Battle of Chattanooga

Location was Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hamilton county. Lasted from November 23 1863 to November 25 1863.

important events

• Battle of Lookout Mountain
• Battle Above the Clouds
• Battle of Mississippi Ridge
• Cracker Line
• Seige of Chattanooga

Commanders

• Union was Ulysses S. Grant and George H. Thomas
• Confederacy was Braxton Bragg

Union Tactics

• Union has huge advantage in numbers and firepower.
• Union player must be careful not to lose too many step losses in battle.
• citizens cleared the forests from the ground south of the town.
• allows the Union artillery to pound the Confederate lines from a distance
• the federals set up a bombardment of the Confederate lines

more union tactics

• Rebels are hard-pressed to keep Sherman from Missionary Ridge line
• federals need for a Major Victory
• ground west of Chattanooga Creek becomes more rugged
• The Union player should take advantage of this by moving moving 
• southwest quickly with General Palmer

Confederacy tactics

• The Confederates can win a Minor Victory just by having one long
• infantry division west of the creek at the end of the game. 
•  they should fight hard to hold Missionary Ridge 
• as long as possible, forcing the Yanks to take lots of step losses for every ridge area taken

outcome of battle

• Union victory

why battle was important

• The Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee was an
• important Union victory in the Civil War.
• The city was a vital rail hub, that once taken,
• became the gateway for later campaigns in the Deep South,
• including the capture of the capture of Atlanta and Sherman's March to Sea

odd and interesting facts (or just facts)

• 610,200 soldiers engaged in battle
• Union 56,400 Confederacy 46,200
• 12,500 casualties
• 5,800 Union 6,700 Confederacy

more odd and interesting facts (or just facts)

• some people believe that Chickamauga is haunted
• by the spirits of soldiers who died in battle
• On November 23 Sherman's men faced those
• of Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne "Stonewall Jackson of the West"

more odd and interesting facts (or just facts)

• Confederate President Jefferson Davis was so unhappy with the performance
•  of Braxton's troops that he relieved Braxton of his command after the battle

bibliography

• www.historynet.com/battle-of-chattanooga
• www.civilwar.org/battlefields/chattanooga.html
• militaryhistory.about.com