A history of the United States . nemy,was obliged to passover the shoulder ofthe mountain. TheTwelfth Corps pushedup the mountain sidewith great gallantry,fought what is some-times called The Bat-tle above the Clouds,November 24, and soonsucceeded in driving the enemy from the mountain and back beyond Missionary ,^ on the left, advanced rapidly, but found a deep iBorn in Ohio, 1820; died, 1891. Graduated at West Point, 1840; was inthe Seminole and the Mexican Wars; resigned, and engaged in business inNew York, California, and Kansas; superintended Military College in Louis-ville,
A history of the United States . nemy,was obliged to passover the shoulder ofthe mountain. TheTwelfth Corps pushedup the mountain sidewith great gallantry,fought what is some-times called The Bat-tle above the Clouds,November 24, and soonsucceeded in driving the enemy from the mountain and back beyond Missionary ,^ on the left, advanced rapidly, but found a deep iBorn in Ohio, 1820; died, 1891. Graduated at West Point, 1840; was inthe Seminole and the Mexican Wars; resigned, and engaged in business inNew York, California, and Kansas; superintended Military College in Louis-ville, 1860-1861; was appointed colonel, 1861; commanded a brigade at BullRun ; went to the West and rendered important aid at Shiloh; was advancedto major general and commanded a corps at Vicksburg; commanded the leftat Chattanooga; was given entire charge in the West when Grant went toWashington; with great energy and skill forced General Johnston to retire toAtlanta; took Atlanta, and, in November, started on his famous march to the. General William T. Sherman. 414 THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1863. [§ 522 ravine in his way. Thomas was directed to engage the enemyin front, in order to keep the Confederate center from attack-ing Sherman, but not to advance to a general engagement. Histroops, however, not to be outdone either by the Army ofVirginia or by the Army of the Tennessee, charged up thesides of Missionary Ridge and drove all before them. Braggsforces, compelled to withdraw November 25, pushed rapidlysouth through the field of Chickamauga and took up theirwinter quarters at Dalton.^ 522. Results of the Campaigns in the West. — The battlesabout Chattanooga closed the campaigns for the year. Ken-tucky and Tennessee had been secured by the Union forces,who, through the opening of the Mississippi River, wereenabled to pass freely to the Gulf of Mexico. The successesof Grant at Vicksburg and Chattanooga raised him to suchimportance that in November he was called to Washington,and, in Febru
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