. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . in Point, A valleywest of Lookout and between it and the Raccoon Moun-tains bears the appellation of Lookout Valley, so namedfrom the mountain at its eastern side and the stream thatwanders down its course to the Tennessee. The Unionline of defence, beginning at the mouth of ChattanoogaCreek, was drawn across the valley in an irregular arc, front-ing southward, to the mouth of Citico Creek, a brook abouttwo miles east of Chattanooga. Bragg occupied Looko
. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . in Point, A valleywest of Lookout and between it and the Raccoon Moun-tains bears the appellation of Lookout Valley, so namedfrom the mountain at its eastern side and the stream thatwanders down its course to the Tennessee. The Unionline of defence, beginning at the mouth of ChattanoogaCreek, was drawn across the valley in an irregular arc, front-ing southward, to the mouth of Citico Creek, a brook abouttwo miles east of Chattanooga. Bragg occupied Lookout Mountain in force, had a linealmost parallel with, and at the distance of a mile or morefrom the Federal line, and also occupied Mission Ridge,which he had strongly fortified. By the occupation ofLookout Mountain he controlled the only railroad runningthrough Chattanooga, and compelled the Federals to bringup their supplies by wagons over a rough mountain road,which, starting from the city, crossed the river to the northside, and wound its way around and over the hills on Mocca-sin Point. One branch crossed the river again at Browns. Copyright 186s, Harper & Bros. Pfm Harpers History of tbe War. 231 MAP ILLUSTRATING BATTLES ABOUT CHATTANOOGA. 232 THE LIVES AND CAMPAIGNS OF GRANT AND LEE. Ferry, and thence by various passes reached Bridgeport,the base whence the Federals drev/ their supplies. Anotherbranch of the road pursued a course along the northernshore of the river from near Browns Ferry, far around thebends and turns of the stream to Bridgeport, and it was bythis route, sixty miles long, that the Union army had beencompelled to bring up its supplies, while the actual distancebetween Bridgeport and Chattanooga in a straight line wasabout twenty-five miles. The Confederates had sixtythousand men, the Federals fifteen thousand less. In thestrength of position and in the supplies of horses, cattle andammunition on which an army depends for its effectiveness,Braggs army was
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