U.S. Grant on Braxton Bragg and James Longstreet
Life on the Civil War Reserach Trail
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The operations around Chattanooga in October and November 1863 that ended in Union forces breaking the siege and defeating the Confederate army, are due in large part to the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant. More than two decades after the decisive victory, he shared remarks of two of the opposing generals, Braxton Bragg and James Longstreet.
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