Sunset Rock

Sunset Rock is a Tennessee historical marker in Hamilton County.

Hamilton Co, in Lookout Mtn. on October 28, 1863 West Brow Road

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From here, General Braxton Bragg, with James Longstreet, one of his corps commanders, watched the Federals under Major General Joseph Hooker, then arriving from the Army of the Potomac and in process of entering Lookout Valley. They determined to oppose them that evening. The result was the Battle of Wauhatchie, fought at midnight, and resulting in the repulse of the Confederates.

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Historical maps covering this location

1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1896 · Map of the Battlefields of Chattanooga and Wauhatchie (E. E. Betts, Chickamauga and… (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1936 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Sunset Rock

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