Editor's note: eighth in a series on Civil War figures. Ulysses Grant, the leading Union general of the Civil War, was instrumental to victories in the Battles of Chattanooga before becoming the 18th ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1863, the Battle of Chattanooga began. Over the next three days, Union forces drove Confederate troops away from Chattanooga, Tennessee, into Georgia, setting the stage for ...

The Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was an important Union victory in the the Civil War. The city was a vital rail hub that, once taken, became the gateway for later campaigns in the Deep South, ...

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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On cover: "Battle of Chattanooga, storming of MIssionary Ridge; painted by Professors Aug. Lohr & F.W. Heine." Archives of American Art copy is ...