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The fight at the railroad tunnel where the river passes north of Seminary Ridge is worth study. Grant attempted to move around the Confederate positions on Seminary Ridge by this route. Cleburne held against massive attack, which included amphibious operations to his rear.

The area is built up now, but you can see the extreme importance of the ground clearly from Lookout Mountain.

Cleburne was correct in his opinion of Bragg, in my opinion. Cleburne's opinion of Bragg was shared by Nathan Bedford Forrest himself.

This one is from memory,folks, I am leading with the lip!

8 posted on 08/30/2004 12:38:48 AM PDT by Iris7 ("Democracy" assumes every opinion is equally valid. No one believes this is true.)

26 posted on 08/30/2004 7:53:01 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)

Morning Iris7. The only chance I had to go to Lookout Mountain the visibility was zero due to a heavy fog. ;-(

41 posted on 08/30/2004 8:15:13 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I've discovered that I often visit the state of confusion, and I know my way around pretty well.)