Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
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Lookout Mountain is in Hamilton County
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(Front): 104th Infantry 1st Brigade - Carlin, 1st Division - Johnson, 14th Army Corps - Palmer. (Back):Commanded by LT COL - DOUGLAS HAPEMAN. Reached General Hooker's command from Chattanooga soon after dark November . . . — — Map (db m35710) HM
111th Regiment. Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Walker, Commanding
Cobham's 2nd Brigade, Geary's 2nd Division, Slocum's 12th Corps.
Recruited in Erie, Pennsylvania, and joined the Army of . . . — — Map (db m68926) HM WM
Front side of the Marker:
Illinois
13th Infantry,
1st Brigade - Woods,
1st Division - Osterhaus.
15th Army Corps - Blair.
Back side of the Marker:
Commanded By
Lt. Col-Frederic W. . . . — — Map (db m70154) HM WM
Front side of the Marker:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
To Her
147th Infantry Regiment.
Colonel Ario Pardee, Commanding.
1st Brigade.
2d Division.
12th Corps.
Back side of the . . . — — Map (db m70157) HM WM
Front side of Marker:
28th Pennsylvania Infantry
1st Brigade - 2nd Division
12th Corps
Back side of Marker:
Mustered in at Philadelphia, PA., June 26th, 1861.
Re-enlisted as veteran volunteers . . . — — Map (db m70174) HM WM
29th Ohio Infantry.
Candy's Brig., Geary's Div., 12th Corps.
Col. William T. Fitch.
Nov. 24, 1863.
In preparing for the assault on Lookout Mountain,
the 29th formed a part of the strong detail . . . — — Map (db m70160) HM
Second Ohio Infantry
Colonel Anson G. McCook, Carlin's Brigade
Johnson's Division, Palmer's Corps
November 24, 1863, 8 P.M.
This Regiment with its Brigade crossed Chattanooga Creek near its mouth shortly before dark November 24, . . . — — Map (db m98449) HM
Front side of the Marker:
Illinois
59th Infantry.
3rd Brigade - Grose.
1st Division - Cruft.
4th Army Corps - Granger.
Back side of the Marker:
Commanded by
Major Clayton Hale . . . — — Map (db m70159) HM WM
5th Ohio Infantry.
Candy's Brig., Geary's Div., 12th Corps.
Col. John H. Patrick.
Nov. 24, 1863.
When the movement of Geary's Division against
Lookout Mountain began on the morning of Nov. . . . — — Map (db m70168) HM
(Front): 75th Infantry 3rd Brigade - Grose, 1st Division - Cruft, 4th Army Corps - Granger. (Back):Commanded by COL - JOHN E. BENNETT. With Geary's Division from 3 until 6.30 P.M. November 24th. Moved to Missionary . . . — — Map (db m35708) HM
(Front): 84th Infantry 3rd Brigade - Grose, 1st Division - Cruft, 4th Army Corps - Granger. (Back):Commanded by COL - LOUIS H WATERS. With Geary's Division near Cravens' House from 3 until 6.30 P.M. November 24th. Moved . . . — — Map (db m35709) HM
Front side of Marker:
Illinois
96th Infantry.
2nd Brigade - Whitaker.
1st Division - Cruft.
4th Army Corps - Granger.
Back side of Marker:
Commanded By
Col.-Thomas E. Champion . . . — — Map (db m217143) HM WM
Hooker's troops
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 . . . — — Map (db m58974) HM
November 23d, 1863, under instructions from Gen. Grant to ascertain whether the Confederates still occupied the valley, Gen. Thomas disposed forces in front of Fort Wood, the site of which is now marked by the stand-pipe of the water works.
The . . . — — Map (db m106406) HM
During the night of Nov. 23, 1863, Gen. Sherman crossed the Tennessee at the mouth of the Chickamauga, under orders to carry the north end of Missionary Ridge to the railroad tunnel. He seized the ground now known as Sherman Heights and held it . . . — — Map (db m106422) HM
During the night of Nov. 24, 1863, Bragg's forces withdrew from the plain and Lookout and joined those on Missionary Ridge, occupying it from Rossville to Tunnel Hill, and a spur thence eastward to the Chickamauga. Sherman early on the 25th . . . — — Map (db m106427) HM
Undaunted Union infantry
fought their way
to the crest
On November 25, 1863, the Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant made its final moves to destroy the Confederate forces on Missionary Ridge, the long ridge in . . . — — Map (db m58978) HM
Generals Bragg and Longstreet observed from Lookout the arrival of Hooker's forces in Lookout Valley on the afternoon of October 28, 1863.
