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A marker denotes the trail to Illinois and Pennsylvania monuments, deep in the woods near
the historic Cravens house. (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.) |
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| Ivy and wildflowers drape the 13th Illinois monument. |
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On trails at Lookout Mountain, reminders of the sacrifices of Union soldiers dot the landscape, some nearly hidden from view. As thunder rumbles in the distance and a late-summer storm approaches, a visitor inspects markers and monuments deep in the woods. At the top of a rugged, seldom-used trail deep in the woods, cast-iron battlefield tablets and regimental monuments await, engulfed by undergrowth. We imagine the day the monuments were dedicated long ago -- the pomp and circumstance, the speeches in memory of long-ago heroes. Now, barely remembered.
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| On a steep slope, the regimental monument for the 104th Illinois. |
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| Nearly overwhelmed by undergrowth, a cast-iron tablet for a Union brigade. |
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At the end of a trail in the woods, cast-iron markers for the 5th and 28th Ohio and monuments for the
147th Pennsylvania (tall) and 59th and 96th Illinois. |
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| Under nature's canopy, a sculpted granite star atop the 28th Pennsylvania monument. |
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| A stone kepi on the 28th Pennsylvania monument. |
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| Mother Nature shows little respect for this 29th Ohio tablet. |
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| A huge plaque for the 111th Pennsylvania, a work of art embedded in the cliff near the top of the mountain. |
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| Two weather-worn plaques for the 29th Pennsylvania near the summit of Lookout Mountain. |
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