The Battle of Chickamauga

 The Battle of Chickamauga was a very large battle of the civil war with over 30,000 causcasualties. To this day it is still debated as to whether or not is was a southern win, although the arrow of favor does point to the South in this case. This is because while the city of Chattanooga, the gateway to the deep south, did fall after the battle, the South dominated the north in battle. The way that the battle of Chickamauga went was that the Union general Ambrose Burnside accidentally opened up a huge gap in his lines die to fatigue, and general Braxton Bragg noticed and capitalized off of his foe's errors, destroying the northern lines and forcing them into Chattanooga, which did backfire a llittle bit.  Bragg was later discharged from command due to innefectivity, but this was a big win for him and all of his men. Chickamauga happened because the North needed a foothold in the south, and Chattanooga was perfect, and it led to the Atlanta campaign because the north now had a foothold in the south.
 

 



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