THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN [Illustration: THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN Adapted from Fiske’s _The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War_, p. 260] WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION: ORIGINAL PAPERS, NO. 4 THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN With especial reference to Wisconsin’s participation therein BY MICHAEL HENDRICK FITCH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST WISCONSIN INFANTRY BREVET COLONEL OF VOLUNTEERS, AUTHOR OF “ECHOES OF THE CIVIL WAR AS I HEAR THEM” WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION MARCH, 1911 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED Copyright, 1911 THE WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION (in behalf of the State of Wisconsin) Opinions or errors of fact on the part of the respective authors of the Commission’s publications (whether Reprints or Original Narratives) have not been modified or corrected by the Commission. For all statements, of whatever character, the Author alone is responsible. DEMOCRAT PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTER CONTENTS PAGE WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION ix INTRODUCTION xi THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN: Chapter I. The Preliminary Campaign 1 Organization 11 Organization of the Confederate Army 33 The advance of the Union Army 39 Chapter II. The Chickamauga Campaign and Battle 51 The Confederate line on September 20 95 The Confederate attack upon the Union right 104 Wisconsin troops at Chickamauga 126 Chapter III. The occupation and battles of Chattanooga 155 The Battle of Lookout Mountain 194 Wisconsin troops in the Battle of Missionary Ridge 225 INDEX 235 MAPS PAGE The Chattanooga Campaign _Frontispiece_ Chickamauga, September 19, 1863 82 Chickamauga, morning of September 20, 1863 98 The fatal order to Wood, at Chickamauga 112 Chickamauga, evening of September 20, 1863 114 Chattanooga and Vicinity, November, 1863 194 WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION (Organized under the provisions of Chapter 298, Laws of 1905, as amended by Chapter 378, Laws of 1907 and Chapter 445, Laws of 1909) FRANCIS E. McGOVERN _Governor of Wisconsin_ CHARLES E. ESTABROOK _Representing Department of Wisconsin, Grand Army of the Republic_ REUBEN G. THWAITES _Superintendent of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin_