HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — A key piece of Civil War history in the Chattanooga area is set to be preserved after nearly $1 million in federal funding was awarded to protect land tied to the Battle of Wauhatchie, also known as Brown’s Ferry.
The National Park Service awarded Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants of nearly $1 million to protect a critical 30-acre parcel associated with the Oct. 27, 1863 battle.
Union troops besieged inside Chattanooga were running short of food and fought to create a bridgehead on the western bank of the Tennessee River to establish the so-called “Cracker Line” to remain a viable fighting force…