As far as the cats were concerned, the cats in Tennessee were fighting a lot more as General Rosecrans was pushing Braxton out of Tennessee. Rosecrans was scoring major victories. However, he was going to suffer a major setback however as he was getting ready for another major battle.


September 18th – 20th, 1863, Chickamauga, Tennessee-Georgia Border

Rosecrans was beginning the advance as he was now heading into Georgia, ready to probe it before launching an all-out invasion. Rosecrans knew he had an advantage but Chickamauga was going to be a challenge. Rosecrans was looking out with his binoculars as he wondered how he was going to take on the attack. Rosecrans lowered his binoculars as General Hooker from Chancellorsville was attending with him. He looked out as he was getting ready to attack.

"So what's the plan Rosecrans?" Joseph asked the tom wondering what he planned on doing. Rosecrans turned to him as he decided to take another look out of his binoculars he soon saw the town below as he prepared the attack itself.

"We'll attack from multiple angles, I want to capture that Braxton figure off guard and move in from all sides except from the south east, I want to have a fair fight." William responded as he knew that time would soon come. He soon turned back to Joseph as he wanted to prepare for the attack. "Hooker, prepare your forces as you will be attacking from the southwest and south. I'll cover the other directions." Joseph nodded as he went off to gather his forces for the attack.

Their plan was to encircle Chickamauga with a two prong attack but since the South east wouldn't be covered, Braxton knew he could withdraw his forces and attack from the outside and hold the town. Hooker executed his part of the plan as he decided to charge in with his cannons bombarding the city. The troops began moving in taking in the position and try to tie down their strongest forces but because of this his attack didn't close the gap tight enough as Rosecrans ordered his attack. Rosecrans made some headway destroying the lightly fortified northern section of the city; he pushed deep managing to get within a half of mile of the town itself. Seeing how the forces were tied up. Braxton ordered a counter attack; their forces began to push the two spearheads as they began to pull back seeing how they didn't want to get encircled. Soon the lines became even as they were still getting pushed back further and further. Hooker and Rosecrans didn't know this but they were being forced back into Tennessee. And for the rest of the battle, they took up defensive positions in Chattanooga. Hooker and Rosecrans came to the middle as they wanted to speak.

"So the plan didn't work out like how you wanted it?" Joseph asked wondering how the attack turned into an utter disaster. Rosecrans looked at him as he was crazy.

"Yeah you shouldn't have attacked those divisions head on you stubborn tom. If you tried cutting them off, we could link up and have their forces surrounded. We did deal a heavy blow to them as they had taken nearly 20 thousand casualties compared to our 16 thousand. So we had a pretty bloody run at this but what makes the situation worse is that we're under siege in Chattanooga." William responded. The losses on both sides were severe as they were now surrounded. However Braxton was a little nicer compared to the other Confederate generals they had encountered.

"Hey you dorks, want to hold a temporary truce? We have tons of wounded cats that need to be evacuated." Braxton called out. Rosecrans looked at him as he had wounded cats that needed to be returned home as well.

"Yeah I believe we can hold a truce." William mewed as he knew he could use a well-deserved break. It was clear these truces would mean a lot to them. And during these truces, troops would meet each other to trade. Rosecrans came to Braxton as they agreed to meet in private.

Rosecrans was nervous about this but seeing how this was a truce, Braxton soon arrived from the other side of the forest as he was just as tense as Rosecrans too. They soon met and shook their paws. Rosecrans spoke first.

"So what is it that you would like to offer?" William asked Braxton. Braxton shuffled his paw for a moment before remembering the cigars he had. He soon got out one as he gave it to Rosecrans. Rosecrans felt some happiness as he was carrying some beans in trade. He soon pushed them into Braxton's paw as he wanted to have these beans with consumption. "They're coffee beans, they help you well as a form of energy when you feel sleepy so don't feel threatened when you have an energy surge," Braxton liked the offer as he turned to William as he spoke.

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Fortunately, Generals Sherman and Grant Showed up a couple of months prior after the battle and they were ready to kick Braxton back into Georgia.


Ulysses' POV

Ulysses and Sherman along with their battle hardened divisions arrived in the camp at Chattanooga as they were ready to fight. Grant dismounted his horse as Rosecrans and Hooker came forth to greet them.

"It's an honor to meet you." Joseph greeted the two cats. Sherman nodded as he went to Rosecrans as he spoke.

"You must be Joseph Hooker? I'm William Sherman and this is General Ulysses Grant, now commander of all western union armies." William introduced himself. Rosecrans came forth as he and Hooker shook their paws. They were eager to meet them.

"Yes that is me and this is William Rosecrans, we need some help driving a certain Braxton back into Georgia, we attended to take Chickamauga but we got pushed back to Chattanooga. Let's hope you can break the siege. First step, taking the ridges." William responded as he formally introduced himself. He soon outlined the situation and they began making steps on retaking the ridge and pushing them back into Georgia.

November 23rd, 1863, Chattanooga, Tennessee

With General Hooker reestablishing a supply connection to the besieged forces, the three generals knew they were ready to take the force on. Grant was going to stay behind to defend his forces from any oncoming attackers as he thought his generals would do valuable work. The generals saluted as they moved off to take the ridges.


