George H. Thomas decides to end his pursuit of the beaten, demoralized Confederates as they leave Tennessee for the last time.
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George H. Thomas decides to end his pursuit of the beaten, demoralized Confederates as they leave Tennessee for the last time.
George H. Thomas renews his Federal assault on the weakened and demoralized Confederate Army of Tennessee south of Nashville.
The terrible battle in northwestern Georgia enters its second day and threatens to result in Federal disaster.
Braxton Bragg’s Confederates squander a second chance to destroy a part of the Federal Army of the Cumberland south of Chattanooga. Bragg nevertheless decides to try attacking a third time.