1863 General Grant On Lookout Mountain With Officers CIVIL War Photo Fp415

  

1863 GENERAL GRANT ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN WITH OFFICERS CIVIL WAR PHOTO FP415. This appears to be a copy of the famous Civil War era photo. It comes from a larger collection of antique photos. The past sale prices for this photo are quite high and I do not understand why.

It is labeled as an original in that Worthpoint listing, but here's the deal, my naive understanding of Civil War photography would lead me to believe this high gloss photographic technique had not been invented yet. Note this is not a RPPC, it is a larger size.

From the Tennessee Virtual Archive website. Grant on Lookout Mountain near Missionary Ridge in 1863.

Four men in uniform pose near the edge of the cliff, while one sits further back on the path. The other four are identified, left to right, as General John A. Following the Battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain was garrisoned by the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Braxton Bragg. The Battle of Lookout Mountain in 1863 pushed the Confederates east and south, and the mountain then remained in Federal hands until the war's end.

General Grant commanded the Federal victories at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge on November 24-25 and drove the Confederates from their siege of Chattanooga. From the National Parks Service website:On November 24, 1863, Ulysses S. Grant sat on Orchard Knob in Tennessee's Lookout Valley. He watched calmly as General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Union forces stormed up the steep sides of Lookout Mountain. This peak was an important part of the Confederate positions that opposed Grant in Chattanooga.

Although Grant considered Hooker to be irresponsible and arrogant, Hooker's forces made quick work of the Confederates. As his men fought their way to the summit, heavy fog rolled in, making it nearly impossible for Grant to follow the battle's progress. During "The Battle Above the Clouds, " the two armies struggled in near-blind conditions. As the fighting continued, Confederate leadership questioned their ability to hold Lookout Mountain.

Sensing defeat, they ordered the remaining men to retreat and join the main force at Missionary Ridge. Eventually the fog cleared, revealing a lunar eclipse which allowed the Confederates to flee in total darkness. Grant noted the battle was nothing more than a small skirmish, not deserving the attention it received. However, the Union victory freed Hooker to join the main assault on Missionary Ridge the following day and forced the Confederates to retreat to Georgia.

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