Major General Joseph Hooker leads a Union assault to capture Lookout Mountain during the Battle of Chattanooga. By seizing Lookout Mountain, Hooker's troops turned the Confederate left flank and reinforced the decisive Union offensive on Missionary Ridge the following day.
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