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Lookout Mountain, battle on
Gen. W. T. Sherman arrived near Chattanooga
Top of Lookout Mountain, sunrise, November 25, 1863. late in November, 1863.
It was important to get his army over the river without being discovered.
To attract the chief attention of the Confederates in another quarter, Hooker was ordered to attack them on the northern face of Lookout Mountain.
His entire force consisted of nearly 10,000 men. The main Confederate force was encamped in a hollow half-way up the mountain, and the summit was held by several brigades.
Their pickets held a continuous line along Lookout Creek, with reserves in the valley.
Hooker moved to the attack on the morning of Nov. 24.
Geary, supported by Cruft, marched to Wauhatchie and crossed Lookout Creek there, while the rest of the troops crossed in front of the Confederates on temporary bridges.
A heavy mist enveloped mountain and plain.
Geary crossed at eight o'clock, seized a picket-guard of forty men, and extended his li
Ringgold, battle of
When, on Nov. 25, 1863, the Confederates retreated from Missionary Ridge towards Ringgold they destroyed the bridges behind them.
Early the next morning, Sherman, Palmer, and Hooker were sent in pursuit.
Both Sherman and Palmer struck a rear-guard of the fugitives late on the same day, and the latter captured three guns from them.
At Greysville Sherman halted and sent Howard to destroy a large section of the railway which connected Dalton with Cleveland, and thus severed the communication between Bragg and Burnside.
Hooker, meanwhile, had pushed on to Ringgold, Osterhaus leading, Geary following, and Cruft in the rear, making numerous prisoners of stragglers.
At a deep gorge General Cleburne, covering Bragg's retreat, made a stand, with guns well posted.
Hooker's guns had not yet come up, and his impatient troops were permitted to attack the Confederates with small-arms only.
A severe struggle ensued, and in the afternoon, when some of Hooker's guns wer
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