. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . % had been prevented fromjoining its OAvn leader. As ordered by Hooker, General Gearytook his division up the valley to Wauhatchie, crossed the creek [ 300 ] cXi lAM/, j/rWTm^^ ^ /^ W J)J ^s ^hm WlQ Imm Bi(3 w ^^^ r^^3. \YHERE AN GAVE ITS OWN ORDERS At Missionary Ridge (seen in the distance in the lower picture) the Army of the Cumberland removed forever from Grants mind anydoubt of its fighting quahties. Grant, anxious to develop Braggs strength, ordered Thomas, on November 23d, to demonstrate againstthe forces on his front.
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . % had been prevented fromjoining its OAvn leader. As ordered by Hooker, General Gearytook his division up the valley to Wauhatchie, crossed the creek [ 300 ] cXi lAM/, j/rWTm^^ ^ /^ W J)J ^s ^hm WlQ Imm Bi(3 w ^^^ r^^3. \YHERE AN GAVE ITS OWN ORDERS At Missionary Ridge (seen in the distance in the lower picture) the Army of the Cumberland removed forever from Grants mind anydoubt of its fighting quahties. Grant, anxious to develop Braggs strength, ordered Thomas, on November 23d, to demonstrate againstthe forces on his front. Moving out as if on parade, the troops under Gordon Granger drove back the Confederates and capturedOrchard Knob (or Indian Hill) a day before it had been planned to do so. Still another surprise awaited Grant on the 25th, when fromthis eminence he watched the magnificent spectacle of the battle of Chattanooga. Thomas men again pressed forward in what wasordered as a demonstration against Missionary Ridge. Up and over it they drove the Confederates from one entrenchment after another,capturing the guns parked in the lower picture. By whose orders are those troops going up the hill. Old Pap Thomas, who knewhis men better than did Grant, replied that it was probably by their
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