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Waiting for Stragglers
The men of Geary's division thought they had been given an impossible task when asked to climb Confederate-held Lookout Mountain on November 24, 1863. But they did it, forming a vertical line up the side, then turned and, still more or less in a line, moved forward in a sweep around the side of the mountain over rough terrain of ridges and boulders.
We got a taste of climbing upward over the rough terrain on the 1:00 ranger hike. At one halt a participant alerted the ranger about two possible casualties who had fallen far behind. While the ranger went to check, I sketched. The man on the foreground is sitting on a rock jutting from the slope; the others shown are standing on the narrow trail.
November 24, 2013
Rifle Pits Trail, Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Waiting for Stragglers
The men of Geary's division thought they had been given an impossible task when asked to climb Confederate-held Lookout Mountain on November 24, 1863. But they did it, forming a vertical line up the side, then turned and, still more or less in a line, moved forward in a sweep around the side of the mountain over rough terrain of ridges and boulders.
We got a taste of climbing upward over the rough terrain on the 1:00 ranger hike. At one halt a participant alerted the ranger about two possible casualties who had fallen far behind. While the ranger went to check, I sketched. The man on the foreground is sitting on a rock jutting from the slope; the others shown are standing on the narrow trail.
November 24, 2013
Rifle Pits Trail, Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA