Lookout Valley in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Union Soldiers Passed Here

Union Soldiers Passed Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allie English, July 25, 2024

1. Union Soldiers Passed Marker

Inscription.
Two divisions of Union soldiers, including regiments from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio passed here on November 24, 1863, on their way to reinforce others already engaged with Confederates on Lookout Mountain.

Official records Cruft and Grose reports

Erected by Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is November 24, 1863.

Location. 35° 0.623′ N, 85° 21.988′ W. Memorial is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It is in Lookout Valley. It can be reached from Garden Road one mile south of Old Wauhatchie Pike, on the right when traveling south. To locate the marker, follow along the gravel loop trail extending from Reflection Riding's Welcome Center. If traveling east from the Welcome Center along the trail, you will reach the marker on the right side of the trail in approximately 500 feet. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 400 Garden Rd, Chattanooga TN 37419, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial

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is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Greene's New York Brigade (approx. half a mile away); Battle of Wauhatchie (approx. 0.7 miles away); Brown's Ferry (approx. 0.7 miles away); Wauhatchie (approx. ¾ mile away); "To Maintain A Siege" (approx. 0.9 miles away); Battle of Lookout Mountain (approx. 0.9 miles away); Sunset Rock (approx. one mile away); Lookout Creek (approx. one mile away).

More about this memorial. The marker is on the campus of Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center.

Wide of War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allie English, July 25, 2024

2. Wide of War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on August 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2024, by Allie English of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 283 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on August 1, 2024, by Allie English of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 29, 2024, by Allie English of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.