Bragg’s inaction turned a tactical triumph for the South into a strategic defeat, as Union forces were allowed to get safely to Chattanooga. The Confederates subsequently put that city under siege, but in October General Ulysses S. Grant<span> arrived with reinforcements and took over the Union command in the region. </span>
It established a permanent method for apportioning a constant 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives according to each census.
