Bragg Leaves Town

Abstract

This chapter describes Braxton Bragg’s evacuation of Chattanooga and the movement of the Army of Tennessee southeastward from the city. It also describes the pause of William Rosecrans’s Army of the Cumberland because of supply delays and a dearth of information about Confederate movements. Nevertheless, some Federal units began to ascend Lookout Mountain. Elsewhere, Confederate units from both east and west began to move toward Chattanooga to reinforce the Army of Tennessee.