Stevenson's Division, Breckinridge's Corps - Lookout Moutain, TN
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N 35° 00.616 W 085° 20.625
16S E 651123 N 3875435
Second Corps, Army of Tennessee
Waymark Code: WMN9TG
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2015
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County of plaque: Hamilton County
Loation of plaque: Just inside Point Park, Lookout Mountain
Plaque erected by: National Park Service
Plaque Text:
Stevenson's Division Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.
November 24, 1863.
Brown's Brigade Brig. Gen. John C. Brown.
Cumming's Brigade Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.
Pettus' Brigade Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus.
Cherokee Artillery Capt. Max Van Den Corput.
Nov. 23d, upon the withdrawal of Walker's Division from the line west of Chattanooga Creek to the extreme right on Missionary Ridge, Gen. Stevenson with his own and three brigades of Cheatham's Division under Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson has assigned to the defense of that line and of Lookout Mountain, covering a distance of about 15 miles.
At the opening of the engagement Nov. 24, Brown's and Pettus' Brigades, and the artillery, occupied the top of the mountain; Cumming held part of Walker's former position between the base of the mountain and Chattanooga Creek.
About 12.30 p.m. Pettus, with three regiments was ordered to the Cravens' House and at 1 p.m. relieved Walthall's Brigade 400 yards south of the house. At 7 p.m. the division with its artillery and ordnance trains withdrew from the mountain by Summertown Road.