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A city in eastern Tennessee
Answer for the clue "A city in eastern Tennessee ", 11 letters:
chattanooga
Alternative clues for the word chattanooga
- Battle in which Grant defeated Bragg
- Tennessee River city
- Train-tune town
- US choo-choo destination?
- In the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
- Tennessee city where Bessie Smith grew up
- Riverbend Festival city
Word definitions for chattanooga in dictionaries
Gazetteer
Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 432 Housing Units (2000): 182 Land area (2000): 0.489754 sq. miles (1.268458 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.489754 sq. miles (1.268458 sq. km) FIPS code: 13600 Located within: Oklahoma ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
city in Tennessee, of uncertain origin, said to be either Cherokee or Muskogee; compare Muskogee cvto "rock" (in Chattahoochee , etc.); the entire name is said to mean "rock rising to a point," which might describe nearby Lookout Mountain.
Usage examples of chattanooga.
MAJOR-GENERAL McCLELLAN: Your despatch about Chattanooga and Dalton was duly received and sent to General Halleck.
In your movement upon Chattanooga I think it probable that you include some combination of the force near Cumberland Gap under General Morgan.
But in detaching your force the President directs that it be done in such a way as to enable you to hold your ground and not interfere with the movement against Chattanooga and East Tennessee.
What should be done is to hold what we have in the West, open the Mississippi, and take Chattanooga and East Tennessee without more.
He is not pleased with the tardiness of the movement toward Chattanooga, and directs that no force be sent here if you cannot do it without breaking up the operations against that point and East Tennessee.
Still do not send a man if in your judgment it will endanger any point you deem important to hold, or will force you to give up or weaken or delay the Chattanooga expedition.
MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK: I think it very important for General Rosecrans to hold his position at or about Chattanooga, because if held from that place to Cleveland, both inclusive, it keeps all Tennessee clear of the enemy, and also breaks one of his most important railroad lines.
If we can hold Chattanooga and East Tennessee, I think the rebellion must dwindle and die.
I now think the enemy will not attack Chattanooga, and I think you will have to look out for his making a concentrated drive at Burnside.
MAJOR-GENERAL ROSECRANS, Chattanooga, Tenn: There has been no battle recently at Bull Run.
Dispatches up to 12 last night from Chattanooga show all quiet and doing well.
MAJOR-GENERAL GRANT: Understanding that your lodgment at Chattanooga and Knoxville is now secure, I wish to tender you, and all under your command, my more than thanks, my profoundest gratitude, for the skill, courage, and perseverance with which you and they, over so great difficulties, have effected that important object.
GENERAL GRANT, Chattanooga, Tennessee: The Indiana delegation in Congress, or at least a large part of them, are very anxious that General Milroy shall enter active service again, and I share in this feeling.
General Blair was, by temporary assignment of General Sherman, in command of a corps through the battles in front of Chattanooga, and in the march to the relief of Knoxville, which occurred in the latter days of November and early days of December last, and of course was not present at the assembling of Congress.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, December 16, 1864 OFFICER IN COMMAND at Chattanooga, Tenn.