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U. S. CIVIL WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS
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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
NEW YORK PEACE MONUMENT
TEXT OF PLAQUES
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UNION TROOPS IN BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
MAJ. GEN. JOSEPH HOOKER COMMANDING.
2nd DIVISION 12th CORPS
(SLOCUM) -- Brig. Gen. John W. Geary
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FIRST
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BRIGADE ---
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Col. Charles Candy
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Col. William R. Creighton
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SECOND
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BRIGADE ---
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Col. George A. Cobham, Jr.
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THIRD
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BRIGADE ---
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Col. David Ireland
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1st DIVISION 15th CORPS
(BLAIR) -- Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus
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FIRST
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BRIGADE ---
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Col. Charles R. Woods
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SECOND
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BRIGADE ---
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Col. James A. Williamson
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1st DIVISION 4th CORPS
(GRANGER) -- Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft
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SECOND
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BRIGADE ---
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Brig. Gen. Walter Whitaker
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THIRD
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BRIGADE ---
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Col. William Grose
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1st DIVISION 14th CORPS
(PALMER) -- Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson
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FIRST
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BRIGADE ---
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Brig. Gen. William P. Carlan
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ARTILLERY
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I.1st NEW YORK, Capt. Michael Wiedrich; K.1st OHIO, Lt. Nicholas
Sahm;
KNAP'S E. PENNSYLVANIA, Lt. Jas. D. McGill; K.5th U.S. Capt E. C.
Bainbridge;
1st IOWA, Lt. Jas. M. Williams; F.2nd MISSOURI, Capt. C. Landgraeber; 4th
OHIO
Capt. Geo. Froehlich; 10th INDIANA, Capt. Wm. A. Naylor; 7th INDIANA,
(Section)
Lt. O. H. Morgan; 18th OHIO, Lt. J. McCafferty; 8th WISCONSIN, Lt. O. German
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CONFEDERATE TROOPS IN BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
MAJ. GEN. CARTER L. STEVENSON, COMMANDING.
STEVENSON'S DIVISION
(HARDEE'S CORPS)-- Brig. Gen. John C. Brown
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BROWN'S
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Brig. Gen. John C. Brown
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CUMMING'S
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Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming
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PETTUS'S
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BRIGADE ---
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Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus
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CHEATHAM'S DIVISION
(HARDEE'S CORPS)-- Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson
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WALTHALL'S
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BRIGADE ---
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Brig. Gen. Edward Cary Walthall
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MOORE'S
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BRIGADE ---
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Brig. Gen. John C. Moore
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JACKSON'S
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BRIGADE ---
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Col. John C. Wilkinson
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STEWART'S DIVISION
(BRECKINRIDGE'S CORPS) -- Maj. Gen. Alex. P. Stewart*
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CLAYTON'S
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BRIGADE ---
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Col. J. T. Holtzclaw
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ARTILLERY
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GEORGIA---
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BATTERY,
Capt. Max Van Den Corput
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HOWELL'S
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GEORGIA---
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BATTERY,
Col. J. T. Holtzclaw
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* Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
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The Confederate Forces west of
Chattanooga Creek after dark, Nov. 23
1863, were placed in command of Major
General C.L. Stevenson. His Division,
consisting of Brown's, Pettus's and
Cumming's Brigades, with Corput's
Battery, occupied the summit of
Lookout Mountain, Walthall's Brigade
its westerly slope and Moore's the
easterly side near Craven's House,
both of Cheatham's Division.
Cumming's Brigade moved that night
to east base of the Mountain.
About 10 A.M., Nov. 24, Walthall's
advanced line was attacked in front
and on left flank under cover of
dense fog and fell back slowly,
fighting over the rocks, to breast-
works running down north slope of
the mountain. His troops, though
desperately resisting, were forced
out by superior numbers and search-
ing artillery fire and retired, passing
Craven's house about noon, to trenches
400 yards south of that point, where
his brigade reformed on Moore's left.
About 250 pickets of Moore's Brigade
were taken in reverse on North Slope
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of mountain and captured. Walthall
lost nearly half his command.
Pettus's Brigade about one P.M.
relieved Walthall's, which soon
returned to the front line and held
it with the brigades of Pettus and
Moore on its right. About 8 P.M.
A.P. Stewart's Division relieved
Walthall's and the 20th and 21st
Alabama of Pettus's.
The attacking lines were hidden
by heavy mist from sight of Brown's
Brigade on the summit, but Sharp-
shooters were deployed down the
mountain side who guided their firing
by noise of the Federal musketry.
At the same time men stationed along
the crest rolled down rocks. All
fighting was below the Palisades
and the main battle lines diverged
therefrom.
The Confederates on the summit
began to withdraw about seven P.M.
covered by sharp skirmish firing
from troops in trenches south of
Craven's house. At 2 A.M., Nov. 25,
these troops also retired.
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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, aggregating 9,681.
Geary's Division started at 8.00
A.M., crossed Lookout Creek at
Light's Dam, and, moving by the flank,
enveloped in fog and mist, until its
right rested under the Palisades,
marched northerly by brigades in
echelon, Cobham's Brigade the right,
Ireland's the center, and Candy's
the left. Whitaker's Brigade was in
support. Grose's Brigade drove the
enemy from the bridge near railroad
crossing and put it in repair.
Columns of Confederates moved
from their camps and occupied protected
positions on the western slope of the
mountain. From these vantage points
and the summit, they swept, with a fire
of musketry, the ground over which
the Union Troops advanced. The Union
Artillery, from ridges west of Lookout
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Creek and at Moccasin Point(?) fired(?)
effectively upon the enemy on the
mountain side.
Geary's line smartly engaged the
Confederate advance about 10 o'clock
and after his column had cleared the
approaches to the railroad bridge,
Woods's and Grose's brigades crossed
and extended the Union left to the
road over the point of the mountain,
pushing forward with Geary's Division
whose right and center shortly there-
after attacked Walthall's Brigade
behind breastworks. Though resisting
stubbornly, the enemy was outflanked
and speedily pushed back at all points
until the head of the Union column
reached Craven's house about noon,
the Confederates retiring southerly
to a line 400 yards beyond, which they
occupied until their final withdrawal
at 2 A.M. on the 25th. At 7 P.M.
Carlin's Brigade reached the Craven's
house from Chattanooga, relieving
Geary's right, and held this position
throughout the night.
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"Reunited -- One Country again and one Country forever."
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President McKinley Atlanta, Dec. 15, 1898.
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