The Battle of Chattanooga (1863) - Part 2

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The Union commander-in-chief, Abraham Lincoln, was beside himself. In the northwestern corner of Georgia, there had been defeat and near-disaster back in September of 1863. There, along the banks of Chickamauga Creek, and now in November, the real possibility of yet another reversal at Chattanooga.
Besieged by Braxton Bragg’s Confederate Army of Tennessee, Major General U.S. Grant was called in to resurrect sinking morale and restore hope. He corrected the former with the opening of a cracker line. Full bellies and ample ammunition lifted spirits. Now, the man from Galena, Illinois determined to flip the military situation. What his men and officers did was nothing short of amazing. This is the story of the incredible events along the Tennessee River, and atop the heights of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. This is part two of the story of The Battle Of Chattanooga.
#chattanooga #civilwar #civilwarhistory
Narrated by Fred Kiger
Produced by Dan Irving
Published by Third Wheel Media
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Braxton Bragg
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Thomas J. Wood
Philip Sheridan
Patrick Cleburne
Recommended reading on the Battle of Chattanooga: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...

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@haroldchase4120
@haroldchase4120 4 ай бұрын
As a living historian I truly value y’all’s work
@secdetau
@secdetau 4 ай бұрын
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@barrythatcher9349
@barrythatcher9349 3 ай бұрын
It totally reminds me of Shelby Foote. His Civil War series brought me here
@isisnmagic1812
@isisnmagic1812 4 ай бұрын
Being an old history lover from across the pond, this found by accident channel is a joy to follow. I thank all involved for your work to keep real history alive and fill gaps not taught not only in the UK but as a stalkwalk in America to those who champion a false history, please keep doing all you do.
@neoneyes3913
@neoneyes3913 4 ай бұрын
I love this channel. It’s so hard to find such quality content surrounding one of the most influential conflicts of all time
@NealBones
@NealBones 5 ай бұрын
I can't help but imagine what it would have been like on these battlefields during these fights, and Fred has a spectacular ability at making me feel as if I was there personally. Thank you for helping me connect to what my relatives went through in our past
@johnpenn8444
@johnpenn8444 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for all you do to keep the REAL history of the War Between the States alive, and not the revisionist drivel taught to children today.
@slaphappypappy3782
@slaphappypappy3782 2 ай бұрын
As a Chattanooga native, I appreciate this telling of the Battle of Chattanooga. Thank you, sir!
@jasonumanzor9428
@jasonumanzor9428 4 ай бұрын
Mr. Fred, your vivid storytelling about the battles that shaped our country inspires me to visit these historic battlegrounds. I’m eager to explore and immerse myself in the history, letting my imagination roam freely as I relive the moments through your videos. Greetings from Fredericksburg, VA
@ericwilson178
@ericwilson178 Ай бұрын
Confederate actors from Chickamauga attended our wedding in Chattanooga. The captain busted in the door and yelled "Where is that Yankee sympathizer" with four armed troops behind him. I was arrested right after my last meal. They took me outside the Coker Tire Museum (where we had just took our vows) to a brick wall on Fort Street while a four-man Confederate firing squad was lining up on the other side of the street. The captain asked the wedding party if anyone had a blindfold and to their great amusement they found one. "I don"t need a blindfold. I'll take it like a man!" and the captain whispered "You need it to protect your eyes." WTF! Then, at the captain's command, they shot me. I could feel the blast. Someone in the wedding party yelled "You missed him! Do it again."... I know where he lives. Two days later, I asked my new bride about shots being fired in downtown Chattanooga and no law enforcement arrived. She had a connection with the police department and they sent out a message to ignore gun shots on Fort Street. "They could have shot me for real and no one would have showed up." In a curt voice she said "You aren't taking me out of the South." btw, I am a US 2nd Cavalry veteran. What a wild twist.
@eyeofwolf6285
@eyeofwolf6285 28 күн бұрын
It's a very good story boss. Chattanooga is my home and will always remain as such. Something about that great mountain I cannot get enough of and Miss dearly when I'm away. Thank you for your service.
