The regiment participates in the battle of Chattanooga. Huddard is stationed so close to the Confederates that he can hear their conversations. He tells of exchanging coffee, sugar, and papers with Confederate soldiers during a cease fire period. The rumor mill says that General Hooker is en route with three corps of infantry and that Grant will take command. On November 27, Huddard writes to his father about the great battle of Missionary Ridge where the men of his regiment were dropping by the dozens. After Chattanooga is won, the 1st Ohio marches to East Tennessee to relieve General Ambrose E. Burnside. I have always heard of East Tennessee being a rich country and so it is, for I have never lived better than I did on this march, Huddards says on December 13.