lookout mountain, history

Officers of the 16th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment atop Lookou...

Photograph shows portrait of officers identified as Captain Samuel Galloway, Lieutenant Jeremiah Chauncy, Lieutenant Charles W. Seidel, Lieutenant Lovett S. Rivenburg, Lieutenant William Jones, Lieutenant Josep... More

View on Lookout Mountain - An old photo of a rock in the woods

No. B633. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

A black and white photo of a group of people in front of a house, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architec... More

[Three unidentified soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Tennessee, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Group of officers on Lookout Mountain

No. 4511. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View on Lookout Mountain - A black and white photo of a river

No. B1286. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Six unidentified soldiers in Union officers' uniforms at Lookout Mount...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Tennessee, November 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

General August Willich's quarters near Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Drawing shows General Willich, with his pet raccoon on his shoulder, talking with another officer near a campfire and soldiers relaxing near tents. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.50" upper le... More

Eagle Rock - A black and white photo of a person sitting on a rock

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Headquarters of General Thomas - A black and white photo of an old hou...

No. B832. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Seminary building - A group of people standing in front of a house

Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

View from Lookout Mountain, Tenn. during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twin Sister Rock on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Photograph shows three soldiers atop rocks. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Chattanooga, Tenn. (vicinity) Nashville & Chattanooga railroad at foot...

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Hooker's Headquarters, Lookout Mountain during American Civil ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Tennessee, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Lookout Mountain, Tenn. - An old black and white photo of a mountain

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Tennessee, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Lookout Mountain - A black and white photo of a field with a mountain ...

No. B1304. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

View of Table Rock on Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

Photograph shows two men in uniform standing in front of Table Rock, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.

General McCallum on Lookout Mountain. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Genl. Daniel C. McCallum and Capt. Hurlbut, seated on top of Lookout Mountain, full-length

[View of Chattanooga with Lookout Mountain in the distance]

No. B874. Title devised by library staff. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

A group of people sitting on rocks near a river, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washingto... More

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

A group of people standing in front of a waterfall, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washin... More

North slope of Lookout Mountain, from the west

No. B1302. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

View on Lookout Mountain - A black and white photo of a waterfall

No. B1283. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

View on Lookout Mountain - A group of people standing in front of a wa...

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More

General Grant, Lookout Mt., 1863 Left to right General Grant, General ...

Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee

Print shows soldier holding American flag at tip of Point Lookout as some soldiers aim their rifles below and others rest. Proof before lettering; registration marks in margins. Stamped: From the file of James... More

Plan of the Battle of Lookout Mountain. Fought November 24th-25th, 186...

The northern end of Lookout Mountain is the center point of this image, with the town of Wauhatchie and Lookout Creek to the left and Chattanooga Creek to the right. The Union forces are shown in the vicinity o... More

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, fall 1863

Drawing shows a military camp at the base of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.20" upper left corner. "Lookout Mountain[?]" written bottom left side. Code on mat (so... More

[General Ulysses S. Grant and five other men on Lookout Mountain, Tenn...

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Plan of the Battle of Lookout Mountain. Fought November 24th-25th, 186...

The northern end of Lookout Mountain is the center point of this image, with the town of Wauhatchie and Lookout Creek to the left and Chattanooga Creek to the right. The Union forces are shown in the vicinity o... More

[Union troops on rocks climbing to the summit of Lookout Mountain] / J...

Photograph shows soldiers led by Captain John Wilson reenacting climb to plant 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain (Source: Will Stapp, January 2016). Photographed by Ro... More

Lookout Mountain, Tenn. J. Queen

Print shows a group of Union soldiers perched on the tip of Point Lookout on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, one soldier is holding an American flag as two soldiers aim their rifles at the enemy below, another two... More

[Union drummer boy John Clem at Point Lookout, Tennessee]

Print shows boy holding bayoneted rifle in battle, with Point Lookout in the distance. Proof before lettering; includes print-registration marks in margins. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson co... More

[Private Henry McCollum of Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry Regim...

Photo shows soldiers, including Henry McCollum on the left, who posed for the Linns, who left Ohio to photograph the Army of the Cumberland. In late 1863, after the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary R... More

Letter from William Jubb, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, to Thomas Jubb,...

Chattanooga, Tenn. 1864. Lookout Mountain, from near the rolling mill,...

Hand written on verso: "8535 Tenn." Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Group of 7th Illinois Soldiers on Lookout Mountain, Tenn., June 19, 18...

Identification from caption on item, with fuller name additions from the American Civil War Research Database: 1. R. L. Mountjoy [Robert L.], George Thompson, Geo. Sullivan [George], Israel P. Norris, Joseph ... More

The Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 25, 1863 - the scene from Loo...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 Nov. 30, p. 764. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lookout Mountain from "A history of the American People ... With illus...

This image has been taken from scan 000557 from "A history of the American People ... With illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Britis... More

Tennessee. Lookout Mountain, scene of the battle of November 24th, 186...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. W.R. Cody and Jessie Cody Osborn standing atop Sunset Rock, Looko...

Donor indicated that photographs processed as AMB/TIN nos. 3273, 3274, and 3275 were acquired from the same family. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Army of... More

The Craven House and Point Lookout, Lookout Mountain

"WHJ 647" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency available on videodisc frame 1A- 29725. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014293. Also known as Cravens House. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Point Hotel and the battlefield, Lookout Mountain

Attribution to Jackson based on transparency D4-14296. Transparency cracked from lower left corner and taped to second sheet of glass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014297. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Lookout Mountain from Brown's Ferry; Steamer passing through the ponto...

Picryl description: Public domain historical book on American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Battle of Chattanooga. Capture of Lookout Mountain, Nov. 25th, 1863.

