Talk:Chattanooga in the American Civil War

Improving this page
To attain B-class rating, the article currently needs Supporting Materials. As originator of this page, I am not familiar with the setting-up of these items, and am hoping that another editor could help me insert them.

It seems to me that an infobox is not appropriate for the topic. But a panel showing 3 portraits: The Commanders might strengthen the impact:

(i) Bragg (caption: Confederate General Braxton Bragg, victor of Chickamauga, who returned to Tennessee and besieged Chattanooga.)

(i) Rosecrans (caption: Union General William Rosecrans, commanding the Army of the Cumberland, besieged in the city and apparently doomed to surrender.)

(iii) Grant (caption: General U.S. Grant, who relieved the siege by forcing a crossing-point of the Tennessee River.)

If you have any suitable battle-scenes, these could be added/substituted. Valetude (talk) 11:45, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
 * - I "stumbled" across this article, and I believe it is worthwhile to get it to B-Class. Like you said, citations and good images would make a big difference. The American Battlefield Trust may be useful for some citations. Here is a link to one of Chattanooga's battles: here. Use the cite web template. Maps can be useful too. Wikimedia has county maps that can be used to show where in Tennessee Chattanooga is located. Here is a link: maps. Another possibility is the U.S. Library of Congress Civil War Maps collection here. No copyright worries for maps published in the 1800s. I have cropped many maps from this collection to help with descriptions of battles. I think a map that shows the river and railroads would help with understanding the strategic importance of Chattanooga. TwoScars (talk) 19:59, 17 July 2024 (UTC)