Union opens the Cracker Line into Chattanooga
October 28, 1863, Brown's Ferry, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Date
- October 28, 1863
- Where
- Brown's Ferry, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- What happened
- Built
- Event
- 89 of 174
Union troops seized Brown's Ferry and linked with Hooker's column from Bridgeport, Alabama. The route opened a reliable supply line to the besieged army in Chattanooga.
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