SEPTEMBER 24, 1863:
General
Braxton Bragg C.S.A. announces that Chattanooga is “under siege,” but his
troops are not ordered to move from their positions around Lookout Mountain or
to engage Rosecrans’ Army of The Cumberland. In the meantime, the 11th
and 12th Corps of The Army of The Potomac are in transit to
Chattanooga. Though he knows this, Bragg does not cut the rail lines. Bragg’s
subordinates begin to complain to Richmond about his “cowardice” and
“incompetence.”
