. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . This was,however, the way Bragg expected the attack, on account of 1863.] ROSECRANS MOVES UPON BRAGG. 175 Burnsides presence at Knoxville. And it Avas on cogentgrounds that he assumed that Rosecrans would attempt to jointhose forces to his own before attacking him in his Rosecrans was planning a different manoeuvre. Heguessed that Bragg would count on his moving by his left,and knew thatto do whatyour enemydoes not ex-pect is to halfaccomplishyour proposedto himself tocross the Ten-nessee west ofChattanooga,pass the moun-tain ran
. A bird's-eye view of our Civil War . This was,however, the way Bragg expected the attack, on account of 1863.] ROSECRANS MOVES UPON BRAGG. 175 Burnsides presence at Knoxville. And it Avas on cogentgrounds that he assumed that Rosecrans would attempt to jointhose forces to his own before attacking him in his Rosecrans was planning a different manoeuvre. Heguessed that Bragg would count on his moving by his left,and knew thatto do whatyour enemydoes not ex-pect is to halfaccomplishyour proposedto himself tocross the Ten-nessee west ofChattanooga,pass the moun-tain rangesbelow the city,and takeBrao^or in re-verse from an unexpected quarter. This was no easy problem. He had before him a wideriver and several parallel ranges of rugged mountainstraversed only by the roughest of roads. He was providedwith poor transportation. Yet he must calculate on forag-ing his beasts, and feeding his men for at least three weeks,and must provide ammunition for several encounters, if notone or more pitched Rosecrans Manoeuvre. Augr. 20-Sep. 17, 63, 176 BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF OUR CIVIL WAR. [1863, Still this seemed to him, all things considered, the prefer-able route. He accordingly sent Crittendenwith the left wing up the Sequatchie Valleyto make a demonstration on Braggs right, to confirm thelatter in his theory that this was the real point of attack,while himself with Thomas and McCook made ready to marchtowards the most available crossing-places of the Tennesseenear Bridgeport. He was about to place himself in theenemys country, with insecure means of retreat in case ofdisaster, insufficient supplies, and a treacherous knowledgeof the terrain; while the conditions prescribed a march inseveral columns. A bold but hardly a prudent scheme. Bragg had just been reinforced from Mississippi, and * expected Longstreet from Virginia. He was quite intent on watching Crittendens movement toward his ris^ht. Rosecrans was unopposed in crossing theSeptember 4. •
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