The Battle of Chattanooga, along with the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, was one of the pivotal moments during the Civil War when the tide turned in favor of the Union.
When we say American Civil War, readers usually think of terms like the Confederacy and the Union, the secession of the South from the North, the names of generals like Grant and Lee, the names of battlefields like Bull Run, Antietam and Gettysburg, and last but not least the southern surrender of Appomattox. However, few people are aware that North and South troops have fought bloody battles not only in the eastern United States,but also on the battlefields of New Mexico and Texas.
Grierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It ran from April 17 to May 2, 1863, as a diversion from Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's main attack plan on Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The cause of the American Civil War, which broke out in 1861, was a dispute over the nature of the newly annexed territories west of the Mississippi, whether or not slavery would be allowed in them. Initially, the war brought numerical victories to the seceded Southern Confederacy, but by 1863 the greater economic potential of the industrial North had already become apparent. The fighting was fought over a vast territory, a fact that often escapes Europeans. It was fought from the Potomac River to the Gulf of Mexico, from Memphis on the Mississippi to Charleston on the Atlantic coast, over an area of 1,500 by 1,000 miles ...
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