He appreciated its importance, and hastened to try to recover the line from us.

His strength on Lookout Mountain was not equal to Hooker's command in the valley below.

From Missionary Ridge he had to march twice the distance we had from Chattanooga, in order to reach Lookout Valley; but on the night of the 28th and 29th an attack was made on Geary at Wauhatchie by Longstreet's corps.

When the battle commenced, Hooker ordered Howard up from Brown's Ferry.

He had three miles to march to reach Geary.