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Battle of Lookout Mountain

Confederate Commander

Maj. Gen Carter L. Stevenson

Forces Engaged: 8,726

Captured or Killed: Approx. 200

Army of Tennessee

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Cheatham's Division

2 Brigades

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Stevenson's Division

2 brigades

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November 24, 1863

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Union Victory

Part of the Chattanooga Campaign

National Park Service

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Battlefield Trust

Whirl of Death

Mississippi vs New York

on Lookout Mountain

Hell in Heaven

Lookout Mountain and the Bloody Battle for Chattanooga

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Southern Historical Society Papers

Report of General John K. Jackson

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YouTube Video

Battle of Lookout Mountain

with Park Historian Jim Ogden

(Warning: can be tracked by Google if you watch video)

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Maps

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Harper's Weekly

December 26, 1863

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New York Times Article

December 4, 1863

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Union Commander

Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker

Forces Engaged: Approx. 12,000

Killed: 89

Wounded: 471

Captured or Missing: 111

Total Casualties: 671

Military Division of the Mississippi

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Army of the Cumberland

(Hooker's Command)

XI Corps

XII Corps

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 144-146

Davis, George B., Leslie J. Perry, and Joseph W. Kirkley. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. New York: Barnes & Noble,

           2003. Plate 50-Map 4

Korn, Jerry. The Fight for Chattanooga Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1985. p 130-135

Sneden, Robert Knox. Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee November 24th. [S.l., to 1865, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the

          Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00173/>.

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