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WALKER, Georgia in the 1860s: 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. Braxton Bragg's Chickamauga: Trouble with the Brass
    date September 19, 1863 to September 20, 1863map CATOOSA, Georgia, WALKER, Georgiatags The Battle of Chickamauga, Braxton Bragg

    General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee was in sore need of a decisive victory in September 1863. Following the Army's failed invasion of Kentucky in 1862, Bragg had been steadily pushed out of Middle and Eastern Tennessee and into Georgia without putting up much of a fight. General William Rosecrans had proven a formidable commander of the opposing Army of the Cumberland. After General James Longstreet's...

  2. James A. Garfield at Chickamauga
    date September 19, 1863 to September 20, 1863map WALKER, Georgiatags The Battle of Chickamauga, James A. Garfield

    James A. Garfield was by definition an opportunist, he used even his failures in life to present a heroic image and thus propel himself into political office.  Such was the case when he beseeched his commanding officer after their position had been overrun and he desired to be where the Union was winning the battle (and thus seen as victorious), “Let me go to the front… It is dangerous, but the...

  3. From Infantryman to Staff Officer: The Battle of Chickamauga Through the Eyes of Ambrose Bierce
    date September 19, 1863 to September 20, 1863map HAMILTON, Tennessee, WALKER, Georgiatags War, literature

    Bierce writes, “They were men. They crept upon their hands and knees. They used their hands only, dragging their legs. They used their knees only, their arms hanging idle at their sides. They strove to rise to their feet, but fell prone in the attempt.” Through chilling words Ambrose Bierce illustrated the battlefield at Chickamauga in his short story, Chickamauga. Bierce, a writer and soldier,...

  4. General William Rosecrans' Report at the Battle of Chickamauga
    date September 19, 1863 to September 20, 1863map HAMILTON, Tennessee, WALKER, Georgiatags William Rosecrans, The Battle of Chickamauga, Civil War

    Major General William Rosecrans, commander of the U.S. Army of the Cumberland, awoke nervous on September 20, 1863. His forces at Chickamauga had been assailed throughout the previous day but held their ground. Rosecrans did not know if they could withstand another day of Confederate assault, however. He also did not know that he was about to give an order that would swing the battle, the Chattanooga...