039. Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19th & 20th, 1863 - WDS Campaign Chickamauga

(Historical, 85 Turns) In early September 1863, Union General Rosecrans consolidated his forces scattered in Tennessee and Georgia and forced Confederate General Bragg’s army out of Chattanooga, heading south. The Union troops followed it. Bragg was determined to reoccupy Chattanooga and decided to meet a part of Rosecrans’s army, defeat them, and then move back into the city. On the 17th he headed north, intending to meet and beat the XXI Army Corps. As Bragg marched north on the 18th, his cavalry and infantry fought with Union cavalry and mounted infantry which were armed with Spencer repeating rifles. Fighting began in earnest on the morning of the 19th, and Bragg’s men hammered but did not break the Union line. Unbeknownest to Rosecran, Confederate Lt. General Longstreet arrived from Virginia to bolster Bragg's army, and for the first time, the Union army was outnumbered in a western battle. It's 9am on the 19th of September, the 10th Confederate cavalry regiment has just been decimated by running into the 10th Indiana. With these shots, the Battle of Chickamauga begins.