Its the storied scene of one of of many key battles in our Civil War.
The third and most well known of three battles of Chattanooga was waged from Nov 23-25 1863 when Northern forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant relieved embattled and besieged Union forces thereby defeating Confederate general Braxton Bragg. Lots of history there. Big successful Northern assaults on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. This battle was key towards soidifying Union control of Tennessee.
Tennessee has the also dubious distinction of being the home state of one Al Gore who failed to even carry said home state in his non winning attempt to win the white house.
