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Wauhatchie, battle of
When General Grant arrived at Chattanooga and took chief command, Oct. 23, 1863, he saw the necessity of opening a more direct way to that post for its supplies.
General Hooker, who had been sent with a large force under Howard and Slocum from Virginia, was then at Bridgeport, on the Tennessee, and Grant ordered him to cross that stream and advance to the Lookout Valley and menace Bragg's left.
He did so, and reached Wauhatchie, in that valley, on the 28th, after some sharp skirmishing.
Being anxious to hold the road leading from Lookout Valley to Kelly's Ferry, Hooker sent General Geary to encamp at Wauhatchie.
Hooker's movements had been keenly watched by McLaws's division of Longstreet's corps, then holding Lookout Mountain.
McLaws swept down the rugged hills and struck Geary's small force at 1 A. M., on Oct. 29, hoping to crush it and capture Hooker's whole army.
The attack was made with great fury on three sides of the camp, while batteries on the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams , Alphieus Starkey 1810 - (search)