(2016) Enlarge Present day Read House Hotel sits on the same site as the Old Crutchfield House which also served as hotel during the Civil War:

The Sheraton Read House Hotel on 827 Broad Street in Chattanooga sits on a site that has been occupied by hotels for over 160 years. It was first built in 1847 as the Old Crutchfield House and was used as a hospital by Union Troops in 1863. In 1867, a fire burned the entire hotel to the ground. Dr. John T. Read decided to construct a new hotel in the same area where the original met its fate. The new hotel would be constructed in a Gregorian architectural design in the year of 1926 and became the current Read House Hotel. Read House was renovated in 2004 and is currently the Sheraton Read House Hotel.
 
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(2016) Enlarge Sheraton Read House Hotel

(2016) Enlarge Original park service historical marker located at entrance to the hotel at the valet parking area

Enlarge Wartime photo of the Old Crutchfield House in Chattanooga

(2015) Enlarge Natural entrance to Lookout Cave at the base of Lookout Mountain (north side) near I-24. Graffiti from soldiers of both sides still visible

(2015) Enlarge  Close-up Cave in the National Cemetery. Entrance sealed in the 1800's