Existing comment:
(Battle of Chattanooga continued)
12th corps, Cruft's of the 4th, and Osterhaus' of the 15th, carried Lookout Mountain. On the 25th these forces advanced to Rossville Gap and carried that position in the afternoon of that day. Early on the 25th Sherman with three of his divisions, supported by Davis, division of the 14th corps and Howard's 11th corps, assaulted Tunnel Hill, continuing his operation until 3 p.m., but failed to carry it. The brunt of the defense fell upon Cleburne's division, supported by troops by troops from Walker's and Stevenson's. At 3:15 p.m. of the 25th Johnson's, Sheridan's, Wood's and Baird's divisions, Army of the Cumberland, formed from right to left in the order named, starting from this central line captured on the 23rd, assaulted and carried first the rifle-pits at the base of the ridge, and immediately thereafter the crest of Missionary Ridge for a distance of three miles. The whole movement occupied a little over an hour, and the captures were 40 guns and about 2,000 prisoners. Including the pursuit to and engagement at Ringgold, Nov. 27, the Union losses were 753 killed, 4,722 wounded, and 349 missing. |