@ministerofdarkness
@ministerofdarkness 4 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation and narration. As a Tennessee native, the Civil War history has always fascinated me. Thanks you.
@timmylee41
@timmylee41 4 ай бұрын
Been anxiously waiting for this video, while I've read Grant and Shermans memoires and quite familiar with this battle...i was captivated by this presentation. A heartfelt thanks to all your work!
@ThreadsfromtheNationalTapestry
@ThreadsfromtheNationalTapestry 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words!
@LeonHendwrson
@LeonHendwrson 3 ай бұрын
I'm glad that I have a chance to see the c civil war and have a thur about the truth of the civil war people now can overcome the way home now.
@stacyyoung8496
@stacyyoung8496 3 ай бұрын
Chattanooga born and I work at Grace Chemical in Chattanooga. The plant is situated on the south side of S. Chicamauga Creek, about a mile upstream from where it empties into the Tennessee R. 3 tenths of a mile from the RR tracks and half a mile from Billy Goat Hill. Upon standing atop the roof of our plant one can easily see why Sherman mistook Billy Goat Hill for the Northern tip of Missionary Ridge.
@alexhatfield4448
@alexhatfield4448 4 ай бұрын
Hey for what it's worth I love this. It makes my work life a little more liveable.
@LonelyRanger902
@LonelyRanger902 4 ай бұрын
It’s hard to find a battle in the Civil War, where the union”s strategies and movements actually went as planned. Even when you think that Grant might bring some cohesion to the union forces, chaos still reigned
@sarmaxsam
@sarmaxsam Ай бұрын
So did victory
@valiantabello
@valiantabello 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ThreadsfromtheNationalTapestry
@ThreadsfromtheNationalTapestry 4 ай бұрын
Thank you Bello!
@ralfgroh2719
@ralfgroh2719 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the professional and informative treatment of a very interesting segment of the Civil War. Thanks!
@robertferguson533
@robertferguson533 4 ай бұрын
Excellent work as usual
@joelpless1864
@joelpless1864 2 ай бұрын
Thank you. Exceptionally well done.
@hamacherk
@hamacherk 6 күн бұрын
Thanks for your great work, love the detail and clarity.
@stevewalker4638
@stevewalker4638 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@chriscolley2229
@chriscolley2229 4 ай бұрын
Truly phenomenal research and development of the storyline . This is an unexpected pleasure .
@mdquaglia
@mdquaglia 2 ай бұрын
I've enjoyed multiple videos from this channel.
@jedrzejlehman3987
@jedrzejlehman3987 4 ай бұрын
All history chanels should tell their stories like that , great job !
@hattals
@hattals 4 ай бұрын
great work, love this content!
@frankfischer1281
@frankfischer1281 4 ай бұрын
I've read multiple accounts of this battle, from both sides, but this presentation and narration brings it to life. Excellent work....many thanks.
@user-ju9cv9pr6f
@user-ju9cv9pr6f 4 ай бұрын
Outstanding! I live in Bridgeport, Alabama and enjoy the history of our region.
@stoneagepunk
@stoneagepunk 3 ай бұрын
Very well done!
@000mystery000
@000mystery000 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for an equally great part two! Chattanooga born and raised. Some great civil war sites here for ya'll visiting town!
@gregoryjordan6522
@gregoryjordan6522 4 ай бұрын
Kind of disappointing to see Grant do that to Thomas. After Halleck did the same type of thing to Grant in West Tennessee. As a native of Chattanooga, I recommend taking a bicycle to Chickamauga battlefield. Best way to see it. You can do guided bike tours or just ride through the battlefield on the roads. You can drive up to Point Park on Lookout Mountain or you can take the Incline railway. Driving up, you will pass Rock City and Ruby Falls. Across from Point Park, is the Battles for Chattanooga Museum. It used to be called the Confedarama, located at the bottom of the mountain, across the street from The Incline when I was a kid. They have a model of the Chattanooga area with lights that will show where the battles took place while they play an audio account of the battles. The only time I was ever really on Missionary Ridge was many years ago, I did a 10k road race in the early 80s.
