Hey everyone, welcome to episode 407 of our Civil War Podcast.

My name is Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Thanks for tuning into the podcast.

As y'all will recall, we used the last episode to talk about the reasons for the delay

and what the Confederate Army commander, Braxton Bragg, had originally intended to be an

attack at first light on the morning of Sunday, September 20th, 1863, the third day of the

Battle of Chikamaga.

We also talked about how, on the federal side, on the morning of the 20th, George Thomas

was continuing to issue calls for reinforcements for his part of the Union lines.

They're on the northern part of the battlefield.

Specifically, Thomas wanted one of his detached divisions returned to him.

That was the division commanded by James Negley.

And we said that when, that morning, the federal army commander, William Rose Cranes, agreed

to return Negley's division to George Thomas.

It set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately result in disaster for the army

of the Comberland.

However, at 9.30 that morning, that disaster for the federals was still in the future.

By 9.30, some four hours after Bragg had intended that his day-don attack should have been

launched.

The rising sun had burned away the fog and taken the edge off the bitter cold that had

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