. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ox LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN—1864. IN THE BKLEACHEKEU tlTY In the parUir of tliis little dwelling sat Ulysses S. Grant on the evening of October 23, 1863. Muddy and rain-soaked from his long ride,he was gravely consulting with General Thomas and his officers. The Army of the Cumberland was in a serious predicament, summedU]) by Thomas reply to Grants first order from Nashville: We will hold the town till we starve. Grant had starved a Confederatearmy out of \1rksburg; and now Braggs army, reenforced by troops from Johnston, had settled down
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ox LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN—1864. IN THE BKLEACHEKEU tlTY In the parUir of tliis little dwelling sat Ulysses S. Grant on the evening of October 23, 1863. Muddy and rain-soaked from his long ride,he was gravely consulting with General Thomas and his officers. The Army of the Cumberland was in a serious predicament, summedU]) by Thomas reply to Grants first order from Nashville: We will hold the town till we starve. Grant had starved a Confederatearmy out of \1rksburg; and now Braggs army, reenforced by troops from Johnston, had settled down before Chattanooga to starve out,in tviru. wliat was then the most important Federal force in the AYest. Strongly posted on Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountainand in Chattanooga Valley to the south and southeast of the town, Bragg controlled the railroad, making it impossible for supplies tocome over it from Bridgeport, Ala. Everything had to be brought into Chattanooga by wagon-trains over a roundabout route of nearly
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