General U.S. Grant arrived...
General U.S. Grant arrived to take command at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and discovered that the northern forces were depressed, discouraged, and hard pressed. The troops were short on provisions and their horses starving. You could count their ribs because they were so thin. Chattanooga was surrounded on all sides by the Confederate forces ready to destroy them. Grant was on crutches from an accident he sustained while in New Orleans, but the moment he arrived the whole atmosphere changed for the northern troops. He gave immediate commands to break through the rebel lines to secure relief.
