Capsule
Friday, September 20, 201
Although considered a defeat for the Union army, it was clear to some that the Confederate Army could not sustain the losses incurred in their victory.
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Lead Picture (Thumbnail Story below in Thumbnail section)
Friday, September 20, 2019
Battle of Chickamauga
Kurz & Allison - Library of Congress
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Commentary
Friday, September 20, 2019
Since I began to post existentialautotrip.com (this is the 532nd consecutive post) I’ve dropped out of my regular attendance of Colleen Getty’s ‘Room to Write’ group.
But missing it, I asked Colleen for permission to attend, warmly given. Everything Colleen does is ‘warmly.’
This was a well-subscribed meeting resulting in seven papers to read and comment on, excluding, of course, one’s own.
I enjoyed reading the papers, three of them coming from persons who have contributed to our own blog, for their variety as well as their quality.
Tonight is the meeting when we’ll discuss each others’ work. And I’ll enjoy that as well.
But knowing the struggle it was to find time for this event, I know I will not be able to repeat this participation for some time to come.
A sadness.
But a joy knowing I’ve found something of great interest and commitment to stand in its place.
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A “Hey, Dom!” video.
Friday, September 20, 2019
Name: Poodle and the Leopard
Length: 2.34
Description: Poodle on safari
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Wednesday’s Dinner posted on
Friday, September 20, 2019
Sushi for lunch.
Nice break from heavier meals.
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Chuckle of the day:
Friday, September 20, 2019
"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." --Joseph Wood Krutch
"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life." --Faith Resnick
"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God."
“Cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel.
And they have many other fine qualities as well." Dom’s paraphrase of Missy Dizick
"Dogs have owners....cats have a staff". Ooops! Forgot the attribution.
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Friday, September 20, 2019
This from Kali L:
Dom,
Sometimes when I am in darkness you are the only love in my day.
Thanks for taking your words, videos, humor and desire to learn and putting it into a blog.
I love the poem Sally C. shared!
This community inspired me to check out books of poetry at my library last night!
Let's never stop learning.
Love,
Kali
Web Meister’s Response: Why I love my involvement with the blog: the learning, the interaction, the love.
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Today’s Thumbnail
Friday, September 20, 2019
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18 – 20, 1863, between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia — the Chickamauga Campaign.
It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia, the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater, and involved the second-highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg.
The battle was fought between the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg, and was named for Chickamauga Creek, which meanders near the battle area in northwest Georgia (and ultimately flows into the Tennessee River about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of downtown Chattanooga).
After his successful Tullahoma Campaign, Rosecrans renewed the offensive, aiming to force the Confederates out of Chattanooga.
In early September, Rosecrans consolidated his forces scattered in Tennessee and Georgia and forced Bragg's army out of Chattanooga, heading south.
The Union troops followed it and brushed with it at Davis's Cross Roads.
Bragg was determined to reoccupy Chattanooga and decided to meet a part of Rosecrans's army, defeat it, and then move back into the city.
On September 17 he headed north, intending to attack the isolated XXI Corps.
As Bragg marched north on September 18, his cavalry and infantry fought with Union cavalry and mounted infantry, which were armed with Spencer repeating rifles.
Fighting began in earnest on the morning of September 19.
Bragg's men strongly assaulted but could not break the Union line. The next day, Bragg resumed his assault.
In late morning, Rosecrans was misinformed that he had a gap in his line.
In moving units to shore up the supposed gap, Rosecrans accidentally created an actual gap, directly in the path of an eight-brigade assault on a narrow front by Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, whose corps had been detached from the Army of Northern Virginia.
In the resulting rout, Longstreet's attack drove one-third of the Union army, including Rosecrans himself, from the field.
Union units spontaneously rallied to create a defensive line on Horseshoe Ridge ("Snodgrass Hill"), forming a new right wing for the line of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, who assumed overall command of remaining forces.
Although the Confederates launched costly and determined assaults, Thomas and his men held until twilight.
Union forces then retired to Chattanooga while the Confederates occupied the surrounding heights, besieging the city.
Thick woods and swampy terrain made Chickamauga Creek a particularly deadly place to fight.
Chickamauga Creek, which has been roughly translated from Cherokee to mean “River of Death,” was deep, tree-lined, and bordered by rocky banks.
Most of the areas in which the armies fought were in thickets that presented, as one historian has called it, a “bristling, sticky, irritating obstacle.”
Throughout September 18 and 19, the terrain made clearly drawn battle lines impossible: commanding officers on both sides had little-to-no view of the field, and the armies constantly shifted positions as they unexpectedly ran into each other.
The fluid battle lines in dense woods led to vicious, close quarters combat.
Throughout the 19th, as Gen. John Bell Hood moved against the Federal right and Gen. Patrick Cleburne led a sunset assault on the left, units could not easily see or cooperate with each other, leading to extraordinarily high casualties.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
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Acknowledgements
Friday, September 20, 2019
Thanks to Kali L for her warm expressions.
And to the Jokes Warehouse for providing today’s chuckle.
Thanks to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
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Good Morning on this Friday, September 20, 2019
Although heroes on both sides, it is difficult to praise those fighting to maintain the enslavement of other humans.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon