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BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
ORGANIZATIONAL TABLE
NOVEMBER 24TH, 1864

CONFEDERATE FORCES

Maj.-Gen. Carter L. Stevenson
       Took over command from Lt.-Gen. Hardee at night on Nov. 23rd.

 [A] Brig.-Gen. John K. Jackson's Division- remained on top of Lookout Mtn.

      (1) Brig.-Gen. Edward C. Walthall's Brigade - 1500 strong.
                                        24th and 27th Miss- Col. Wm F. Dowd #
                                        29th and 30th Miss- Capt. W. G. Reynolds#
                                        34th Miss- Col. Samuel Benton

One third were skirmishers along Lookout Creek north of railroad bridge. Main body's right next to Craven's House and extended 1/4 around West slope of Mtn.   # Other sources list commanders as Maj James Johnson & Col Wm F. Brantley       (2) Brig.-Gen. John C. Moore's Brigade - 1200 strong.
                                        37th Ala- Col. J. F. Dowdell
                                        40th Ala- Col. John H. Higley
                                        42nd Ala- Lt-Col. Th. C. Lanier Skirmishers along Tennessee River from Lookout Creek to Chatanooga Creek. Main body on Northern slope below Craven's House.         (3) Brig.-Gen. Edmund W. Pettus' Brigade- Top of Lookout Mtn.
                                        20th Ala- Capt. John W. Davis
                                        23rd Ala- Lt-Col. J. B. Bibb
                                        30th Ala- Col. Charles M. Shelley
                                        31st Ala- Col D. R. Hundley
                                        46th Ala- Capt. Geo. E. Brewer

      (4) Brig.-Gen. John C. Brown's Brigade- Top of Lookout Mtn.

3rd Tenn- Col Calvin H. Walker
18th and 26th Tenn- Lt-Col. Wm. R. Butler
32nd Tenn- Capt. Tho. D. Deavenport
45th Tenn & 23rd Tenn Battalion- Col A. Searcy        (5) Brig.-Gen. Alfred Cumming's Brigade

      (6) Brig.-Gen. Jackson's Brigade

    Both brigades of Cummings and Jackson were located in the rifle pits between Lookout Mountain and Chatanooga Creek. Never saw action on Nov. 24th.  Units on top of Lookout Mtn could not effectively engage the Union troops at the base. 
 
 

UNION  FORCES

Maj-Gen. Joseph H. Hooker - Army of Potomac
          Due to having to move troops under the eyes of the Confederates on Lookout Mtn, the Union force in position south of the Tenn River consisted on one division from each of the three armies present.

 [A] Brig.-Gen. John W. Geary's Division- Army of Potomac just from Gettysburg.
        Geary just lost his son, Lt Edward Geary, 111th Penn at Brown's Ferry on Oct 28.

      (1) Col Charles Candy's Brigade.
                           5th, 7th, 29th, 66th OH, 28th, 147th Penn
      (2) Col George A. Cobham, Jr. Brigade.
                            29th, 109th, 111th Penn
      (3) Col David Ireland's Brigade.
                            60th, 78th, 102nd, 137th, 149th NY

 [B] Brig-Gen. Charles Cruft's Brigade- Army of the Cumberland

      (1) Brig-Gen. Walter C. Whitaker's Brigade.
                            96th IL, 35th Ind, 8th Kty*, 40th, 51st, 99th OH
      (2) Col Wm Grose's Brigade.
                            59th, 75th, 84th IL, 9th, 36th Ind, 24th OH

 [C] Brig-Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus' Brigade- Army of the Tennessee

      (1) Brig-Gen. Charles R. Wood's Brigade.
                            13th IL, 3rd, 12th, 17th, 27th, 29th, 32nd Missouri, 76th OH
      (2) Col 's Brigade.
                            4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 30th, 31st Iowa

        *  8th Kty volunteers planted Union flag on peak of Lookout Mtn at dusk of Nov. 24th.

        The Union Division out-numbered the Confederates by 6:1, with a large portion of the Confederate troops not engaged in the battle.

 


                       Losses of Walthall's Brigade
                        at Battle of Lookout Mountain


 KIA    WIA
 MIA
  27th Mississippi 6
 36
 166
  29th Mississippi 2
 26
 155
  30th Mississippi --
 7
 129
  
        
Walthall's Brigade - Total
 8
 48
 845

Source:  National Archives Files


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