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Lookout Mountain Battlefield and Point Park; Moccasin Bend; On October 15, 1966, as with all historic areas already administered by the National Park Service, the military park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On February 20, 2003, Public Law No: 108-7 added Moccasin Bend as a new unit of the park.
On the northwest side of Lookout Mountain, Sunset Rock is a popular trailhead and tourist stop. It is part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military State Park, the largest and oldest Civil War national park. [5] [6] Once known as Point Lookout, Sunset Rock provides a view of the Tennessee River, Signal Mountain and Prentice Cooper State Forest.
Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. ISBN 0-312-15593-X. Powell, David A. Battle Above the Clouds: Lifting the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Lookout Mountain, October 16–November 24, 1863. Emerging Civil War Series. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2017. ISBN 978-1-61121-377-5.
View of the town outside of Point Park Location of Lookout Mountain in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Coordinates: 34°59′47″N 85°21′3″W / 34.99639°N 85.35083°W / 34.99639; -85
The Wilder Brigade Monument (also known as the Wilder Tower) is a large public monument located at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The monument, which consists of a stone watchtower , was erected to honor the Lightning Brigade (led by John T. Wilder ) of the Northern Union Army 's ...
Map of Chattanooga II Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. On August 21, Wilder reached the Tennessee River opposite Chattanooga and ordered the 18th Indiana Light Artillery (Capt. Eli Lilly's battery) to begin shelling the town. The shells caught many soldiers and civilians in town in church ...
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Point Park may refer to: Point Park, a portion of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee; Point State Park, in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Point Park University, a university in Pittsburgh, named after the park