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Green Mountain Freeman
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
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An officer's report describes the miraculous storming of the ridge during the Battle of Chattanooga on the 25th ult., where Union troops under Generals Grant and Thomas unexpectedly ascended the steep heights, capturing rifle pits and cannon despite initial orders.
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"The storming of the ridge by our troops was one of the greatest miracles in military history. No man who climbs the ascent by any of the roads that lead along its front can believe that 18,000 men were moved upon its broken and crumbled face unless it was his fortune to witness the deed. It seems as awful as a visible interposition of God. Neither General Grant nor General Thomas intended it. Their orders were to carry the rifle pits along the base of the ridge and cut off their occupants, but when this was accomplished the unaccountable spirit of the troops bore them boldly up the impracticable steeps, over the glistening rifle pits on the crest and the thirty cannon enfilading every gully.
The order to storm appears to have been given simultaneously by Generals Sheridan and Wood. because from the gallant achievement before Chattanooga the men were not to be held back. Hopeless as the attempt appeared to military prudence, the Generals caught the inspiration of the men and were ready themselves to undertake impossibilities."
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Chattanooga
Event Date
25th Ult
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troops successfully stormed the ridge, capturing rifle pits and thirty cannon.
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The storming of the ridge by 18,000 Union troops was described as a miracle; initial orders were to take base rifle pits, but troops' spirit led them up the steep ascent over pits and cannon on the crest. Orders to storm given by Sheridan and Wood.