10b: Bragg's Best Chance - Battleground 9: Chickamauga
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| First Side: | CSA |
| Second Side: | Union |
September 19-20, 1863 90 Turns ----------------------[ What If ]----------------------- **Two Day Battle w/ Faster Releases** 8:00am: Braxton Bragg has been trying to avenge the loss of Chattanooga to William Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland for several weeks now. After several attempts to trap and strike portions of the Army of the Cumberland southeast of Chattanooga, Bragg finally gets his Army of Tennessee to move upon the enemy. With half of James Longstreet's 1st Corps already off their trains from Virginia, and the other half expected before sunrise tomorrow, the Confederates will have the unique opportunity to meet the Federals at equal or greater strength. Thinking that the Union army is still spread out south of Lee and Gordon's Mill, Bragg orders Walker's corps and Bushrod Johnson's division to cross over Chickamauga Creek at several bridges north of the Union army and then drive south down the LaFayette road. Bragg hopes to push the Federals back into McLemore's Cove where they can be destroyed, thereby giving him control of Chattanooga and eastern Tennessee. However, unbeknownst to the Rebels, the Union army is finishing an overnight march up the LaFayette road.
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