. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . y. ■2 eS ■r f * -3 1 -3 ■5 I ec s E •S ^ ± = ° = £ t -^ - e 2 E- V .r: o — — *- 4> t c C- — ;tr .r e fi *^ •— _ t- •- 1 ^ J i -a -r * c c ■act: t- 4i o — >. o. -S ~ e c9 a I se ■E -c o U b a cs ^ l^- c8 9i ■? .s V ■r —1 H c s. THE READY KINER ROUTE Ilcri. waiting to yrt tlirouRli tlic Slick, Mow Cluittanooga. are some of the liglit-riraft river steamers which enabled (irant to estab-lish eoniniuiiicatioiis abnost iininechatelv after his suceissful encounter
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . y. ■2 eS ■r f * -3 1 -3 ■5 I ec s E •S ^ ± = ° = £ t -^ - e 2 E- V .r: o — — *- 4> t c C- — ;tr .r e fi *^ •— _ t- •- 1 ^ J i -a -r * c c ■act: t- 4i o — >. o. -S ~ e c9 a I se ■E -c o U b a cs ^ l^- c8 9i ■? .s V ■r —1 H c s. THE READY KINER ROUTE Ilcri. waiting to yrt tlirouRli tlic Slick, Mow Cluittanooga. are some of the liglit-riraft river steamers which enabled (irant to estab-lish eoniniuiiicatioiis abnost iininechatelv after his suceissful encounter with Bragg. The smoke of the Chattanooga battUS had searelycleared away when the luo hlllc sleaiuboals then ^it the disposal of the Federals were loaded with supplies for ISurnside, besieged inKnoxville. They were to steam up the Tennessee, abreast of the troops, as far as the month of the Holston River, so that their freightiiiighl reach IJurnsidcs famished troops as soon as the reenforcemcnts drove off Longstreet. Wlien this was done the river between Knoxville and Chattanooga were kept busy and Ihc former became a secondary base. Preparations for the Springcampaign w<-re now set afoot. There were two obj<-ctivi-s in (Grants mind. (ienenil Joseph E. .Johnston had succeeded Bragg in
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