On Nov. 25, 1863, 150 years ago, during the American Civil War, Union forces staged a spectacular breakout from besieged Chattanooga, Tenn. Routed Confederate troops retreated 25 miles to Dalton, Ga.

Beginning on Sept. 19, 1863, at meandering West Chickamauga Creek in north Georgia, there occurred the most sanguinary two-day battle in the western theater of the American Civil War 150 years ago.

Chattanooga is immersed in a World of Bluegrass, the Chattanooga Theatre Centre opens its 102nd season and the Civil War's Battle of Chickamauga commemoration is this weekend. Lisa Denton was ...

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