Lookout Mountain in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Battle Above the Clouds
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 18, 2012
1. Battle Above the Clouds Marker
drove the Confederates
from Lookout Mountain
On November 24, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander, ordered Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's forces to storm Lookout Mountain. Hooker's men swept up the western slope of the mountain from your left, and then charged around the base of these cliffs to you right.
The battle reached its high point near the Cravens House just below these cliffs to your right. The outnumbered Confederates were repeatedly pushed back.
Because fog enveloped the mountain most of the day, soldiers nicknamed the Battle of Lookout Mountain the "Battle Above the Clouds." That night the Confederates retreated across Chattanooga Creek to Missionary Ridge.
[Caption for the picture displayed on the marker]:
James Walker, a battle eyewitness, painted this interpretation of the Battle Above the Clouds in 1874.
General Hooker, directing the Union assault, rides a white horse in the foreground. (Hooker was located in the valley to your left.) In the background you can see the summit of Lookout Mountain where you are now standing.
Erected by Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park.
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Location. 35° 0.757′ N, 85° 20.624′ W. Marker is in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It can be reached from Point Park Road north of East Brow Road when traveling north. This historic marker is located in Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, at the Ochs Museum, on the museum observation deck, at the point of Lookout Mountain. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lookout Mountain TN 37350, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker 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: Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge (here, next to this marker); Tennessee River and Moccasin Bend (here, next to this marker); 29th Pennsylvania Infantry (a few steps from this marker); Battle of Missionary Ridge (a few steps from this marker); Lookout Valley and Browns Ferry (a few steps from this marker); Cobham's Brigade (a few steps from this marker); Point Hotel (a few steps from this marker); 111th Pennsylvania Infantry (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lookout Mountain.
Other markers no longer nearby. Campaign for Chattanooga (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing); Campaign for Chattanooga (Continued) (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing); Battle of Chattanooga, 3d Day, Nov. 25
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 18, 2012
2. Battle Above the Clouds Marker
Close-up view of the picture displayed on the historic marker.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 18, 2012
3. Battle Above the Clouds Marker
View of the historic marker affixed to the observation deck's retaining wall, with a distant view of the Tennessee River and Moccasin Bend in the background.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 18, 2012
4. Battle Above the Clouds Marker
View looking west of the historic marker on the Ochs Museum observation deck.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 1984
5. Battle Above the Clouds nearby plaque base of the cliffs
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Colonel William Rickards, Jr. Commanding
Cobham's Brigade, Geary's Division
Slocum's Twelfth Corps
Hooker's Detachment
From The Army Of The Potomac
(bottom of etching)
Battle Above The Clouds
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 1984
6. Battle Above the Clouds Detail
Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2012, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,807 times since then and 48 times this year. It was the Marker of the Week November 24, 2013. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 31, 2012, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 5. submitted on September 1, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 6. submitted on November 23, 2013, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
