Lookout. Mt. from the west. Captured No 23 1863 by Maj Gen Hooker & the 11 and 12 AG?. Signed lower left: Blakeslee , Title inscribed lower right, Inscribed below title: Apr 5 1864. Inscribed on rock bottom center: GHB, Inscribed in blue ink on verso: Mina has been on this Mountain with friends and relatives May 1901, Many times while visiting relations in Chattanooga Tenn, Gift, Mrs. George W. Volk, 1966 (DLC/PP-66-C9312), George H. Blakeslee served with the 129th Infantry (Illinois) from September 1862 until his disability discharge in February 1865. He enlisted from Sunbury, Illinoi
Lookout. Mt. from the west. Captured No 23 1863 by Maj Gen Hooker & the 11 and 12 AG?. Signed lower left: Blakeslee , Title inscribed lower right, Inscribed below title: Apr 5 1864. Inscribed on rock bottom center: GHB, Inscribed in blue ink on verso: Mina has been on this Mountain with friends and relatives May 1901, Many times while visiting relations in Chattanooga Tenn, Gift, Mrs. George W. Volk, 1966 (DLC/PP-66-C9312), George H. Blakeslee served with the 129th Infantry (Illinois) from September 1862 until his disability discharge in February 1865. He enlisted from Sunbury, Illinois. From 1862 until 1864 the regiment guarded key railroads between Bowling Green, Kentucky and Gallatin, Tennessee, making its headquarters in Nashville. In 1864 they joined Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea, Reference print available in the Graphics File Lot 4416B 1863. Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879, Military service, Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn, 1863 , Lookout Mountain, Battle of, Tenn, 1863, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, United States, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain
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