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This chapter introduces the opposing armies, the Army of Tennessee and the Army of the Cumberland, and their respective commanders, Braxton Bragg and William Rosecrans. It describes the Army of the Cumberland’s victory party at the close of the Tullahoma Campaign and contrasts it with the Army of Tennessee’s struggle to withdraw across the Cumberland Plateau to the valley of the Tennessee River on 4 July. Featured players in the day’s events are Alexander McCook, Leonidas Polk, and Joseph Wheeler. |
