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Battle of Lookout Mountain

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The Battle of Lookout Mountain was fought November 24, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War. [1]

72 relations: Alexander P. Stewart, Ambrose Burnside, American Civil War, Armies in the American Civil War, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Tennessee, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Missionary Ridge, Battle of Ringgold Gap, Battle of Wauhatchie, Braxton Bragg, Carter L. Stevenson, Charles Candy, Charles Cruft (general), Charles R. Woods, Chattanooga Campaign, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Civil War Trust, Confederate States Army, David Ireland (colonel), David J. Eicher, Deep South, Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, Edmund Pettus, Edward C. Walthall, General officers in the Confederate States Army, George A. Cobham Jr., George Henry Thomas, George S. Greene, James Longstreet, James Patton Anderson, James T. Holtzclaw, John C. Breckinridge, John C. Brown, John Creed Moore, John K. Jackson, John W. Geary, Joseph Hooker, Knoxville, Tennessee, Kurz and Allison, List of costliest American Civil War land battles, Lookout Mountain, Lunar eclipse, Major general (United States), Military Division of the Mississippi, Missionary Ridge, Montgomery C. Meigs, ..., National Park Service, Oliver Otis Howard, Patrick Cleburne, Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Reconnaissance, Rossville, Georgia, Simon Bolivar Buckner, States Rights Gist, Steven E. Woodworth, Tennessee River, Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1863, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Walter C. Whitaker, William B. Bate, William Carlin, William H. T. Walker, William J. Hardee, William Rosecrans, William Tecumseh Sherman, XI Corps (Union Army), XII Corps (Union Army). Expand index (22 more) »

Alexander P. Stewart

Alexander Peter Stewart (October 2, 1821 – August 30, 1908) was a career United States Army officer, college professor, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a United States Senator.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Armies in the American Civil War

This article is designed to give background into the organization and tactics of Civil War armies.

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Army of Tennessee

The Army of Tennessee was the principal Confederate army operating between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River during the American Civil War.

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Army of the Cumberland

The Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal Union armies in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.

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Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Army of the Tennessee

The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River.

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Battle of Chickamauga

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18 – 20, 1863, between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia — the Chickamauga Campaign.

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Battle of Missionary Ridge

The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought on November 25, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Ringgold Gap

The Battle of Ringgold Gap was fought November 27, 1863, in northwest Georgia during the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Wauhatchie

The Battle of Wauhatchie was fought October 28–29, 1863, in Hamilton and Marion Counties, Tennessee, and Dade County, Georgia, in the American Civil War.

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Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who was assigned to duty at Richmond, under direction of the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, and charged with the conduct of military operations of the armies of the Confederate States from February 24, 1864 until January 13, 1865, when he was charged with command and defense of Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Carter L. Stevenson

Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Jr. (September 21, 1817 – August 15, 1888) was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army in several antebellum wars and then in the Confederate States Army as a general in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

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Charles Candy

Charles Candy (August 7, 1832 – October 28, 1910) was a career soldier in the United States Army who served as an officer in the volunteer Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Charles Cruft (general)

Charles Cruft (January 12, 1826 – March 23, 1883) was a teacher, lawyer, railroad executive, and served under Major General Mark S. Feider commander of the Military Division of the Pacific which was the major command (Department) of the United States Army during the late 19th century a Union general during the American Civil War.

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Charles R. Woods

Charles Robert Woods (February 19, 1827 – February 26, 1885) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War.

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Chattanooga Campaign

The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with a population of 177,571 in 2016.

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, located in northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee, preserves the sites of two major battles of the American Civil War: the Battle of Chickamauga and the Chattanooga Campaign.

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Civil War Trust

The Civil War Trust is now the American Battlefield Trust, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose primary focus is in the preservation of American battlefields.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).

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David Ireland (colonel)

David Ireland (May 9, 1832 – September 10, 1864) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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David J. Eicher

David John Eicher (born August 7, 1961) is an American editor, writer, and popularizer of astronomy and space.

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Deep South

The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States.

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Eastern Theater of the American Civil War

The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War consists of the major military and naval operations in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the coastal fortifications and seaports of North Carolina.

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Edmund Pettus

Edmund Pettus (born Edmund Winston Pettus; July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was an American politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907.

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Edward C. Walthall

Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.

