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James Walker's painting, "The Battle of Lookout Mountain," depicts Union Major General Joseph Hooker (on the white horse) during the assault on Lookout Mountain, famously known as "The Battle Above the Clouds," on November 24, 1863.
National Park Service
10 am - The Battle of Lookout Mountain at Bald Hill Location: 3100 Parker Lane, Chattanooga, TN 37419
Union General Joseph Hooker’s demonstration along the lower reaches of Lookout Creek did much to prevent a meaningful response to the northerner’s simultaneous flank attack along the western slopes of the Lookout Mountain. The most significant landmark for many in this usually forgotten part of the “Battle Above the Clouds” was a prominent mostly open and cultivated hill. Join National Military Park Historian Jim Ogden for this 2-hour, 2-mile walking tour of this less explored part of the Lookout Mountain Battlefield.
2 pm - "Greek and Already Met Greek" - The Battle of Lookout Mountain Location: Cravens House, 1060 Cravens Terrace, Chattanooga, TN 37409
Among the rocky crags of Lookout Mountain, near the home of Robert Cravens, Confederate and Union forces met in a desperate struggle for control of the Lookout Mountain Turnpike, essentially the only way of retreat for Confederates occupying the mountain's summit. This 1-hour program will focus on the struggle around the "white house" on Lookout Mountain.
2 pm - The Battle of Lookout Mountain at Reflection Riding Location: Reflection Riding, 400 Garden Road, Chattanooga, TN 37419
Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center protects a key portion of the Lookout Mountain Battlefield. For Union forces to sweep in on the main Confederate position on the northwestern slopes, they had to cross Lookout Creek. The eastern side of the place they found to cross lies within Reflection Riding. Join National Military Park Historian Jim Ogden for a guided 2½ mile, 2½ hour hike across the Riding to learn about those key parts of the “Battle Above the Clouds,” about the time when the peace and solitude of Reflection Riding was disturbed by fighting that was a part of one of the most important campaigns of the Civil War.
