u/JacobRiesenfern

I was watching a video where it was argued that Chattanooga was the most important single piece of real estate. It was the only east west rail hub which brought the groceries of the west to the armies of the east.

Knoxville was also important and Bragg had good reason to send Longstreet there beyond just getting rid of a troublesome subordinate. Knoxville was also on the only railway carrying food east.

But Chattanooga was more important because of the roads south to Georgia.