The Battle of Chickamauga was Longstreet’s return to form after Gettysburg

One of the interesting facts about the Battle of Chickamauga is that the battle of Chickamauga was Longstreet’s return to form after Gettysburg. Longstreet's comeback to form after Gettysburg occurred at the Battle of Chickamauga. Longstreet was ordered to the Western Theater to battle under Braxton Bragg in mid-August 1863, at his own request. Longstreet's demands to get transferred to the Western Theater resumed. He requested a transfer to serve under his old friend Joseph Johnston in a private letter to Seddon. He followed up with his congressional buddy Wigfall, who had long seen Longstreet as a viable replacement for Braxton Bragg.

At Chickamauga, his forces launched a fierce assault on the Union lines. His ferocious performance earned him the moniker "Old Bull of the Woods." Following that, his performance as a semi-autonomous commander during the Knoxville campaign led to a Confederate defeat. Longstreet's time in the Western Theater was hampered by his pivotal participation in multiple clashes between Confederate generals. Longstreet and his soldiers were sent back to Lee because they were dissatisfied with their service under Bragg. He led troops admirably during the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, despite being gravely wounded by friendly fire. Later, he returned to the front, assisting Lee during the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox campaign.