Orchard Knob Walking Tour - Stop 3: Forward Observation Post - Grant Watches the Miracle at Missionary Ridge

Generals Grant, Thomas, and Granger watch the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863.

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General Ulysses S. Grant and other US officers watched the Battle of Missionary Ridge from Orchard Knob, which provided a forward observation point for them to be able to see the ridge in its entirety.