Chattanooga 1863

A highly illustrated account of the Chatanooga campaign that opened the road to Atlanta, and marked Grant''s first experience as a theater commander.

Following the disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, Union forces were in disarray and the tactically vital Chattanooga was under siege and on the brink of falling. Secretary of War William Stanton ordered Ulysses Grant to send the Army of Tennessee to rei...