In September 1863, along the Chickamauga River in northern Georgia, the Union and Confederate Armies battled to the death. In Cherokee, Chickamauga means "River of Blood"--to the soldiers who fought there, it was the vortex of hell. One survivor remembered Chickamauga as "a vicious brawl, a mad irregular battle, resembling guerrilla warfare on a grand scale."
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