The Battle of Chattanooga was a solid military victory ... Union General Joseph Hooker seized Lookout Mountain, and General George Thomas captured Missionary Ridge the next day.
On Sept. 23, 1863, after winning the Battle of Chickamauga (Sept. 19-20, 1863), Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg established a siege of the Union-held refuge of Chattanooga. His goal was to starve ...