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the general belief at the time that Rosecrans' army had taken the place, marched out to attack Bragg at Chickamauga, been defeated, and driven back into the city. This view was entertained at the time in Washington, although the Army of the Cumberland, with the exception of Crittenden's forces, never saw Chattanooga till two days after the battle of Chickamauga. Upon receiving the news that Crittenden's corps had entered Chattanooga, General Halleck telegraphed: Washington, September 11, 1863. Major-Generai Rosecrans, Chattanooga. After holding the mountain passes in the west, and Dalton or some other point on the railroad to prevent the return of Bragg's army, it will be decided whether your army shall move further south into Georgia and Alabama. * * * * H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief. This exploded view of the real situation General Sherman now revives. In his next statement that Bragg reenforced from Virginia, drew out of Chattanooga, fell on Rosecrans a