Sherman William's POV

Sherman looked ahead as he saw the ridge as he knew taking it would be no easy task. He soon drew his saber as he gave the order to advance but he decided to speak first.

"Okay troopers, we are given the orders of taking the ridge. It maybe high up but we'll be fighting above the clouds this time. Prepare to charge." William responded as he was willing to charge up there and take the high ground. Sherman galloped away on his horse as he pointed his saber down giving them the order to charge. The troops began thumping along with their paws as they began charging up the ridge.

The Confederates that were on the ridge had the high ground as they began to fire their cannons down below. The cannons were falling short as all it was doing was creating craters on the hill, craters the troops can take shelter in. Sherman's artillery battery was position was at the bottom of the ridge as the guns were raised to the point where they could hit the ridge, soon they began firing. The Confederates that were looking down didn't realized their cannons were having no effect on the enemy when they heard a whirling sound to look up seeing cannonballs flying toward them. They realized the enemy had found them, the cannonballs exploded as it sent the confederates and parts of their cannons flying in many different directions. Those that were left tried holding their ground as many more cannonballs rained down on them. After an hour of continuous bombardment, the main attack began as the Confederates got out of their positions and looked up in horror as Sherman was galloping to their lines on his horse. The Confederates seeing how few numbers they had knew they needed to hold their ground but it wasn't going to be enough. Soon they began to fire their muskets at the charging enemy. The bullets struck down a couple of union troops but they began firing back. The confederates began to fall as they were shot. Sherman was riding around rallying the troops to push on as the confederate cannons ran out of cannonballs to fire. Soon the troops managed to push themselves over the ridge as an intense bayonet fight began. Sherman rode along as he sliced a confederate open with his saber as he wanted to rally his troops. He got out the revolver as he began firing several shots at the Confederates that were desperately trying to hold the ridge. Sherman's horse galloped forward as he decapitated a Confederate troop as he rode on the troops looked on as they continued shoving their foes down. Sherman looked on as the confederates were beginning to retreat before them. It was clear that they had enough.

"Okay that's enough." William called out to his troops as he knew the attack was the result of Ulysses karate kicking Braxton back into Georgia. Ulysses showed up with the other generals as they looked like they were having a good time dealing damage to the army.

"How was your fight General Sherman?" Ulysses asked him wondering how he manage to hold out kicking the Confederates off the ridge.

"Easier than I had anticipated, we only took a few casualties on our part but we definitely pushed them away." William responded as he gave the reports to Ulysses. Ulysses began to read it over as it was clear it was a complete victory for them. Hooker padded forth after dismounting his horse.

"Looks like the path to Georgia is now completely open, we're moving into the heartland of the Confederacy now." Joseph sighed with some relief. He was glad the war was now turning into their favor.

"Yes it is, we'll be marching into the Confederate heartland when we retake Chickamauga and then we'll be taking Atlanta." William responded. Everyone turned their heads to Sherman as they wondered what he meant by taking Atlanta itself.

"Any idea on what you mean by that?" Ulysses asked curiously wondering what Sherman was talking about. Sherman turned his head to Ulysses as he soon spoke.

"We march to the sea through the Confederate Heartland and destroy everything we come across; we want to truly cripple their economy." William responded. Sherman was getting some blood thirsty ideas but if it worked, it worked.


Abraham's POV

Abraham was sitting in his office as he was reading the battle reports. He was soon surprised on how much Ulysses was making progress. He was very happy about this as he continued to read.

"This General Grant will always be my #1 general. I hope with these victories, the war is finally turning." Abraham mewed to himself as he liked this general. Soon Ambrose came in as he went to the president.

"Mister President, we got a letter from Gettysburg. It says they have converted the town into a hospital to take care of the scores of wounded and a new cemetery had been established for those that gave their lives, they want you to attend its opening ceremony." Ambrose mewed as he wanted to tell him as he wanted the president himself to attend the opening ceremony for the new graveyard.

"Tell them I will attend and I will address the need to continue the fight. I want to really try to impress my fellow countrymen and keep fighting until the war is over." Abraham mewed. He soon got up as he wanted to prepare his trip to Gettysburg. He soon turned to Ambrose as he was wondering, what day it was going to be. "Hey, when will the speech be held?" Abraham asked wondering when it would be open; he knew he wanted to make some remarks. Ambrose turned his head as he spoke.

"November 19th, I suggest you get yourself ready." Ambrose told him the date. Abraham nodded as he soon began to prepare to move to Gettysburg. He knew that the most important day was going to come.

[A/N]: Next chapter will be the speech so be prepared for a long block of text which will be the speech. Will most likely look it up and edit it to make more sense of it. It will be very important so pay attention next chapter. We covered Chickamauga and the attacks that ended the siege.

We won't be focusing on the south until the chapter after that with Mapleshade and General Lee. I hope some union action with the troops would be enough to satisfy your needs and I'm praying for us to end strongly this month and get us some reviews. That is all.