. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ^ OF REViEWS CO. CHATTANOOGA FORTIFIED IX 1801 When Hood made his audacious movement upon Shermans communications, by invading Tennessee — without however temptingthe Xorthcrn commander from his grim course—Chattanooga was the only point in Thomas Department, south of Nashville, whichwas heavily garrisoned. This town became the supply center for all the Federal posts maintained in eastern Tennessee. Thereforeit had been well fortified, so strongly in fact that Thomas,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ^ OF REViEWS CO. CHATTANOOGA FORTIFIED IX 1801 When Hood made his audacious movement upon Shermans communications, by invading Tennessee — without however temptingthe Xorthcrn commander from his grim course—Chattanooga was the only point in Thomas Department, south of Nashville, whichwas heavily garrisoned. This town became the supply center for all the Federal posts maintained in eastern Tennessee. Thereforeit had been well fortified, so strongly in fact that Thomas, who had just begun his great concentration movement, was able by Decem-ber 1st to draw Steedman away to the Elk River and thence to Nashville. It was from a point on the hill a little to the right of thescene shown in the lower photograph on this page that the picture of Chattanooga fortified was CHATTANOOGA AND THE MILITARY BRIDGE
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