, Major General Buell left Corinth Mississippi and marched his army towards Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was following the orders of Major General Halleck.
From his position in Corinth, Mississippi, Major General Henry W. Halleck believed that Chattanooga, Tennessee was a perfect target. His plan to capture it was first to send raiders to break the Atlanta and Chattanooga railway. The raiders, however, were discovered by the Rebels and initially this plan failed.
Three of them stand out. Rosecrans' occupation of Chattanooga. Grant's capture of Vicksburg. Sherman's March to the Sea.
The Battle of Chattanooga battle was fought near Chattanooga, Tennessee