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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations about Lookout mountain . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lookout Valley , October 28 , 1863 . (search)
Lookout Valley, October 28, 1863.
Report of General E. M. Law.
headquarters Law's brigade, November 3rd, 1863.
Captain,--I have the honor to report that my brigade was detached about the 8th October for duty beyond Lookout mountain.
The object of keeping a force in that locality, as I understood it, was to blockade the road leading from Chattanooga to Bridgeport, which passed near the point of Raccoon mountain, and on the opposite (or west) side of the Tennessee.
This object was accomplished by placing riflemen along this bank of the river (which, at this point, is about three hundred yards wide,) to fire upon the enemy's wagon trains as they passed.
In order to secure the riflemen who were engaged in blockading the road, it was necessary to picket the river from that point to the bend near the foot of Lookout mountain, a distance of five miles. This would either prevent the enemy from crossing above and cutting them off, or give them sufficient warning to enable them