. Chattanooga and her battle-fields. SNODGRASS HOUSE, CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD.(Headquarters of Gen. George H. Thomas, Sept. 20, 1S63.) Here is where Gen. Georee H. Thomas checked the victorious Confederates and saved the army of Rosecrans. The struggle was bloody in the extreme. Thomas, reinforced by Granger and Steadman, held his position on this hill stubbornly, and earned for himself the title of the Rock of Chickamauga He retreated on the evening of the twentieth, only after he received orders to do so. The old Snodgrass House has survived the forty years which have elapsed since the time
. Chattanooga and her battle-fields. SNODGRASS HOUSE, CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD.(Headquarters of Gen. George H. Thomas, Sept. 20, 1S63.) Here is where Gen. Georee H. Thomas checked the victorious Confederates and saved the army of Rosecrans. The struggle was bloody in the extreme. Thomas, reinforced by Granger and Steadman, held his position on this hill stubbornly, and earned for himself the title of the Rock of Chickamauga He retreated on the evening of the twentieth, only after he received orders to do so. The old Snodgrass House has survived the forty years which have elapsed since the time of the battle-. SNODORASS HILL, CHICKAMAUGA bulk of the hfihting at Chickamauga was at Snodprass Hill. The casualties sustained in the battle were appalling. Rosecrans lost a total of 16,179 men; Bragg, 17,801; acombined loss of for both armies The National Commission has ascertained the fighting lines of all divisions and brigades on both the Union and Confederate sides withsufficient accuracy to justify the erection of historical tablets for these organizations. The old lines of earthworks have been restored and about three hundred cannon placed in position.
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