He took Huntsville , Alabama as part of a plan with the spy James Andrews to capture Chattanooga by cutting it off from Confederate reinforcements .
Mitchel did so , but not because of Turchin .
Turchin took Huntsville , Alabama as part of a plan with the spy James Andrews to capture Chattanooga by cutting it off from Confederate reinforcements .
Mitchel did so , but not because of Turchin .