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"The Awe-Inspiring Precipice" - Infantry Presentations

  • Point Park on Lookout Mountain 110 Point Park Road Lookout Mountain, TN, 37350 United States (map)

LIVE INFANTRY PRESENTATIONS - Program Times: 10 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, & 3 pm

In the early morning hours of November 25, 1863, Captain John Wilson and five men of the 8th Kentucky Infantry (US) ascending Lookout Mountain by climbing traversing the slopes from Cravens House to Point Lookout. Later, Captain Wilson stated, "Those who have seen the awe-inspiring precipice at the top of the great mountain can realize what a serious undertaking was before us...."

These 30-minute presentations will discuss the results of the Battle of Lookout Mountain and the eventual Union sucess that followed.

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A Vicious Little Battery: The Union Artillery on Moccasin Bend During the Siege and Battles for Chattanooga

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“Thunder on the Mountain” – Artillery Firing Demonstrations