SEPTEMBER 17, 1863:
On the
first anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, General Braxton Bragg C.S.A. finds
himself with an opportunity to attack the scattered Union forces that are
strung out in a fifty mile radius around Chickamauga Creek, their intended
destination. Having missed the selfsame chance at McLemore’s Cove on the
eleventh of September, Bragg misreads the situation again, launching a weak
demonstration against the Union right flank which gathers itself and strikes
back. Neither side commits itself to the battle, and the skirmishes along the
line peter out ineffectually.