Bragg ordered a night attack on General Geary's Division (six regiments) established about the church at the . . . — — Map (db m106393) HM
At the opening of this campaign Bragg, commanding the Confederate Army, held Chattanooga. Rosecrans, commanding the Union Army occupied the western base of the Cumberlands from McMinneville to Winchester. Crittenden's Corps, the left of the Union . . . — — Map (db m106432) HM
Passing around Lookout, and leaving one brigade to occupy Chattanooga, Crittenden marched via Rossville and Ringgold to Lee and Gordon's Mill. Bragg, with the design of attacking the Union Corps in detail, first ordered strong movements in the . . . — — Map (db m106469) HM
You are now looking
to the northeast
In 1863, Chattanooga was a major railroad hub with a population of 2,500. In late November the city was in Union hands, while Confederate forces occupied Lookout Mountain and . . . — — Map (db m58976) HM
The Six-Pounder
The smallest regulation gun of the Civil War was the six-pounder. Such guns, firing projectiles only 3.67 inches in diameter, often lacked sufficient power and range; however, both Union and Confederate forces . . . — — Map (db m168456) HM
Confederate Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga. Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863. The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.
Longstreet's Corps . . . — — Map (db m57908) HM
The night before the Battle Gen. Stevenson was assigned to command the Confederate line from Chattanooga Creek to the extreme left on Lookout Mountain, a distance of 15 miles. Stevensons Division, of Browns, Cummings and Pettus Brigades then . . . — — Map (db m23187) HM
On November 24, 1863, at the time of the fighting for Lookout Mountain, all of which took place on the side of the mountain, not the top, this position along the West Brow was held by the 18th and 20th Tennessee Infantry. Composed largely of men . . . — — Map (db m51692) HM
Cruft's Division, Granger's Corps Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft. Nov. 24, 1863 2nd Brigade, Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker. 3rd Brigade, Col. William Grose. At daylight November 24th Whitaker's Brigade joined Geary's Division at Wauhatchie crossed . . . — — Map (db m35705) HM
The intrenchments of which vestiges are visible from here were constructed by the Federal garrison detailed to guard the Federal Army hospital which was situated a short distance from here. This construction took place following the fighting around . . . — — Map (db m81682) HM
Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps. Brig. Gen. John W. Geary. Nov. 24th, 1863 First Brigade, Col. Charles Candy. Second Brigade, Col. George A. Cobham, Jr. Third Brigade, Col. David Ireland. The division, re-enforced by six regiments of Whitaker's . . . — — Map (db m35704) HM
Geary's Division, (12th Corps) Brig. Gen John W. Geary. Cruft's Division, (4th Corps) Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft. Osterhaus' Division, (15th Corps) Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus. The advance of General Hooker's command from the Army of the Potomac, . . . — — Map (db m218099) HM
(East Side): Iowa remembers her patriot sons who went forth at the call of duty to honor their country in the dreadful carnage of war 4th Infantry Lieut. Col. George Burton 9th Infantry Col. D. Carskaddon (North Side): Williamson's . . . — — Map (db m35713) HM
Ireland's Brigade Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps Col. David Ireland November 24, 1863 60th New York - Col. Abel Godard. 78th New York - Lieut Col. Herbert von Hammerstein. 102d New York - Col. James C. Lane. 137th New York - Capt. Milo B. . . . — — Map (db m35707) HM
In the west and northwest lie the Cumberland Mountains. Immediately west of Lookout are the Raccoon or Sand Mountains. Their continuation north of the Tennessee is Walden's Ridge. Sequatchie Valley lies between Walden's and the main ridge of the . . . — — Map (db m106452) HM
The Chattanooga area was firmly controlled by the Chickamauga Indians at the time of The American Revolution. The Cherokee Indian chiefs had signed peace and land treaties with the Colonial settlers. However, a small group of rebellious Cherokees . . . — — Map (db m4496) HM
Originally planned as a coeducational philanthropic school for white children, and financed by Christopher R. Robert, who founded Robert College in Constantinople and gave liberally to Hamilton College and Auburn Theological Seminary. It was founded . . . — — Map (db m74593) HM
A series of hiking trails traverse the wooded slopes of Lookout Mountain within the boundaries of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. From this point you may walk to several historic sites and viewpoints, including the Cravens House . . . — — Map (db m58932) HM
You are looking across Lookout Valley and the flat-topped ridges of the Cumberland Plateau. The morning of November 24, Union Gen. Hooker's troops crossed Lookout Creek opposite the present railroad yard in the valley. Then, in a long column, they . . . — — Map (db m58859) HM
You are now looking
to the northwest
From this commanding viewpoint 1,300 feet above the river, you can see many of the historic areas associated with the Battles for Chattanooga in 1863. Among these features are Lookout Valley and . . . — — Map (db m58936) HM
General Grant originally intended the action on Lookout Mountain to be a simple demonstration or diversion to distract the Confederates while General Tecumseh Sherman moved north of the river and prepared to attack the north end of Missionary Ridge. . . . — — Map (db m103963) HM
[Left-Side of Text]: Mountain Cliffs
As you walk along this path, you see piles of rock (sandstone) built up in layers. It is a hard rock that forms the cap of Lookout Mountain and the other ranges of the Cumberland . . . — — Map (db m58866) HM
(East Side):To Ireland's (formerly Greene's) Brigade, Geary's Division, Slocum's Corps, Hooker's command, 11th and 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, in the Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863. 60th New York Infantry Col. Abel Godard . . . — — Map (db m35699) HM
[Text from the outer plaque facing north]:
On Nov. 23, 1863, Maj. Gen. Hooker was directed to make a demonstration early the following morning on the Point of Lookout Mountain with the troops in Lookout Valley under his command, . . . — — Map (db m23954) HM WM
No Union troops reached the top of the Mountain during the Battle of Lookout. The Confederates began to withdraw from the summit at 7 P.M. of the 24th, and completed the retirement about 9 o'clock, and at 10 P.M. had crossed Chattanooga Creek on . . . — — Map (db m81685) HM
East Side Erected by the State of Ohio in memory of the Ohio troops that were engaged in the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee Nov. 24, 1863. 1st Brigade 2nd Division 12th Army Corps Col. Charles Candy Col. William R. Creighton 5th . . . — — Map (db m35701) HM
Osterhaus' Division, Blair's Corps
Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus.
