Sculpted by Gary Casteel
Size: 10 ¼” x 7” x 8”
Weight: 5.35lbs
1863 Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Monument Replicas
On November 19, 1863, Colonel Thomas J. Ahl returned to command of
the 28th Pennsylvania after detached duty at Division Headquarters. At
the small but significant battles in Tennessee at Lookout Mountain (November
24—the “Battle above the Clouds”) and Missionary Ridge (November 25), the 28th
was often kept in reserve but filled gaps, served as sharpshooters, and
supported a battery of “flying artillery”. However, on November 27, 1863,
the regiment was in the front lines with seven killed and twenty-seven wounded
at the Battle of Ringgold Gap, Tennessee. In his official report
regarding these engagements, General Joseph Hooker noted, “It has never been my
fortune to serve with more zealous and devoted troops.”
At the
dedication of the monument in 1897, Corporal Joseph L. Cornet declared “To-day
we meet where in our young manhood days we followed that gallant and brilliant
Commander, Colonel Thomas J. Ahl, who led us above the clouds to battle an
almost unseen foe.” These combined Union victories, under the leadership of
General Ulysses S. Grant, helped open the road for a Union advance into Georgia.
The monument was
dedicated on November 15, 1897 and is located along a park hiking trail that
runs from the Craven’s House, up the slope of the ridge, to Point Park on the
summit of Lookout Mountain.
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