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Tag Archives: Lookout Mountain
Saving General Thomas’ Rations
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author Andrew Miller A general needs his rations like any soldier in the army. Even more important is maintaining a well fed staff as they perform innumerable duties to guarantee that the general’s orders are … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged Andrew Miller, Battle of Chickamauga, Charles Wilkes Bennett, Colonel John Gibson Parkhurst, Fifth Kentucky Cavalry, food, General Louis D. Watkins, George H. Thomas, Joseph Wheeler, Logistics, Lookout Mountain, Ninth Michigan, provost guard, rations, suicide, supply train, wagon train
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Chattanooga: More Than Just Another Victory for Grant
In the late summer and early days of fall of 1863, it seemed that all eyes were on the small railroad town of Chattanooga, TN. The disastrous defeat at Chickamauga and the huge casualties it reaped turned what had nearly … Continue reading
Grant Ascending . . .
The events of July 4, 1863, cemented Ulysses S. Grant’s position as a household name firmly into the public mind. The capitulation of the Confederate bastion of Vicksburg to “Unconditional Surrender” Grant of Donelson fame – on Independence Day no … Continue reading
Posted in Engaging the Civil War Series, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Battle Above the Clouds, Braxton Bragg, Chattanooga, Department of the Gulf, Department of the Mississippi, Henry Halleck, Joe Hooker, Lincoln, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Nathaniel Banks, Stanton, Tunnel Hill, Turning Points of the American Civil War, Turning-Points-Series, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, William Rosecrans, William T. Sherman
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Battle Above the Clouds from Down Below with Hooker
We’re excited about the arrival of the latest Emerging Civil War Series book, Battle Above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain by our own award-winning author Dave Powell. One of Dave’s appendices focuses … Continue reading
We Happy Few…
Here’s a little curtain-raiser for Battle Above the Clouds. In September 1863, United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton initiated one of the more remarkable troop movements of the American Civil War. Stanton, alarmed by the recent Union defeat at … Continue reading
Coming Soon: Battle Above the Clouds by Dave Powell
As we continue the roll-out of our spring Emerging Civil War Series titles, we’re pleased to welcome award-winning writer Dave Powell to the series. Dave, a regular contributor with ECW, is following up his incredible Chickamauga Campaign trilogy with a … Continue reading
Modern Photography: The View From Lookout Mountain
When the photo series began, the pictures that jumped to mind first were from my trip to Chattanooga, TN. From atop Lookout Mountain, it seems like the whole world is at your feet.
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A January view from the top of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Photography
Tagged Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain
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Stones in the Road: “Remember Chickamauga”
Part five in a series. The changing leaves fell slowly to the ground from the trees atop Lookout Mountain. Overlooking Chattanooga, Tennesee, this great giant peered down on the Union lines around the city. Inside, the Army of the Cumberland … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Chattanooga, Absalom Baird, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Tennessee, George Thomas, Gordon Granger, Joseph Hooker, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Orchard Knob, Patrick Cleburne, Phil Sheridan, Richard Johnson, Thomas Wood, Tunnel Hill, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman
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Lookout Mountain
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Lookout Mountain—”The Battle Above the Clouds,” as it later became known because the morning fog and the smoke of battle that hung cloud-like midway up the mountain while the mountaintop loomed … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places
Tagged Battle Above the Clouds, Chattanooga, Joe Hooker, Lookout Mountain
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