Nov. 24, 1863
1st Brigade, Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods.
2nd Brigade, Col. James A. Williamson.
Early on the 24th the division took . . . — — Map (db m35717) HM
Tablet #1 Union Batteries 7th Indiana (Sec) Lt. Otho H. Morgan Baird Mouth Chatta. Creek 10th Indiana Capt. Wm. A. Naylor Sheridan Moccasin Point 1st Iowa Lt. James M. Williams Osterhaus W. of Lookout Creek 2d Missouri . . . — — Map (db m35750) HM
Constructed here in the middle of the 1880s was a multi-storied Point Hotel. The top of the structure reached the top of the massive rock formation in front of you, so that hotel guests could obtain the same view as that afforded from the point of . . . — — Map (db m68945) HM
Ahead are some of
Lookout Mountain's
finest views
The walkway beginning here leads through Point Park to historic Point Lookout, the northern most promontory of Lookout Mountain. The distance to Point Lookout is 1/4 mile, . . . — — Map (db m58474) HM
After Chickamauga, the Confederates by holding Lookout Mountain and Valley, closed the river line of supplies. Rosecrans' plan for its re-opening was to move Hooker's force from Bridgeport into Lookout Valley, Gen. W. F. Smith to co-operate from . . . — — Map (db m106401) HM
Both the Confederate and the Union soldiers who fought in and around Chattanooga were struck by the region's scenic beauty. During the Union army's occupation of Chattanooga (November 1863 - Summer 1865), countless men hiked up Lookout Mountain to . . . — — Map (db m59082) HM
The Natural Bridge is nearby. Near here, also, was the Natural Bridge Hotel, acquired by the Southern Spiritualists' Association in 1885. Daily meetings, including lectures
and private seances, were first held in the hotel, later in an octagonal . . . — — Map (db m150494) HM
[Text from the First Tablet]:
Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.
Nov. 24, 1863
Brown's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Brown.
Cumming's Brigade - Brig. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m68850) HM
Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.
Nov. 24, 1863
Brown's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Brown.
Cumming's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.
Pettus' Brigade - Brig. Gen. Edmund W. . . . — — Map (db m58811) HM
Summertown, the first community on Lookout Mountain, was in this general area. The Lookout Mountain Hotel and its cottages were erected here in 1856 by Colonel James A. Whiteside and associates. Guests came up a toll road in carriages which met . . . — — Map (db m13844) HM
From here, General Braxton Bragg, with James Longstreet, one of his corps commanders, watched the Federals under Major General Joseph Hooker, then arriving from the Army of the Potomac and in process of entering Lookout Valley. They determined to . . . — — Map (db m51689) HM
You are now looking to the north
Here the Tennessee River makes a sweeping, clockwise loop around Moccasin Bend. In 1863, vital supplies were brought to the besieged Federals in Chattanooga across the "neck" of Moccasin . . . — — Map (db m81771) HM
A series of battles in 1863
secured Chattanooga
for the Union
The city of Chattanooga with its railroads and riverboats was a vital transportation center during the Civil War. Both armies recognized its importance. In the . . . — — Map (db m58463) HM
Robert Cravens, an ironmaster, built the first house on this site in 1856. Seven years later, in the fall of 1863, Confederate troops occupied Lookout Mountain, and Cravens' house became the headquarters of Confederate Brig. Gen. Edward C. Walthall. . . . — — Map (db m35700) HM
Founded here July 4, 1857, when its first trustees, representing Episcopal dioceses in ten Southern states, met to adopt the plan of Bishop (later Confederate General) Leonidas Polk for a university to be sponsored by the Episcopal Church. Following . . . — — Map (db m13839) HM
Union Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga. Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863.The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.
Cruft's Div., 4th Corps - . . . — — Map (db m57906) HM
No Union troops gained the top of Lookout Mountain during the battle. Before daylight the next morning thereafter, General Whitaker, commanding brigade in Cruft's Division of the Fourth Corps, called for volunteers from the Eighth Kentucky to scale . . . — — Map (db m68943) HM
