NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 11, 1863

• Occupation of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Major General Thomas L. Crittenden

Among the column heads on the Civil War on the inside pages are: "Chattanooga" "General Crittenden's Forces in Possession of the Town" "The Nasty Retreat Of the Rebels" "Union Advance Threatening the Georgia State Road" "Evacuation of Little Rock by the Rebels" "The Affair at Bayou Metoir" "Jeff. Davis' Plan of War to be Adopted--Concentration" and more.
Twelve pages, very nice condition.

Background: The occupation of Chattanooga on September 9, 1863, stands as one of the American Civil War’s most remarkable strategic feats because Union Major General Thomas L. Crittenden’s XXI Corps secured this critical Confederate rail and supply hub without firing a single shot. Orchestrated under Major General William Rosecrans’ ambitious Chickamauga Campaign, the bloodless capture was made possible by an elaborate feint: while Crittenden demonstrated against Chattanooga from the north and west to draw attention, the main Union force stealthily crossed the Tennessee River to the south, threatening Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s vital supply lines into Georgia. Realizing he was hopelessly outflanked and at risk of total encirclement, Bragg ordered a full evacuation of the city on September 8, allowing Crittenden’s troops to march unopposed into the "Gateway to the Lower South" the following morning—a rare instance where a heavily fortified, highly strategic urban center fell entirely through operational deception rather than heavy combat.