Wednesday, September 11, 2013

September 12, 1863---Near Lookout Mountain



SEPTEMBER 12, 1863:       

After the failure to carry out his planned major offensive at McLemore’s Cove, General Braxton Bragg C.S.A. orders his troops to engage Union units piecemeal in the Chattanooga area. Small engagements rock the area from Rheatown, Tennessee to Dirt Town, Georgia.