Chattanooga | Oct 29, 1863 | Wauhatchie

Wary of troops marching to the aid of the Federal army besieged at Chattanooga, General Braxton Bragg ordered General James Longstreet to take action against the force massing in Lookout Valley.  In a rare nighttime attack, a division of Longstreet’s corps attacked the Union rearguard near the crossroads of Wauhatchie.  The brief fight was a bloody repulse for the Confederates, who were forced to withdraw.  The Confederates had missed their last best chance to prevent supplies from reaching the Union Army of the Cumberland.  A Federal resurgence in the west was only a matter of time.