The 147th Pennsylvania Infantry, commanded by Colonel Ario Pardee in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 12th Corps, was transferred from the Army of the Potomac to the armies operating near Chattanooga, Tennessee, arriving at Wachatchie on October 29th, 1863. It participated with General Geary's White Star Division in the capture of Lookout Mountain on November 24th, 1863. On the 25th, it crossed the Chattanooga Valley to the foot of Missionary Ridge, north of Rossville Gap, gained the crest about three fourths of a mile north of that point, and assisted in the capture of many prisoners during and after the charge of the Army of the Cumberland that drove the enemy from the ridge, then followed the retreating Confederate army on the 26th and 27th, engaging in its final defeat at Ringgold, Georgia. Colonel Charles Candy of the 66th Ohio Infantry commanded the brigade at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, and Colonel William R. Creighton of the 7th Ohio Infantry at Missionary Ridge and to Ringgold, where he was killed and command devolved on Colonel Thomas N. Ahl of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry. The division was commanded by Brigadier General John W. Geary and the corps by Major General Henry W. Slocum, all under the command of Major General Joseph Hooker.

Photo: Dale K. Benington

Photo: Dale K. Benington

Photo: Dale K. Benington

Photo: Dale K. Benington

Photo: Dale K. Benington

Photo: Dale K. Benington

Photo: Dale K. Benington

Photo: Dale K. Benington