An illustration of a man standing on a ledge of Lookout Mountain looking over a valley. Lookout Mountain, actually a plateau at the northwest corner of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee near Chattanooga. It is one of the southernmost ridge mountains of the Appalachians.

Landscape

An illustration of a man standing on a ledge of Lookout Mountain looking over a valley. Lookout Mountain,…

A man standing in an armored lookout.

An Armored Lookout

A man standing in an armored lookout.

Lookout Mountain, actually a plateau at the northwest corner of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee near Chattanooga. It is one of the southernmost ridge mountains of the Appalachians.

Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain, actually a plateau at the northwest corner of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama,…

Mission Ridge (or Missionary Ridge) was the site of the November 25, 1864 Civil War battle, the Battle of Missionary Ridge.

Mission Ridge

Mission Ridge (or Missionary Ridge) was the site of the November 25, 1864 Civil War battle, the Battle…

"Across the fields two travelers journey slow, / One looks around to find the distant foe; / The other watches near with caution meet, / And finds a serpent hissing at their feet."—Barber, 1857

Two Heads Are Better Than One

"Across the fields two travelers journey slow, / One looks around to find the distant foe; / The other…