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The Knoxville Campaign: Battle of Fort Sanders
By Arnold BlumbergAfter the crushing Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj. Read more
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Joseph “Fighting Joe” Wheeler’s 1863 Sequatchie Valley Raid
By Arnold BlumbergDuring the evening of September 20,1863, the following message reached Washington and was given to the president of the United States: “We have met with a serious disaster; extent not yet ascertained. Read more
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A Spectacle Of Singular Magnificence
By Eric NiderostIt was the afternoon of September 20, 1863, and the right wing of the Union Army of the Cumberland was in full flight at the battle of Chickamauga in northern Georgia. Read more
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Battle of Chickamauga: Death in the Deep Woods
By Cowan BrewIt was nearly 11 on the morning of September 20, 1863, and the woods around slow-moving Chickamauga Creek in northwest Georgia were ominously quiet. Read more
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The Chattanooga Campaign: Then and Now
by Roy Morris, Jr.Living in Chattanooga is a little like living inside a museum. American Civil War reminders are all around: many of us remember going as students on field trips to Point Park and Chickamauga Battlefield and spending long Sunday afternoons driving with our families along the winding, monument-strewn Crest Road on Missionary Ridge. Read more
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Grand views and Stirring Tales Await at the Chattanooga Battlefields
By William E. WelshDeep ranks of Federal troops moved steadily across the valley floor toward Missionary Ridge late in the afternoon on November 25, 1863. Read more
