Tag: Pulpit Rock (Lookout Mountain TN)

Library of Congress says: Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. …Pulpit Rock, scene of Jeff. Davis’ speech at Lookout Mountain.

Wikipedia says: Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge located at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southeastern Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain was the scene of the 18th-century “Last Battle of the Cherokees” in this area during the Nickajack Expedition. On November 24, 1863, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Lookout Mountain took place here. The majority of hand-to-hand combat took place near Cravens’ house (about halfway to the summit). Lookout Mountain’s shape and location can in some conditions cause a unique weather phenomenon in the area: after dawn, fog will sometimes descend from the cooler mountaintop and stop about halfway down. Such an event took place the day of the battle and is the reason for its romanticized name, the “Battle Above the Clouds.” The battle was won by Union forces, enabling them to lift the Confederate siege of Chattanooga.