"Here, at his headquarters, holding the Federal line of retreat at Rossville Gap (the Confederate objective in the battle) General Gordon Granger heard with increasing anxiety the sounds of the *conflict, three miles away growing more and more ominous. Finally, in disobedience of orders, he set in motion his three brigades to the relief of Thomas...".
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Source (Rossville, Georgia -- Top Left Of Map) |
"This old house at Rossville was built by John Ross, a chief of the Cherokee Indians, and he lived in it till 1832 giving his name to the hamlet."
*Battle of Chickamauga
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