Why Ulysses S. Grant Won The Battle Of Chattanooga

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Background
After a southern victory in Chickamauga in Georgia, the Yankee army retreated to the railroad junction in Chattanooga.
The Rebel general Braxton Bragg cut off access to Yankee supplies.
Abraham Lincoln responds to this by sending Ulysses S. Grant to Chattanooga.
Grant went to the city of Chattanooga to refortify it.
Summary
The Battle of Chattanooga was a battle between the Confederacy and the Union.
The first battle was Orchard Knob, second Battle was Lookout Mountain, and the final was Missionary Ridge
The City was vital to Yankees because it was a railroad junction that would help them break through to the south
The union intercepted the Rebels and took out their supply line
This flushed out the Rebels resulting in a Yankee …show more content…
He eventually retired in 1865 to become a planter in Louisiana
The Civil War began and Jefferson Davis made Bragg a brigade General.
By the time war came to Tennessee he was a full General in command of about 40,000 troops.

Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S. Grant was the General of the Union armies.
He graduated twenty first out of thirty nine of the cadets in his class.
He served as a captain in the Mexican War (1846-1848)
He resigned in 1854 because he was a heavy drinker so he did not want to be discharged
When the Civil War broke out Ulysses S. Grant wanted to volunteer for the Union. His first command was as the colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry and was quickly promoted to brigade General.
He continued on to fight many battles including
Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, and Petersburg
Throughout his battles he was honored greatly by many including Abraham Lincoln
Orchard Knob
The first sub-battle in the battle of Chattanooga was Orchard Knob
On November 23rd, Ulysses S. Grant found out that Braxton Bragg was withdrawing troops away from Missionary Ridge
Grant sent 14,000 troops to stop the Rebels
The confederate soldiers were annihilated
Grant made this his
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