In an earlier conflict at the same location, James Negley encountered the forces of Edmund Kirby Smith atop Cameron Hill. One general here waited at Orchard Knob near the enemy line of rifle pits, and the pursuit following this battle was thwarted at Ringgold Gap. Patrick Cleburn successfully delayed Sherman's advance on the final morning, but Carter Stevenson failed to hold Lookout Mountain in the 'Battle above the Clouds.' Joseph Hooker broke through to Missionary Ridge on the final afternoon, further damaging an army which had been defeated under William Rosencrans at Chickamauga two months earlier. FTP, identify t
In an earlier conflict at the same location, James Negley encountered the forces of Edmund Kirby Smith atop Cameron Hill. One general here waited at Orchard Knob near the enemy line of rifle pits, and the pursuit following this battle was thwarted at Ringgold Gap. Patrick Cleburn successfully delayed Sherman's advance on the final morning, but Carter Stevenson failed to hold Lookout Mountain in the 'Battle above the Clouds.' Joseph Hooker broke through to Missionary Ridge on the final afternoon, further damaging an army which had been defeated under William Rosencrans at Chickamauga two months earlier. FTP, identify this battle of 1863 where Ulysses Grant defeated Braxton Bragg at a namesake city in southeast Tennessee.
In an earlier conflict at the same location, James Negley encountered the forces of Edmund Kirby Smith atop Cameron Hill.
Third Battle of {Chattanooga} (accept Second Battle of Chattanooga before 'Orchard Knob')