154th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga, Saturday & Sunday, November 18 & 19, 2017

154th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga

Saturday & Sunday, November 18 & 19

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.   

    Location: Around Chattanooga (3370 Lafayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742)

Fee Information

At Point Park, $5 for ages 16 and over. Ages 15 and under are free. 

All other program locations are free of charge

Join park rangers for a variety of special programs to commemorate the 154th anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga. 

Saturday, November 18

Cravens House - Open House
Time: 9 am - 5 pm
Location: Cravens House on Lookout Mountain
Visitors are invited to come see Robert Cravens’ home on the side of Lookout Mountain and hear stories related to the family and the “Battle Above the Clouds.”

“A Vicious Little Battery:” The Union Artillery on Moccasin Bend
Time: 10 am
Location: Near 201 Moccasin Bend Road , Chattanooga- “Special Event” signs will be posted
Union cannon, firing from fortifications on the southern most hills of Stringer’s Ridge, helped keep the Confederates at bay during the Siege of Chattanooga and then assisted in prying the Confederates from Lookout Valley and Lookout Mountain during the Battles for Chattanooga. Historian Jim Ogden will lead a 2-hour, 2-mile walking tour among the surviving earthworks and relate how the “vicious little battery” essentially dominated the looming bulk of Lookout Mountain to the south.

Walking Tours of Point Park
Times: 10 am, 12 pm (noon), 2 pm, & 4 pm
Location: Meets inside the entrance gate at Point Park
Meet a park ranger for a 30-minute walking tour discussing the Campaign for Chattanooga from the perspective of Union and Confederate troops as they struggled for control of the “Gateway to the Deep South.”

The Fight For Lookout Mountain - Living History
Times: 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, & 3:30 pm
Location: Point Park on Lookout Mountain
Living historians portraying Confederate infantry will discuss life during the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain. These programs will include firing demonstrations.

Orchard Knob: Outpost, Observation, and the Opening of a Battle
Time: 2 pm
Location: Orchard Knob Reservation - the corner of Ivy Street and Orchard Knob Avenue in Chattanooga
Rising from the floor of Chattanooga Valley, the outcropping knoll known as Orchard Knob was a fortified forward outpost on the Confederate lines besieging Chattanooga. The Battles for Chattanooga opened when the Union attacked the position on November 23, 1863. In this 90-minute walk and talk, Historian Jim Ogden will discuss Orchard Knob’s role in the battles.

 

Sunday, November 19

Cravens House - Open House
Time: 9 am - 5 pm
Location: Cravens House on Lookout Mountain
Visitors are invited to come see Robert Cravens’ home on the side of Lookout Mountain and hear stories related to the family and the “Battle Above the Clouds.”

A Battle of Lookout Mountain Walk
Time: 10 am
Location: Cravens House on Lookout Mountain
Few envisioned that there would ever have been a “Battle Above the Clouds.” On November 24, 1863, such a battle did unfold. Join Historian Jim Ogden for a 2-hour, 1.5-mile walk exploring part of the battlefield and learn about an unanticipated battle.

Walking Tours of Point Park
Times: 10 am, 12 pm (noon), 2 pm, & 4 pm
Location: Meets inside the entrance gate at Point Park
Meet a park ranger for a 30-minute walking tour discussing the Campaign for Chattanooga from the perspective of Union and Confederate troops as they struggled for control of the “Gateway to the Deep South.”

The Battle of Missionary Ridge at Tunnel Hill
Time: 2 pm
Location: Sherman Reservation - Near 2800 Lightfoot Mill Road, Chattanooga
It was supposed to be Ulysses S. Grant’s main effort. His most trusted subordinate, William T. Sherman, was to attack the Confederate right and roll it up to the south, but it did not happen. In this 2-hour, 1.5-mile round trip walk, Historian Jim Ogden will relate the story of this portion of the final of the battles for Chattanooga.
 

**November 18 & 19: Car caravan tours of Chickamauga Battlefield, lasting approximately 2 hours, will be offered at 10 am & 2 pm, beginning inside the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center.

Please note, these programs are outdoors, and many of them are hikes. Remember to dress appropriately for weather and terrain conditions.

All programs are subject to change.

 

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