@stevethomas4310
@stevethomas4310 4 ай бұрын
A quality video, very enjoyable.
@alanaadams7440
@alanaadams7440 4 ай бұрын
I had two great great uncles who fought for the Union from Pennsylvania
@DeaconBlu
@DeaconBlu 4 ай бұрын
I can’t thank you enough for these wonderful videos. You folks do a fantastic job of putting this out and making it understandable and “useable”. So to say. Financially, I simply can’t do anything beyond saying “thank you” & hitting the “like” button. New subscriber, however. I certainly won’t let any new vids go without being watched. I grew up in and around Petersburg, Va. The National Battlefield Park that is there used to be one of my favorite places to go. I lIve 500 miles away now and can’t go anymore…I miss it. Truly. Thank you, again for what you do and the quality that you do it with. ❤😎👍❤
@edwardloomis887
@edwardloomis887 4 ай бұрын
Quite glad you illustrated the charge up Missionary Ridge starting at 33:36 with the oversized painting that hangs in the Minnesota State Capitol of the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Regiment. They acquitted themselves well at Chickamauga then overachieved at Missionary Ridge. For the record, Minnesota only became a state in 1858, but produced ten infantry regiments including the first personally offered by the governor to Abraham Lincoln for federal service after Fort Sumter.
@MarshaBonForte
@MarshaBonForte 2 ай бұрын
A lot of Union Generals had “Career Best” performances in this battle. Grant’s attitude of thinly disguised disdain, produced a burning desire in all three Union army groups present, to prove him wrong. Exactly what Grant needed to win the Battle.
@MegaBloggs1
@MegaBloggs1 2 ай бұрын
awesome your merlifous voice is superb
@travisbayles870
@travisbayles870 3 ай бұрын
Both my great great grandfather and my great great great uncle who were in the 32nd Tennessee Infantry CSA fought at Chattanooga
@Chris-um3se
@Chris-um3se 4 ай бұрын
Kiger is superlative -- poetic and deeply emotional.
@jamesbranum1062
@jamesbranum1062 2 ай бұрын
I appreciate your video, I live in Chattanooga and I drove Missionary Ridge today. The terrain is very rough, and I can only imagine what those soldiers were thinking being stuck at the bottom. Sherman’s reservation should be called Cleburne’s Defense but to the victors go the spoils. Sherman’s reservation is very cool and most Chattanoogans don’t know about it.
@jeffg1524
@jeffg1524 4 ай бұрын
One wonders if Longstreet was in charge instead of Bragg, would the result be the same? There are so many what if's in war.
@lisaalane7694
@lisaalane7694 4 ай бұрын
How did the largest military base in the world get named after the worst general of the Civil War? I love history. Only know bits and pieces of civil war history, and am loving these videos. My mother was a Shirley, desended from Thomas Shirley. I see they were split roughly 1/2 confederates and 1/2 on the union side. I wasn't sure as her relatives were from Kentuky.
@dalerip_itz9044
@dalerip_itz9044 Ай бұрын
Love the videos, but im kinda disappointed that a battle like Chickamauga is just glanced over.
@BlueOpinion
@BlueOpinion 4 ай бұрын
Did the National flag of the North ever change during the war? Stars at least?
@kevinjohnson-lf3kj
@kevinjohnson-lf3kj 4 ай бұрын
Yes...The State of West Virginia was separated from Rebel Virginia..n added to our Great Union.
@jonrettich-ff4gj
@jonrettich-ff4gj 4 ай бұрын
I believe the battle of Wauhatchie between Longstreet and Hooker was the fatal happening at Chickamauga. Bragg clearly understood that his entire situation was compromised but, I believe, due to both his and Longstreets emotional exhaustion, neither was able to function properly. Bragg with a significant history of criticizable reactions, especially at Chattanooga and Longstreet not using his full force around Lookout Mountain and next at Knoxville and both with the tendency to blame others might both have made major miscalculations. I always appreciate the clarity and value of your presentations thanks
@roberttai646
@roberttai646 4 ай бұрын
Love this work. Thank you! One detail, it was Lt Colonel Elisha Bassett Langdon, First Regiment, Ohio, at Missionary Ridge who was shot in the face and rose to continue the charge. Bassett, not Barrett. He died of complications from his wound two years later.
