Show k k I 1 1 f I 1 ap tatt chickamauga and ATLANTA HE battle of chickamauga was THE fought september 1920 19 20 when gen william starke rosecrans was marching on chattanooga with gen braxton bragg slowly retreating and expecting reinforcements these reinforcements came suddenly and unknown to rosecrans Itose crans relates a writer in the indianapolis news bragg halted at chickamauga and deployed his troops rosecrans Itose crans placed his troops ath con george henry thomas on the left siaa gen thomas L crittenden in the center and maj gen alexander mcd mccook on the right along tile the chickamauga creek september 19 the confederates crossed the creek and alaj gen leonidas I 1 idak olk struck thomas line thomas returned tile the assault confusing contusing con braggs plan september 20 thomas was again attacked me he frequently called for reinforcements though he hold held ills his position stoutly finally gen thomas J wood misinterpreting an order made a falbe move which precipitated the confederate Conle attack on a weak point in the federal line and the day was lost rosecrans tied lied to chattanooga rici oga but thomas kept fighting until gen james abram 0 garfield arfield was sent to summon him the combating combat comba teng engaged aged federals and confederates the federals lost and the confederates the battle ot atlanta took place july 22 in atlanta between gen Will willmarn farn tecumseh shermans Sher mans army of the tennessee numbering three corps and brig gen john bell hoods corps of gen joseph eggleston gleston Kg johnstons army the confederates were defeated and driven back to their entrenchments ments within the town hood flood began the attack on brig abrl gen william E hardee on shermans Sher mans lert left gen geli james B mcpherson of the federals gained a position on a high hill commanding the heart of the town and then the fight went on oil all along the line cattery battery F second united states artillery was hobt in a sharp skirmish an on a country road and mcpherson riding to its assis assistance was killed the battle lasted more than four hours at four hood plunged into tie the remnant of line and drove it back yards carrying two important batteries in the face of murderous fire gen jolin john II 11 Sch schofields batteries were hurried flurried up to maintain this desirable position and aid the fifteenth corps to regain its lost ground in which lie was successful success lul hood retreated to ills his having lost all his guns except tilt alio two advance ones sherman Sh ormin lost men and hood many more Atlan atlanta was afterward besieged by sherman Sli erman arid and captured on hoods abando it september 2 1864 flag of the confederacy T THE HE stars stairs and liars bars flag was the original hag flag of the confederacy with three horizontal bars red white and red and a blue union on which were seven white lie stars arranged in a circle the nume Is also sometimes applied to the later flag dug or southern Sout heru cross etli with blue st andrews cross bordered with ith bilte on a red back ground and having ha ing three white bite stars on each anu and one at the intersection only eleven eleeta states mutes actually seceded south carolina Caroll ni mississippi appl ppl florida alabama georgia loul suni suna texus texas virginia north caro anu tennessee ind and Askan alkansas sils two ot lieis kentucky lind missouri Nil turf were expected to do so but remal remained tied in the hie union the seer tats in the oil ginal fiig the lie liast seten baates to secede |