GDG- East Cemetery Hill

[Jack Kelly]

Greetings,

A Gettysburg connection to Wauhatchie of particular interest to me is that 
Gen. George Greene was wounded at Wauhatchie and was actually forced to take 
time off field duty to recuperate, the only extended leave he took during 
the war.  Not bad for a 62 year old, the oldest general on field duty in the 
Union Army, and perhaps in both armies IIRC.

Regards,

Jack Kelly

> Night attacks in the Civil War were rare and had a very poor track record. 
> One of the most famous, the Confederate attack on a Union division under 
> John W. Geary at Wauhatchie (Brown's Ferry, TN)  under Longstreet and 
> Bragg on the night of October 28-29, 1863, ended with a Union victory 
> after Hooker sent two divisions to Geary's relief at Wauhatchie Station 
> and the final establishment of the Cracker Line that brought food, 
> ammunition, and reinforcements to Union troops beseiged at Chattanooga and 
> the eventual end of the siege.>