New York Peace Monument
On Nov. 23, 1863, Maj. Gen. Hooker was directed to make a demonstration early the following morning on the Point of Lookout Mountain with the troops in Lookout Valley under his command, aggregating 9,681.
Geary’s Division started at 8:00 A.M., crossed Lookout Creek at Light’s Dam, and, moving by the flank, enveloped in fog and mist, until its right rested under the palisades. Marched northerly by brigades in echelon; Cobham’s Brigade the right, Ireland’s the center, and Candy’s the left. Whitaker’s Brigade was in support. Grose’s Brigade drove the enemy from the bridge near railroad crossing and put it in repair.
Columns of Confederates moved from their camps and occupied protected positions on the western slope of the mountain. From these vantage points and the summit, they swept, with a fire of musketry, the ground over which the Union troops advanced. The Union artillery from ridges west of Lookout Creek and at Moccasin Point, fired effectively upon the enemy on the mountain side.
Geary’s line smartly engaged the Confederate advance about 10 o’clock and, after his column had cleared the approaches to the railroad bridge, Woods’ and Grose’s Brigades crossed and extended the Union left to the road over the point of the mountain, pushing forward with Geary’s Division whose right and center shortly thereafter attacked Walthall’s Brigade behind breastworks. Though resisting stubbornly, the enemy was outflanked and speedily pushed back at all points until the head of the Union column reached Craven’s House about noon. The Confederates retiring southerly to a line 400 yards beyond, which they occupied until their final withdrawal at 2 A.M. on the 25th. At 7 P.M. Carlin’s Brigade reached Craven’s House from Chattanooga, relieving Geary’s right, and held this position throughout the night.
Marker can be reached from Point Park Road 0.1 miles north of East Brow Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
