Battle of Lookout Mountain

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Lookout Mountain was a notable American Civil War engagement in November 1863, often called the “Battle Above the Clouds,” in which Union forces drove Confederates from the slopes of Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Lookout Mountain canonical	8

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle Above the Clouds NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPlace	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackingForce	Army of the Cumberland (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ XI Corps (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ XII Corps (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignCommanderUnion	Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualtiesSide	Confederate casualties ⓘ Union casualties ⓘ
commander	Braxton Bragg NERFINISHED ⓘ Carter L. Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward C. Walthall NERFINISHED ⓘ George H. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Hooker NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ William T. Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	monuments on Lookout Mountain ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1863-11-24 ⓘ
defendingForce	Army of Tennessee (Confederate) NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1863-11-24 ⓘ
fieldCommanderUnion	Joseph Hooker NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Missionary Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
front	Western Front of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Lookout Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ near Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
month	November ⓘ
nicknameOrigin	fog and clouds shrouding the mountain during the battle ⓘ
notableFor	Union assault up the slopes of Lookout Mountain ⓘ lifting of the Confederate threat to Chattanooga ⓘ
objective	to drive Confederate forces from Lookout Mountain ⓘ
partOf	Battles for Chattanooga NERFINISHED ⓘ Chattanooga Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Wauhatchie NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedAt	Lookout Mountain Battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Chickamauga NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Chattanooga NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	1863-11-24 ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
strategicImportance	helped break the Confederate siege of Chattanooga ⓘ
tacticalFeature	heavy fog and clouds ⓘ steep mountain slopes ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1863 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chattanooga Campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ

Western Theater of the American Civil War → majorBattle → Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ

Edmund Pettus → participantIn → Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ

Lookout Mountain → siteOf → Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ

Major General Joseph Hooker → notableEvent → Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ

subject surface form: Joseph Hooker

Major General Joseph Hooker → battle → Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ

subject surface form: Joseph Hooker

Battle of Missionary Ridge → precededBy → Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ

Ulysses S. Grant took overall command of Union forces in the region → relatedTo → Battle of Lookout Mountain ⓘ