@Bobbyo60
@Bobbyo60 4 ай бұрын
General Grant was from Point Pleasant, Ohio!
@johnfleet235
@johnfleet235 3 ай бұрын
Yes, but he was living on Galena, IL when the Civil War broke out.
@Bobbyo60
@Bobbyo60 3 ай бұрын
@@johnfleet235 Look, they made me go to that man’s house every year grades 1-6 . So, General Grant is from Point Pleasant, Ohio, dammit!!!
@Tmindful182
@Tmindful182 Ай бұрын
Once Grant arrived in a theater… it was over for whatever confederate force previously thought they had a chance… a common theme in the Civil War. Confederate armies would wilt wherever he went
@colinjohn2708
@colinjohn2708 4 ай бұрын
Good coverage. An aussie.
@davidwilcox7346
@davidwilcox7346 4 ай бұрын
My fourth grandfather was at lookout mountain
@mrmoofle
@mrmoofle 3 ай бұрын
One of the Union generals who fought at Lookout Mountain was none other than John White Geary, who would later become Governor of Pennsylvania.
@alanaadams7440
@alanaadams7440 4 ай бұрын
Thomas did not get the accolades he should have. He was slighted more than once. He was a good soldier
@philiphulse932
@philiphulse932 2 ай бұрын
My wife works for the American Civil War museum.
@kevinleecaster2698
@kevinleecaster2698 3 ай бұрын
It's been a great point in our history to finally get rid of Fort Bragg.
@patjacksonpodium
@patjacksonpodium 4 ай бұрын
Good stuff. But "The most depressing day for the Army of Tennessee?" It was bad but I think the battle of Franklin would like a word lol.
@asuperstraightpureblood
@asuperstraightpureblood 4 ай бұрын
Before suribachi, there was the flag on lookout.
@stephenelberfeld8175
@stephenelberfeld8175 3 ай бұрын
I think I have been confused by a lot of narrators explaining that Grant was sent East after the fall of Vicksburg and Kilpatrick sent west after the Gettysburg campaign. It seems Hooker was not sent at the same time as Kilpatrick but Sheridan probably was. O.O.Howard must have arrived with the 12th Corp. I thought his entrenched position at Culps Hill was considered one of the better strategic decisions at Gettysburg. Not a punitive occasion.
@DA-bp8lf
@DA-bp8lf 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for pointing out how incompetent Sherman was. Grant was trying to give Sherman some glory this day, to shove into the newspapers faces, but Sherman as usual can’t do anything right on his own.
@williamwebster7325
@williamwebster7325 2 ай бұрын
Stubernest is a weakness and brags was that dummy 😮
@murrayscott9546
@murrayscott9546 4 ай бұрын
And yetta 6famous fort is named afterl him ( or wuz ). Go figure.
@murrayscott9546
@murrayscott9546 4 ай бұрын
I do appreciate all of your collective work. However, as I think that I've said before - I'm on the ropes. Justabout ready to cry, sometimes but I still can manage a smile, a laugh, Abad joke. That's what life's about.
@Brooks_M3
@Brooks_M3 4 ай бұрын
How can we get this in front of Shane Gillis 😂
@kennethd9344
@kennethd9344 4 ай бұрын
🤬🤬🤬🤬
@johnsherinian158
@johnsherinian158 4 ай бұрын
I love your work! Thank you all for the dedication you’ve given to remembering all the supreme, and life damaging, sacrifices those men gave for our country.🇺🇸🫡
@jeromemark2509
@jeromemark2509 Ай бұрын
US GRANT!!
@leroyellis9907
@leroyellis9907 28 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@gsilcoful
@gsilcoful 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@gregoryphillips2939
@gregoryphillips2939 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@azcontrols95
@azcontrols95 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ThreadsfromtheNationalTapestry
@ThreadsfromtheNationalTapestry 4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
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