A history of the American nation . and liard lighter, whocould mee( Lee e\(Mi in Virginia, and wina \ie(ory. We lef( Rosecrans facing Bragg, wliohad (aken a position not far from Chat-tanooga at (he beginning of Chickumnuga, September, i86j. i R-iZ^; kS()^.;. Af(er some montlisof mantvuvering, the Con-federates gave up Chatta-nooga and Rosecrans marched in. lUitBragg was not yet beaten, by any means,for he turnetl ou the Union forces atChickamauga and in a great and fiercelycontested battle comj^letely defeatedtliem. Titer vo\\{ was saved by Thomas,who connnandetl the left. Erom begin-ning to
A history of the American nation . and liard lighter, whocould mee( Lee e\(Mi in Virginia, and wina \ie(ory. We lef( Rosecrans facing Bragg, wliohad (aken a position not far from Chat-tanooga at (he beginning of Chickumnuga, September, i86j. i R-iZ^; kS()^.;. Af(er some montlisof mantvuvering, the Con-federates gave up Chatta-nooga and Rosecrans marched in. lUitBragg was not yet beaten, by any means,for he turnetl ou the Union forces atChickamauga and in a great and fiercelycontested battle comj^letely defeatedtliem. Titer vo\\{ was saved by Thomas,who connnandetl the left. Erom begin-ning to encl his trciops fought with rareconstancy and were sujUM-bly tlu> v\u\ tlu>y were surrounded onthree sides, but Thomas ne\ er thought of ^||surrender or Ihglit. liragg hurled his ftliarmy against the solid array abst^lutely 8^to no ])urpose. No more s|)lendid ^^spectacle appears in the annals of warthan this heri)ic stand of Thomas in (hemids( of a rou(ed army. . Sh)wlyriding up and down (he lines, wi(h un-. ;-ri aiotiiojjm NBixr*. A e&EAT VICTORT! TeiTlflo and nnputl-leled Conflict. Th» BrbcU VltorlyBoulvd. TbUi«l (iiil *?• ramtdby th* DoIoD rortai. Tbs Torrlbls Battia onFrtdty. OlBolal Donpntoh ft-om0(>n«riU II«Ade. in I>T«rx Allaok. unui BciiD uc iimiTni Sriudlil Coailucl ol lh< imr n< ?•lal a«utali Uw- •ItMt. Hill tai lrai|jU44 Caplurtd. ?n« TiNuij Mm iiiWh row Tkf rniliMI Ceo«r«i.|,tM llw CautiT, ••* *^ .» THt GNKAT lATTLt. From tuk , July 5, i8(\^ .AiinounriiiK tlio Result of theKattlc ol Cu-ttysbiirg. SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR ISGl ISGS 411 rufllcd countenance and clieery word, il is his own invinciblesoul which inspires nu-ii lor (he work they haxc lo do.!When he got the oi)portunily, Tlionias ([uielly wilhchew in goodorder, rejoined the riglit and center, whi( h had been driven fromthe field, and the Union army was ready again for the retained its hold on Chattanooga, and the (onfeder
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