「查特怒加之戰」 (Battle of Chattanooga) 於1863年11月23日爆發了

歷時三天的「查特怒加之戰」是美國軍事歷史上最戲劇性的事件。這場戰爭於1863年11月23日爆發，當戰爭結束時，聯邦軍隊將南方聯盟軍隊驅離田納西州的查特怒加，敵軍撤退至喬治亞州，這樣的結果使聯邦軍隊指揮官威廉‧雪曼 (William T. Sherman) 在一年後得到「向海洋前進」 (March to the Sea) 的勝利。雪曼對南方城鎮造成嚴重的破壞，當他的軍隊在喬治亞的亞特蘭大與沙瓦那等地焚燬村落盡情破壞時，也解放了許多奴隸。

因為這個城鎮的蒸汽船港口與火車站相當的重要，所以取得這場勝利具有戰略上的意義。但是在1863年的初秋，叛軍部隊卻躲藏到查特怒加的山間懸崖處，設下陷阱引誘聯邦軍隊。


The three-day Battle of Chattanooga is one of the most dramatic turnabouts in American military history. It began on November 23, 1863, and when the fighting stopped, Union forces had driven Confederate troops away from Chattanooga, Tennessee, into Georgia, setting the stage for Union General William T. Sherman's triumphant "March to the Sea" a year later. Sherman wreaked havoc on Southern towns and freed slaves as his troops blazed a path of destruction, burning towns between Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.

It was a strategic victory because of the town's steamboat port and railway station. But in the early fall of 1863, rebel forces moved into the mountains and bluffs overlooking Chattanooga, trapping the Union Army.

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