. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE PEAK OF VI( TORY—THE MORNING AFTER THE BATTLE Pulpit Rock, the Summit of Lookout Mountain. Hcforc diiH-n of Xovembor 25th, Hooker, anticipating the with-drawal of the Confederates, .sent detachments to seize the very summit of the moimtain, here 2,400 feet volunteers from the Eighth Kentucky Regiment scalcfl the palisades means of the ladders seen in thispicture, and made their way to the top. The rest of the regiment quickly followed; then came the Ninety-sixthIllinois. The rays of the rising sun disclosed the .St
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE PEAK OF VI( TORY—THE MORNING AFTER THE BATTLE Pulpit Rock, the Summit of Lookout Mountain. Hcforc diiH-n of Xovembor 25th, Hooker, anticipating the with-drawal of the Confederates, .sent detachments to seize the very summit of the moimtain, here 2,400 feet volunteers from the Eighth Kentucky Regiment scalcfl the palisades means of the ladders seen in thispicture, and made their way to the top. The rest of the regiment quickly followed; then came the Ninety-sixthIllinois. The rays of the rising sun disclosed the .Stars and Stripes floating in triumph from the lofty peakamid the wild and prolonged cheers of the men whose dauntless valor had borne them to that point.[B] ^ J and sought refuge up the hill, breaking and throwing into con-fusion other troops as they passed through. At the foot of JNIissionary Ridge Thomas army hadreached its goal. Its orders carried it no further. But, asGeneral Wood has related, the enthusiasm and imj^etuosityof the troops were such that
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