. The mountain campaigns in Georgia . main army was posted along the road leadingfrom Gordons Mill to La Fayette, facing the passes through which Rosecrans was aboutto make his entrance into McLemores Co\e. On the 9th of September, the I-etleral army occupied Chattanooga. During the nextten dajs there was almost daily skirmishing, anil, on some occasions, vigorous fighting,at various points between Ringgold and La Fayette. There was also a sharp cavalrycontest at Catoosa Springs, near the Western & Atlantic Railroad, September i ith, whichresulted in the retreat of the Confederates to Tunnel H
. The mountain campaigns in Georgia . main army was posted along the road leadingfrom Gordons Mill to La Fayette, facing the passes through which Rosecrans was aboutto make his entrance into McLemores Co\e. On the 9th of September, the I-etleral army occupied Chattanooga. During the nextten dajs there was almost daily skirmishing, anil, on some occasions, vigorous fighting,at various points between Ringgold and La Fayette. There was also a sharp cavalrycontest at Catoosa Springs, near the Western & Atlantic Railroad, September i ith, whichresulted in the retreat of the Confederates to Tunnel Hill, where they received re-enforce-ments. At Ringgokl a heavy cawdry fight also ensued on September iith. TJieConfederates were at first driven into the town; but here rallied, and, under GeneralForrest, repulsed the hcderals, and drove them off in disorder. The two armies were maneu\xring for j^osition — Rosecrans being resolved to hoklBragg off, imtil he could secure such a disposition of his own as was essential to success;. GEN. WWI. T. SHERMAN. ;fJ/C £S ox THE W. & A. 13 while Bragg, on the contrary, was determined to force an engagement at the earhestattainable date, with the object of crushing Rosecranss army, in a general engagement, ifit were at all possible. It is not practicable, in our limited space, to give scarcely any of these movementsin detail. On the iSth of Septemberwas fired the first gun of what isknown as the great battle ofChickamauga. The position i)fthe two armies that morning, inbrief, was as follows: Rosecrans occupied thenorthwest bank of West Chicka-mauga Creek, his line extendingalong its sinuous course for adozen miles or more, guardingall the fords, bridges, or otherplaces of transit, for the purposeof preventing a crossing by theConfederate arm)-. The Confederates were onthe southeast side of the creek,which is very muddy and gener-ally very deep; and Braggs ideawas to force his way over, atvarious points, and fight the bat-tle on the C
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