Ka cika wannan magana: A lokacin Yaƙin Basasa na Amirka, Chattanooga ne cibiyar yaƙi. Chattanooga ya zama cibiyar da ke haɗuwa da kashi hamsin cikin dari na arsenals na Confederacy, waɗanda ke cikin Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, da Macon. Tashoshin jiragen kasa na Chattanooga sun tabbatar da muhimmancin gaske a cikin jigilar kayayyaki na kayan aiki zuwa masana'antun sarrafawa inda suke da alhakin samar da bindigogi. A lokacin yakin Chickamauga, bindigogi na Tarayyar Turai sun kai hari kan Chattanooga a matsayin karkatarwa kuma sun mamaye shi a ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1863. Bayan yakin Chickamauga, sojojin da aka ci nasara sun koma cikin aminci a Chattanooga. A ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, 1863, Yaƙin Chattanooga ya fara lokacin da sojojin Tarayyar da Manjo Janar Ulysses S. Grant ya jagoranci suka ƙarfafa sojojin a Chattanooga kuma suka ci gaba zuwa Orchard Knob a kan sojojin Confederate da ke kewaye da birnin. Kashegari, da
An yi yakin Lookout Mountain, ya kori 'yan majalisa daga dutsen. A ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, sojojin Grant sun kori 'yan Kungiyar a yakin Missionary Ridge. Dangane da nasarar da Union ta samu, Chattanooga ya nuna daya daga cikin mahimman lokuta guda uku waɗanda suka juya yakin basasa a cikin amfanin su. Yaƙin Gettysburg ya kawo ƙarshen nasarar da Confederation ta samu, yayin da Siege na Vicksburg ya raba Confederation kanta a rabi, yayin da Chattanooga ya zama ƙofar zuwa kudu mai zurfi. Wadannan fadace-fadace sun biyo bayan yakin Atlanta na gaba, wanda ya fara ne kawai a kan iyakar jihar da ke kusa da Georgia kuma yana motsawa zuwa kudu maso gabas. Bayan yaƙin, birnin ya zama cibiyar manyan hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa da masana'antu da masana'antu.