Tuesday, October 1, 2013

October 2, 1863---Wheeler's Raid causes chaos



OCTOBER 2, 1863:   

Troops under General Joseph Wheeler C.S.A. manage to cut off most of the roads heading into Chattanooga, Tennessee, and are battering both the rail lines and the rugged overland main supply route used by the Federals in the city. The gross tonnage of supplies reaching Chattanooga is reduced to nearly nothing overnight. Braxton Bragg’s “Siege of Chattanooga,” announced a week earlier finally becomes a reality.