> Last year in Chattanooga, I was able to plan and locate a route to "Billy Goat Hill", the hill that Sherman
> captured, thinking that he was on Missionary Ridge Luke,
Yes, General Sherman was not a man of topology, tactics or much else.
On November 24, 1863 the day before the main Battle of Chattanooga was to be fought, Sherman was to take the southern end of Tunnel Hill, which was lightly defended, in preparation for his turning the Rebel right flank the next morning. Somehow he wound up on Billy Goat Hill about a mile north, as the crow flies, from where he should have been. During the night the Rebels under General Cleburne then had time to place re-enforcements on Tunnel Hill and slaughtered the boys of blue when they tried to take it the next day. Later Sherman would blame "wrongly laid-down maps" for his fiasco. Only GPS perhaps could have idiot-proofed Sherman as the maps he had were very clear. See the link for the map Sherman had at his disposal. Click on "Grant's battle map" and zoom-in on the top right corner for details. http://www.aotc.net/SmithsMap.htm Best regards,
Dave | 
