"line" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He replaced Rosecrans with Thomas and traveled to Chattanooga, where he approved a plan to open a new supply line (the "Cracker Line"), allowing supplies and reinforcements to reach the city.
- The Confederates were repulsed, and the Cracker Line was secured.
- The resulting Federal victory allowed the opening of Ulysses S. Grant's famous "Cracker Line", which contributed to the breaking of the Confederate Siege of Chattanooga.
- As such he conducted the engineer operations and launched the Battle of Brown's Ferry, which opened the "Cracker Line" to provide supplies and reinforcements to the besieged troops in Chattanooga.
- The Union army now had its window to the outside and could receive supplies, weapons, ammunition, and reinforcements via the Cracker Line.
- Thus the proposed supply line was dubbed the "Cracker Line".
- The "Cracker Line" having been opened, General Hazen joyfully exclaimed "We've knocked the lid off the cracker box!"
- Supplies and reinforcements were thus able to flow into Chattanooga over the "Cracker Line", greatly increasing the chances for Grant's forces.
- The ferry crossing was a key to the Cracker Line which became a reliable supply route for the Union Army in Chattanooga.
- The USS Chattanooga was built here and became a vital part of the famous "Cracker Line," which broke the Confederate's siege of Chattanooga in November 1863.
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