Participation of the Artillery -- Craven's House, Chattanooga Campaign, Chattanooga TN - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

Three black US Government battle tablets at Craven's House explains the contributions of individual Confederate and Union Artillery batteries to the larger battle of Lookout Mountain, outside of Chattanooga TN.

This tablet is located near the NY 12th Corps Monument, and reads as follows:

"PARTICIPATION OF THE ARTILLERY
November 24th 1863
UNION BATTERIES
Unit & officer – Command – Position
7th Indiana (sec) Lt. Otho H. Morgan – Baird – Mouth Chatta Creek
10th Indiana Capt, Wm. A Naylor - Sheridan – Moccasin Point
1st Iowa Lt. James M. Williams - Osterhaus – W of Lookout Creek
2nd Missouri Capt. Clemens Landgraeber - Osterhaus – W of Lookout Creek
I, 1st New York Capt. Michael Wiedrich -11th Corps – W of Lookout Creek
K, 1st Ohio Lt. Nicholas Sahm – 11th Corps – W of Lookout Creek
4th Ohio Capt. Geo. Frohleich - Osterhaus – W of Lookout Creek
18th Ohio Lt. Joseph McCafferty – Art. Reserve – Moccasin Point
Knap’s E, Pa. Lt. Jas. D. McGill – Geary – W of Lookout Creek
K, 5th US Capt. E. C. Bainbridge Geary – W of Lookout Creek
8th Wisconsin Lieut O. German - Art. Reserve – Mouth of Chatta. Creek

CONFEDERATE BATTERIES
Cherokee Art. (GA) Capt. Max Van Dent Corput – Stevenson – Top of Lookout Mtn
Howell’s (GA) 2 guns, Lieut. R. T. Gibson – Walker – Craven’s (not engaged)

PARTICIPATION OF THE ARTILLERY – continued

When General Hooker began his advance, the artillery in Lookout Valley was in position on the hills bordering the west side of Lookout Creek. One section of Knap’s battery was placed on a hill halfway between Light’s Mill and the mouth of the creek; and 2 sections on the left of the Kelly’s Ferry Road with a good range upon the slopes of the mountain. One section, 1st Iowa, Lieut. Williams, was posted on the first hill to the left of the railroad to command the lower bridge crossing. One section, 20-pounders, 4th Ohio, Capt. Froehlich, was in the low gap next on the left. On the hill to the left of this gap were two sections of Wiedrich’s I, 1st New York. In front of the latter, on Bald Hill near the mouth of Lookout Creek, were four Napoleons of Battery K, 1st Ohio., Lieut. Sahm. One section of the 7th Indiana, Lieut. Morgan, and the 8th Wisconsin, Lieut. German, were advanced from the city to near the mouth of Chattanooga Creek, where they protected the advance of Carlin’s brigade up the mountain. The 2nd Missouri, Capt. Landgraeber, and battery K, 5th United States, with the remaining sections of the several batteries west of Lookout Creek, was posted on commanding ground to cover the advance. The Confederate rifle pits and lines across the creek, the railroad embankment, and the road over Lookout, together with the camps of their pickets, were all brought under effective artillery fire.

PARTICIPATION OF THE ARTILLERY – continued
One gun ordered up the mountain in the afternoon by Gen. Jackson, and sent toward Cravens, but not used.

While Union artillery did not ascend the mountain during the engagement, it took an active and a very important part of the battle. The Confederate use of artillery was confined to four Napoleon guns (Corput’s) on the top of Lookout, one section from which fired thirty-three shells at the opening of the engagement from the western edge of the cliff, at the forces crossing Lookout Creek in the vicinity of the railroad bridge, and thirty, through the fog, from the northern point, eastern side, at the supposed direction of the Cravens house, after the Union forces had carried that position. General Brandon’s moccasin point batteries, the 10th Indiana and 18th Ohio, under the command of Captain W. A. Naylor, commanded the northern slope of the mountain, and were strengthened before the battle by adding two 20-pounder Parrotts. These batteries made all movements of troops on the slope of the mountain exceedingly difficult, and as the Confederate line fell back before Geary’s advance it was effectually enfiladed."

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: US War Department Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Other or General Civil War Rating (1-5): Related Website: [Web Link] Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed

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