Existing comment:
To this regiment, with the division to which it belonged, was assigned the arduous and important duties of holding the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad from Wartrace Bridge, Tenn., to Bridgeport, Ala.
The possession and keeping open of this railroad was of the highest strategical
importance constituting the main line of communication of the armies operating around Chattanooga under Gen. Grant thereby contributing materially to the achievements that culminated in the defeat of Gen. Bragg's army in its seemingly impregnable position on Missionary Ridge November 25th, 1863. |