Corput's Georgia Battery - Point Park - Lookout Mountain, TN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 00.645 W 085° 20.623
16S E 651125 N 3875488
The second Corput location marked with details, this is a SECOND marker 125 Yards from the other
Waymark Code: WMN9ZR
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2015
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County of marker: Hamilton County
Location of marker: Point Park - Lookout Mountain Battlefield - Chattanooga
Marker erected by: National Park Service
Marker text:
Corput's Georgia Battery,
Four 12 pounder Napoleons,
Capt. W.W. Carne's Artillery Battalion,
Stevenson's Division Breckinridge's Corps.
Nov. 24, 1863, 2 P.M.
Capt. Max Van Den Corput, Commanding
1st Lieut. M. S. McWhorter.
2nd Lieut. W. S. Hoge.
2nd Lieut. J. E. Stilwell.
2nd Lieut. W. A. Russell.
About 1 a.m. a section of Napoleons relieved Garrity's Parrott guns at this point facing the Cravens House. A dense fog obscured the valley from view about 10 a.m. When the assaulting column came in range on the western slope the guns were moved about 125 yards northwest and opened fire throwing 33 shells. About 1 p.m. the enemy having passed under the point to the Cravens House line the guns were moved back to this first position the fog still being very heavy and for about 2 hours fired at intervals some thirty times in that direction. At 3.45 the battery was withdrawn under orders to the foot of the mountain and to the rear. No casualties reported.