# The Chattanooga Campaign: With especial reference to Wisconsin's participation therein Author: Fitch, Michael Hendrick, 1837- Genre: Category: History - American Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68855 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Chattanooga+Campaign%3A+With+especial+reference+to+Wisconsin%27s+participation+therein+Fitch&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary After the battle of Gettysburg in the East, and the siege of Vicksburg in the West, attention was riveted during the later summer and autumn of 1863 on the campaign around Chattanooga. Seated on the heights along the southern border of Tennessee, that city commanded highways running through the very heart of the Confederacy. The result at Gettysburg had demonstrated that no Southern army could invade the North; the Union victory at Vicksburg determined that the Mississippi should run unhindered to the sea. The battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge not only decided that Kentucky and Tennessee should remain in the Union, but they opened the way for Sherman’s advance... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chattanooga-campaign-with-especial-reference-to-wisconsin-s-826b446e/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chattanooga-campaign-with-especial-reference-to-wisconsin-s-826b446e/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chattanooga-campaign-with-especial-reference-to-wisconsin-s-826b446e/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter III. The occupation and battles of Chattanooga 155](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chattanooga-campaign-with-especial-reference-to-wisconsin-s-826b446e/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter II. The Chickamauga Campaign and Battle 51](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chattanooga-campaign-with-especial-reference-to-wisconsin-s-826b446e/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter I. The Preliminary Campaign 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chattanooga-campaign-with-especial-reference-to-wisconsin-s-826b446e/chapters/1/index.md)