Civil War battlefield preserved on Lookout Mountain

November 4, 2023 at 2:50 p.m.

by Ben Benton

American Battlefield Trust / Crews begin work in June to demolish the old Lookout Mountain Tourist Lodge on Cummings Highway in order to preserve almost an acre of Civil War battlefield prominent in the Battle Above the Clouds. The old motel dated back to the 1940s.
American Battlefield Trust / Crews begin work in June to demolish the old Lookout Mountain Tourist Lodge on Cummings Highway in order to preserve almost an acre of Civil War battlefield prominent in the Battle Above the Clouds. The old motel dated back to the 1940s.


A 1940s-era motel on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga was razed in June to restore the site to its historic Civil War condition when soldiers from both sides scrambled desperately across it during the Battle Above the Clouds 160 years ago.

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