The Truth About The Battle of Lookout Mountain

This video is one of my oldest videos, and it's about The Battle of Lookout Mountain. I was still trying to figure our channel out. We've changed a lot since then. I'm about 60 lbs lighter!
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[BillMarion]

This is one of my oldest videos, and it's pretty cringe. I'd love to remake this video in the near future.

[travisbayles]

Both my great great grandfather and my great great great uncle both of the 32nd Tennessee Infantry fought at Lookout Mountain

[ashleyjohnson]

My great great grandfather was in this battle. We have his tin type. My great grandma was his 16th child and a daughter of the confederacy. Enjoyed the video.

[TobytheAdventurer]

Hiked that entire mountain many times. Good overview!

[violetjohnson]

This is extremely informative! Loved this!

[sashek]

I just read my 3rd great grandfather’s war diary, he fought at Vicksburg and then marched to the Chattanooga campaign with his 31st Missouri regiment. He wrote they camped at the foot of Lookout Mountain Nov 23. “Heavy cannoning on the left”. Nov 24, orders to move. At 6 am all was in line and bent our steps to climb the mountain. Firing of musketry and cannons kept up all day and til 12 at night. Nov 25. Clear this morning. Our flag fluttering in the breeze on the top of the mountain. Drove the rebels, capturing artillery prisoners and small arms. A great number camped on Missionary Ridge.” The next few days he largely rights of burying the dead and hunting for arms. We plan to visit this summer with our kids. Thanks for your video.

[IShowTravels]

I would love to visit this place. History is fun to learn. You make it a lot better when you explain it.

[lindamassengale]

I think you did a great job on the History of the Battle above the clouds.

[georgispizzeria]

Just came across this video...we liked it!!!!

[LanceisLawson]

I've been there and it feels like a real battle occurred there. I don't think a lot of Grant

[brentfriedland]

This is the story I have from my family from a greatx4-5 grandfather of mine who fought with Sheridan's Cavalry from the start to the end. They were in the middle and converted into light infantry in the middle with their repeating rifles. They had been sitting in their positions until late in the day waiting for someone to tell them to attack. They were upset that they were not being used as cavalry and felt getting stuck in the middle was some form of political punishment. While waiting for the order to attack they were taking pot shots from the Rebs. Sheridan saw some old West Point Classmates on the mountain and he whipped out a flask and tried to propose a toast to them and they fired their canon at him and blew him of his feet and a young groom was killed. The Troopers were vengeful and Sheridan got up and dusted himself off and said, "That was rude and I'm gonna take your guns for that. His Cavalry weren't good at maneuvering as infantry because they were Cavalry and only really knew how to charge. They started firing back and got sick of getting shelled with Arty so they got up and started running forward in a charge. Grant was in his tent waiting on reports from Hooker and asked if they were under attack and was informed that we were attacking. Grant asked who ordered the charge and was informed no one. Sheridan's Cavalry just decided to attack on their own. The staff was trying to denigrate the boisterous little Cavalry Officer Sheridan. Grant then gave the order to go ahead and attack and take the mountain. Grant didn't want to attack if nobody was on the mountain and then he could have gotten flanked. Back the the attacking Cavalry they had repeating rifles and revolvers so they ran across the field and into the bush and up the hill where they could not be seen and anyone that did shoot was now shooting over them. They took the hill and Sheridan was there after a known entity to Grant knowing Sheridan was a little scrappy guy with a complex always trying to prove himself. Go ahead and shoot holes in my family story but as an Army officer when I look at the battle it all seems to fit especially the waiting and frustration and then the mad scramble of the top staff to CYA.

[justinmays]

At the end where was that picture at with all the old pictures of lookout mountain, my family fought there

[ryanlowery]

Bill have you been to the charles h Coolidge National medal of honor heritage center

[johnbockman]

My great-great-uncle on my father's side was in the Ohio 9th "McCook's Dutchmen" infantry and was wounded through the face during the charge up the mountain. Grant had originally wanted Sherman to take the mountain by fighting up the ridge that angles upward toward Lookout Mountain. Sherman was his protege and Grant wanted him to be the hero who would later support him in his political future.
However, Sherman couldn't deliver because he had force-marched his men from the Mississippi to get there in time, and his men were really worn out. Grant didn't have a high opinion of General Hook, but his men were already ranged along the foot of the mountain. He ordered that they take a trench on the mountain side, thinking this would distract the Confederates on the summit to make things easier for Sherman. So they charged up only to find not one but two and maybe three trenches, so they kept going with Confederates giving way before them.
When they got to the foot of the cliff, they found they were in a blind spot for the Confederates on the summit, so they found a way to the summit, and after some fighting, the Confederates abandoned their cannons and fled. The Union side turned the cannons against them to reduce the number who would make it into Georgia.
When Grant saw what was happening, he demanded to know who had given the order to take the summit. As it turned out, it was a spontaneous action, so Grant poo-pooed it off hand. McCook's Dutchmen were hated Grant for that, so the action still came to be known as the "Miracle of Missionary Ridge".

[sloanchampion]

Gen. Bragg was the Southern a veteran I do understand the common soldiers viewpoint is going to be different and the desire to be in fierce combat...and in some places the fighting was hot, most of the accounts that I've studied do recognize that the movement up lookout mountain wasn't a fierce contest and they were on top without much effort, the heaviest fighting would be at missionary ridge when Sherman stumbled into Gen. Patrick Cleburne....