Picryl description: Public domain historical book on American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

War logs This collection of tree stumps, filled with shot and shell, i...

Photograph shows displays of Civil War battlefield artifacts in the Libby Prison War Museum; Libby Prison was moved to Chicago from Richmond in 1888 and open to the public as a museum between 1889 and 1897. No... More

Grace Babcock, Civil War nurse, sitting atop Lookout Mountain From Tho...

Photograph shows identified nurse who may have worked with U.S. Sanitary Commission or U.S. General Hospital in Chattanooga. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collec... More

Seminary Building, Lookout Mountain during American Civil War

Photograph shows people, some with musical instruments, posed outside the building and four people at the windows. No. B1310. Hand written on verso: "Miller VIII, 237". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Unidentified soldier of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment on Look...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, PA, December 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). Pool, Lookout Mountain

Two plates form left (LC-B811-3653A) and right (LC-B811-3653B) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informat... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). Tripod signal erected by Capts. Dor...

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt., Tenn. Tripod signal erected on Lookout Mt. by US Coast Survey at Pulpit Rock. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3662A) and right (LC-B811-3662B) halves of a stereograph pa... More

Corporal Loren Brink of Co. H, 21st Michigan Infantry Regiment, in uni...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was captured at Stones River, Tennessee. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Richard Ferry Antiques, Macclenny, Florida, May 2018. Forms part of: Lilj... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View of Tennessee River from Lookou...

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt., Tenn. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3656B) and right (LC-B811-3656A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, ... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View from Lookout Mountain

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2659B) and right (LC-B811-2659A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-E. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1... More

Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Umbrella Rock on Lookout Mountain

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountain... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View from Lookout Mountain

Caption from negative sleeve: View on Top of Lookout Mt. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3654B) and right (LC-B811-3654A) halves of a stereograph pair. Stereo filed in LOT 4167. Credit line: Civil war photographs... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View of Umbrella Rock, Lookout Moun...

Caption from negative sleeve: Umbrella Rock, Lookout Mt., Tenn. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3658B) and right (LC-B811-3658A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Librar... More

Chattanooga, Tenn. U.S. military train at depot; Lookout Mountain in b...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountain... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). Pool, Lookout Mountain

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3664B) and right (LC-B811-3664A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints ... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View of Umbrella Rock, Lookout Moun...

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mountain, Umbrella Rock. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3660B) and right (LC-B811-3660A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View from Lookout Mountain

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt., Tenn. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3655B) and right (LC-B811-3655A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, ... More

Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Summit of Lookout Mountain

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountain... More

Unidentified woman in mourning dress at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee R....

Photographer's name misspelled as Lynn on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper pp/liljwoch

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

War logs This collection of tree stumps, filled with shot and shell, i...

Photograph shows displays of Civil War battlefield artifacts in the Libby Prison War Museum; Libby Prison was moved to Chicago from Richmond in 1888 and open to the public as a museum between 1889 and 1897. No... More

Seminary Building, Lookout Mountain during American Civil War

Photograph shows people, some with musical instruments, posed outside the building and four people at the windows. No. B1310. Hand written on verso: "Miller VIII, 237". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Grace Babcock, Civil War nurse, sitting atop Lookout Mountain From Tho...

Photograph shows identified nurse who may have worked with U.S. Sanitary Commission or U.S. General Hospital in Chattanooga. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collec... More

Unidentified soldier of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment on Look...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, PA, December 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View from Lookout Mountain

Caption from negative sleeve: View on Top of Lookout Mt. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3654B) and right (LC-B811-3654A) halves of a stereograph pair. Stereo filed in LOT 4167. Credit line: Civil war photographs... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View of Umbrella Rock, Lookout Moun...

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mountain, Umbrella Rock. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3660B) and right (LC-B811-3660A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View of Umbrella Rock, Lookout Moun...

Caption from negative sleeve: Umbrella Rock, Lookout Mt., Tenn. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3658B) and right (LC-B811-3658A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Librar... More

Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Umbrella Rock on Lookout Mountain

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountain... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View from Lookout Mountain

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2659B) and right (LC-B811-2659A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-E. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1... More

Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Summit of Lookout Mountain

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountain... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). Pool, Lookout Mountain

Two plates form left (LC-B811-3653A) and right (LC-B811-3653B) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informat... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View of Tennessee River from Lookou...

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt., Tenn. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3656B) and right (LC-B811-3656A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, ... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). Tripod signal erected by Capts. Dor...

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt., Tenn. Tripod signal erected on Lookout Mt. by US Coast Survey at Pulpit Rock. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3662A) and right (LC-B811-3662B) halves of a stereograph pa... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). Pool, Lookout Mountain

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3664B) and right (LC-B811-3664A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints ... More

Corporal Loren Brink of Co. H, 21st Michigan Infantry Regiment, in uni...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was captured at Stones River, Tennessee. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Richard Ferry Antiques, Macclenny, Florida, May 2018. Forms part of: Lilj... More

Chattanooga, Tennessee (vicinity). View from Lookout Mountain

Caption from negative sleeve: Lookout Mt., Tenn. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3655B) and right (LC-B811-3655A) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, ... More

Chattanooga, Tenn. U.S. military train at depot; Lookout Mountain in b...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountain... More

Unidentified woman in mourning dress at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee R....

Photographer's name misspelled as Lynn on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper pp/liljwoch

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Chattanooga, Tenn., vicinity. Summit of Lookout Mountain

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountain... More

Chattanooga, Tenn. U.S. military train at depot; Lookout Mountain in b...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of the Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. After Rosecrans' debacle at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, Bragg's army occupied the mountain... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Hotels and club...