Title: George Gates Lookout Mountain Letter

Date/Date Range :   1863 November 26

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of one letter written by Corporal George Gates to his aunt. It was written from his regiment's camp located to the left of Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 26, 1863. He re-counts for his aunt the Battle of Lookout Mountain on November 25, 1863. He mentions his regiment's movements, acquisitions, and casualties in the battle.

Call number: MS-2874

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased September 6, 2006.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], George Gates Lookout Mountain Letter, MS-2874. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

No biographical information is available.

This collection consists of one letter by Union Corporal George Gates to his aunt on November 26, 1863, and describes the then-unnamed Battle of Lookout Mountain which occurred in Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 25, 1863. It was written by him on the 26th of November when he returned to his camp outside of Chattanooga and gives an account of casualties on both sides.

Gates speaks of a "flank movement" in which sixty to seventy cannon and nine thousand prisoners were taken by the Union Forces. He recounts his regiment's losses as "light" with five horses killed and one man wounded in the leg. He mentions his impending return to the front in regret for the letter being quite brief.

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Chattanooga (Tenn.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Lookout Mountain, Battle of, Tenn., 1863.
• Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863.