Abstract
In 1863 the Union commander of the Army of the Cumberland, William S. Rosecrans successfully manoeuvred the weaker Confederate Army of Gen. Braxton B. Bragg out of a strong defensive position in Middle Tennessee with little loss of life. Taking advantage of the unique mountainous topography and Bragg’s dependence on a single rail line Rosecrans was able to put his forces astride Bragg’s communications. Following after the Confederates and trying to repeat the same trick south of the Tennessee River Rosecrans allowed his corps to become separated in the mountains where they were decisively defeated at the Battle of Chickamauga. Rosecrans created the most effective mapping system developed during the Civil War.
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Pittman, W.E. (2002). Tullahoma: Terrain and Tactics in the American Civil War. In: Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R. (eds) Fields of Battle. The GeoJournal Library, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1550-8_7
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