As it was, the greater part of the town was burned; but, judging by present accounts, the Southern General was compelled, by the retreat or BRAGG, to leave his work there unfinished. Gen.

On this day in 1863, Union soldiers — without waiting for orders — charged up Missionary Ridge under fire, dislodging the Confederates and ending the months-long siege of Chattanooga.

At 12 1/2 o'clock the infantry became engaged, and the battle was then fully joined ... GRANT to subsist his army at Chattanooga this Winter, and rendered the longer possession of Lookout Mountain ...