. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . se roads at whatever cost, and accordinglyhe placed Thomas on the left, opposite Reeds andAlexanders bridges, with McCook on the rightand Crittenden in reserve. He told Thomas thathe should be properly reinforced if it took all therest of the army to do it. On the other hand,Braggs object was to attack the Federal left inflank, drive it back in confusion on the centre, andseize the roads through Rossville and McFarlandGaps, thus interposing his victorious army betweenChattanooga and the defeated Federals. His planof battle was much the same as at Sto
. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . se roads at whatever cost, and accordinglyhe placed Thomas on the left, opposite Reeds andAlexanders bridges, with McCook on the rightand Crittenden in reserve. He told Thomas thathe should be properly reinforced if it took all therest of the army to do it. On the other hand,Braggs object was to attack the Federal left inflank, drive it back in confusion on the centre, andseize the roads through Rossville and McFarlandGaps, thus interposing his victorious army betweenChattanooga and the defeated Federals. His planof battle was much the same as at Stone river,except that now he was to pivot on his left wingand press forward with his right. But its issuewas very different from what it had been at Stoneriver. The attack which he had planned was afailure from the outset, but a sudden catastrophein a different part of the field — an accident whichwas not down on anybodys programme — threwvictory into his hands. He did not open the battleclearly and vigorously, as at Stone river. Before. CHICKAMAUGA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1863, MORNING Chickamauga 269 his preparations were completed, he discoveredthat the Federal lines extended much farther tothe north than he had supposed, so that he washimself obliged to draw northward. While hewas accomplishing this movement, on the morningof the 19th, one of his brigades got entangled withone of Thomass brigades, and rein- First day offorcements coming up first from one *^® and then from the other, the skirmish quicklygTew into a battle, which raged till nightfall. Itwas a series of desperate charges and counter-charges, the prelude to a still more deadly fighton the morrow. At the close of the day Thomassgrasp upon the Rossville road was even firmer thanat the beginning, so that the advantage was, onthe whole, with the Federals. During the night Longstreet arrived with theremainder of his corps, and Bragg somewhat im-proved the arrangement of his troops, bringing allhis infantry ac
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