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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0V_lookout-mountain-educational-institute_Lookout-Mountain-TN.html
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 found…
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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 continued to use t…
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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…
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Undaunted Union infantryfought their wayto the crestOn 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 the distance. Following unsucce…
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You are now lookingto 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 Missionary Ridge. Both sides stru…
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[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 Plateau. Beneath this sandst…
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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…
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Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.Nov. 24, 1863Brown's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Brown.Cumming's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.Pettus' Brigade - Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus.Cherokee Artillery - Capt…
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Corput's Georgia BatteryFour 12 Pounder Napoleons.Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.Stevenson's Division. - Breckinridge's Corps.Nov.24, 1863, 2 P.M.Capt. Max Van Den Corput, Commanding.1st Lieut. M.S. McWhorter.2nd Lieut. W.S, Hoge.2nd Lieut…
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Ahead are some ofLookout Mountain'sfinest 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, and the walking time is …