ThecampaignfromMurfreesboro,Tennessee,toChickamauga,Georgia,followedbythesiegeofChattanooga,isoneofthemostdramaticstoriesoftheentireCivilWar.UnionMajorGeneralWilliamS.RosecransledabrilliantadvanceintoGeorgia,takingChattanoogawiththelossofonlysixmen.NearChickamaugaCreek,ConfederateGeneralBraxtonBraggroutedRosecrans’army,thenlaidsiegetoitfromtheheightsaroundChattanooga.MajorGeneralUlyssesS.Grant,recentlygivencommandofvirtuallyallFederalarmiesintheWesternTheater,arrivedtobreakthesiege.AclimaticUnionchargeroutedBragg’sdemoralizedarmy.HistoricPhotosofChickamaugaChattanoogatellsthisstoryandmuchmore,foritincludestheimportantstruggletopreserveAmerica’sCivilWarbattlefields,whichbeganwithChickamauga.Strikingblack-and-whiteimagesofagingveterans,reunitingtopreservetheirhistory,joinphotosoftheruggedterrainoverwhichtheyfoughtin1863.ThisisacompellingAmericanstorytoldinphotographs,withtextbyanotedhistorian.
GEORGIA TENNESSEE CHATTANOOGA PHOTOS
