battle of chattannooga 2 LOC

This Currier and Ives painting depicts the Battle of Chattanooga, which took place November 23-25, 1863. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg, ending the Rebel siege of Chattanooga and setting up Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s capture of Atlanta and the March to the Sea. (Library of Congress)