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General officers in the Confederate States Army

The general officers of the Confederate States Army (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the Confederacy during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.

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George A. Cobham Jr.

George Ashworth Cobham Jr. (December 5, 1825 – July 20, 1864) commanded a regiment in the American Civil War and rose to brigade command before being killed in battle.

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George Henry Thomas

George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816March 28, 1870) was a United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.

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George S. Greene

George Sears Greene (May 6, 1801 – January 28, 1899) was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War.

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James Longstreet

James Longstreet (January 8, 1821January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.

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James Patton Anderson

James Patton Anderson (February 16, 1822 – September 20, 1872) was an American physician, lawyer, and politician, most notably serving as a United States Congressman from the Washington Territory, a Mississippi state legislator, and a delegate at the Florida state secession convention to withdraw from the United States.

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James T. Holtzclaw

James Thadeus Holtzclaw (December 17, 1833 – July 19, 1893) was an Alabama lawyer, railroad commissioner, and general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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John C. Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier.

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John C. Brown

John Calvin Brown (January 6, 1827August 17, 1889) was an American politician, soldier and businessman.

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John Creed Moore

John Creed Moore (February 28, 1824 – December 31, 1910) was a United States Army officer and a graduate of West Point.

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John K. Jackson

John King Jackson (February 2, 1828 – February 27, 1866) was an American lawyer and soldier.

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John W. Geary

John White Geary (December 30, 1819February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War.

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Joseph Hooker

Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 – October 31, 1879) was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Knox County.

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Kurz and Allison

Kurz and Allison were a major publisher of chromolithographs in the late 19th century.

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List of costliest American Civil War land battles

This is a list of the costliest land battles of the American Civil War, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) on both sides.

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Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge located at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the Tennessee state line in Chattanooga.

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Lunar eclipse

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow.

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Major general (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8.

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Military Division of the Mississippi

The Military Division of the Mississippi was an administrative division of the United States Army during the American Civil War that controlled all military operations in the Western Theater from 1863 until the end of the war.

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Missionary Ridge

Missionary Ridge is a geographic feature in Chattanooga, Tennessee, site of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, a battle in the American Civil War, fought on November 25, 1863.

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Montgomery C. Meigs

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (May 3, 1816 – January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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Oliver Otis Howard

Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.

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Patrick Cleburne

Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (March 17, 1828 – November 30, 1864) was an Irish and later American soldier, best known for his service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, where he rose to the rank of major general.

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Peter Joseph Osterhaus

Peter Joseph Osterhaus (January 4, 1823 – January 2, 1917) was Union Army general in the American Civil War and later served as a diplomat.

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Reconnaissance

In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration outside an area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about natural features and other activities in the area.

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Rossville, Georgia

Rossville is a city in Walker County, Georgia, United States.

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Simon Bolivar Buckner

Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 1, 1823 – January 8, 1914) was an American soldier and politician who fought in the United States Army in the Mexican–American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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States Rights Gist

States Rights Gist (September 3, 1831 – November 30, 1864) was a lawyer, a militia general in South Carolina, and a Confederate Army brigadier general who served during the American Civil War.

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Steven E. Woodworth

Steven E. Woodworth (born January 28, 1961) is an American historian specializing in studies of the American Civil War.

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Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.

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Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1863

The following engagements took place in the year 1863 during the American Civil War.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg is the only city in, and county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States.

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Walter C. Whitaker

Walter Chiles Whitaker (August 8, 1823 – July 9, 1887) was an American farmer, attorney, and soldier.

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William B. Bate

William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was an American soldier and politician.

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William Carlin

William Passmore Carlin (November 23, 1829 – October 4, 1903) was a career soldier from the state of Illinois who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then in the postbellum United States Army.

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William H. T. Walker

William Henry Talbot Walker (November 26, 1816 – July 22, 1864) was an American soldier.

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William J. Hardee

William Joseph Hardee (October 12, 1815 – November 6, 1873) was a career U.S. Army officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and in the Mexican-American War, where he was captured and exchanged.

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William Rosecrans

William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819March 11, 1898) was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer.

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William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.

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XI Corps (Union Army)

Not to be confused with XI Corps (United States).

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XII Corps (Union Army)

The XII Corps (Twelfth Army Corps) was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lookout_Mountain

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