nov 28, 1863 - Chattanooga & "Battle Above the Clouds" (Nov 1863)
Description:
Grant won series of engagements in Nov 1863 in beseiged Chattanooga including Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain (aka “Battle Above the Clouds”); Grant liberated Chattanooga, state was cleared of Confeds → open opportunity for invasion of Georgia → Grant made general in chiefAdded to timeline:
Date:
nov 28, 1863
Now
~ 161 years ago