111TH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: POINT PARK ROAD AND EAST BROW ROAD
City: LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
State: Tennessee
Zip Code: 37350
Type of Memorial: Bas-Reliefs
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ON THE 24TH OF NOVEMBER 1863, THE REGIMENT WAS ORDERED TO ASSAULT THE RUGGED SIDES OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. UNDER COVER OF FOG IT MARCHED TO LIGHT’S MILLS AND UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE UNTIL THE RIGHT OF THE LINE RESTED UNDER THE PALISADES, WHEN FACING TO THE FRONT, THE LINE EXTENDING UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, IT ADVANCED AND FORCING BACK THE ENEMY GAINED A POINT EXTENDING FROM THE PALISADES TOWARD AND NEAR CAVEN HOUSE.
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