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Hey everyone, welcome to episode number 423 of our Civil War podcast. My name is Rich.

And I'm Tracy. Hello, y'all. Thanks for tuning into the podcast.

As you guys will recall, we used the last episode to talk about the situation at Chattanooga.

Especially regarding the federal's precarious supply situation. And also William Rosecran's

increasingly shaky tenure as commander of the Army of the Cumberland.

And then at the end of the last show, Ulysses Sess Grant entered the picture and we said with

that development, the campaign for Chattanooga was taking a decisive turn.

After the surrender of Vicksburg on July 4th, 1863, Grant had had a frustrating summer.

His plan for a follow-up offensive against the Gulf port of Mobile, Alabama had been set aside

by Washington so that troops from his army could be stripped away to provide manpower for other

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