Orchard Knob in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Fourth Army Corps
Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger.
— Nov. 25th, 1863. —
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, June 7, 2011
1. Fourth Army Corps. Marker
Fourth Army Corps.
Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger.
Nov. 25th, 1863.
1st Division-Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft.
2d Division-Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan
3d Division-Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood.
This corps was organized at Chattanooga after the battle of Chickamauga, by consolidating the Twentieth and Twenty-First Corps and adding a portion of the Reserve Corps. In the battle, Cruft's Division was with Hooker in the storming of Lookout Mountain on the 24th of November, and in carrying the south end of Missionary Ridge on the 25th. Wood's and Sheridan's Divisions carried Orchard Knob and Indian Hill on the afternoon of the 23d, reversed and held the enemy's works on this line until the afternoon of the 25th, when these divisions, Sheridan being on the right, formed the center of the line for the storming of Missionary Ridge. In this assault the order of divisions from right to left was as follows: Johnson's, Sheridan's, Wood's, and Biard's: the first and last named being of the Fourteenth Corps.
Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Battlefield Commission. (Marker Number MT-70 .)
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Location. 35° 2.368′ N, 85° 16.44′ W. Marker is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It is in Orchard Knob. Marker can be reached from Orchard Knob Avenue north of Ivy Street, on the left when traveling north. This historical marker is located in the middle of a residential neighborhood, in the city of Chattanooga, a little less than a mile west of Missionary Ridge. It is situated on the crest of the Orchard Knob Reservation, National Military Park and is positioned along the high ground of the pathway that leads to the crest of the hill from the park entrance at the corner of Ivy Street and Orchard Knob Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chattanooga TN 37404, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Final Struggle Begins (here, next to this marker); Union Casualties
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, June 7, 2011
2. Fourth Army Corps. Marker
Distant view of the crest of Orchard Knob, with the historical marker seen just below the crest, along the park's pathway that leads up over the crest to the top of the hill.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Use this link to see the Division tablets for this Army Corps.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, June 7, 2011
3. Fourth Army Corps. Marker
Distant view of the historical marker situated near the crest of the hill along the pathway that leads from the park entrance at Orchard Knob Avenue and Ivy Streets to the crest of the hill.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, June 7, 2011
4. Fourth Army Corps. Marker
A closer view of the historical marker situated on the high ground of the park, along the pathway leading to the crest of the hill.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2017
5. Fourth Army Corps Marker
View of page 70 from the National Park Service’s record book on the Chattanooga - Chickamauga ”MT-numbered” listings of classified structures, which is kept in the Chickamauga Battlefield Park's Visitor Center.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2011, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 657 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 15, 2011, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 5. submitted on September 29, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
