SUMMARY: In 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga began on September 18th and ended on September 20th, This battle was a key fight in the middle of the war because it ultimately resulted in Southern control over a major railroad system. The death toll in this battle is also noteworthy because it exceeds all other battles except Gettysburg. The battle took place in northwest Georgia,was the first battle of the civil war to take place in Georgia, and was named after the Chickamauga Creek.
IN DEPTH: Beginning on September 18th, the Union Army of the Cumberland headed by General William Rosecrans,marched on to battle the Confederate Army of Tennessee, led by General Braxton Bragg stationed at Chattanooga.
Rosecrans was Successful in his invasion
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He was a U.S. Officer, railroad executive, politician, and a major general of the Confederates in the Civil War. When he was only thirteen years of age, he began studying law at the University of Pennsylvania. After two years, he decided to desert law for military. Using associations from his father, he was able to get an appointment with the United States Military Academy in West Point. When he graduated, he finished second out of 59 in his class, which included other celebrated civil war officers including Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and George …show more content…
On April 23, he accepted command of Ohio's militia. On May 3, he took charge of the U.S. Army's Department of Ohio, and on May 14, he was commissioned a major general in the Army, second in rank only to his former Mexican War commander, Winfield Scott. McClellan organized one of the war's first offensives, securing the western section of Virginia in a campaign marked by rugged terrain and inexperienced soldiers on both sides. In the Rich Mountain Campaign, he wanted to secure the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Parkersburg Turnpike, Union forces defeated a smaller Confederate army under Robert S. Garnett (who was killed in the