The stage was set in northern Georgia, where the Confederate Army of Tennessee, led by General Braxton Bragg, was determined to crush the Union Army of the Cumberland, commanded by General William Rosecrans. The two forces collided in a frenzy of gunfire, cannons, and screams, as the Battle of Chickamauga raged on. For two brutal days, the soldiers fought relentlessly, resulting in the second-highest number of casualties in the Civil War, surpassed only by Gettysburg. As the dust settled, Bragg's forces emerged victorious, but at a steep cost, setting the stage for the epic Battle of Chattanooga.