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On the way to Florida (READ POST) we stopped for the night in Ringgold,Georgia. There was just enough daylight for a quick tour of The Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Park.
In 1890, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was the first such site created by Congress.
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863,involved the second highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg. (click on link to read Gettysburg post)
The purpose of this post is to be a quick visual “walkabout” of the area with a few facts (that I wasn’t aware of) thrown in.
In Chickamauga's torn and smoky woodlands, nothing was simple.If you are interested in the details of this very complicated battle CLICK…
The battlefield is covered with monuments and informational plaques explaining the battle:: EXAMPLE::
Many years before the Civil War battle, the Cherokee Indians, after many battles, had named the stream that runs thru the battlefield "The River of Death" or Chickamauga.
During the Spanish American War, more American soldiers died during training on the Chickamauga Battlefield than during all the fighting in Cuba and the Caribbean during that four month war in 1898.
With his brigades deployed in column, Brig. Gen. Henry Clayton's was the first to hit three Federal brigades around the Brotherton Farm. They fired until their ammunition was gone.
Today the Battlefield is home to some wild turkeys. They even have a Wild Turkey 5 Mile Run.
A great place for some jogging. As a matter of fact the The Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon, in its 33rd year, is run through the nation's oldest military park. Known as the "most family-friendly" marathon, the runner-up for "most scenic" marathon, and third for best overall marathon.
After the fighting, a Confederate soldier ominously wrote, "This...is the death-knell of the Confederacy." Sometimes you win the battle but loose the war… READ MORE
The “Soldier” below spent about eight hours in the car driving from Lancaster,Ohio (Home town of General Sherman) and then a few hours walking/driving around the battlefield.
ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD and the BURNSIDE BRIDGE POST
One more suggestion: Make sure to see the movie “LINCOLN”..Maybe one Congress isn’t all that different from another…LOL
love your header shot. great trip you had here. i rather enjoy fences like this ... so creative i think. neat!! ( :
ReplyDeleteFascinating history.
ReplyDeleteA nice history lesson Joe!
ReplyDeleteI always associate these fences with battlefields but know they were used elsewhere too.
Great header shot!
i've been there! my husbands gg grandfather was wounded at Chattanooga..musket ball to the neck, and survived! lived to be a very old man...beautiful area isn't it?!
ReplyDeleteLooks like lots of history here! Saw the movie Lincoln n loved it!!!
ReplyDeleteOh Yes---you were in our neck of the woods... I have a son living in Dalton (south of Chattanooga)... Hope you made it into Chattanooga and went up on Lookout Mtn...
ReplyDeleteGreat set of pictures and explanations.. I love bloggers who give info with their photos.. THANKS!!!
Betsy
Betsy We had to save Lookout Mtn. for another trip
ReplyDeletePark service split rails...no mistaken 'em. I live in the midst of many CW battlefields her in central VA. Heck I grew up on one...
ReplyDeleteGreat post, we toured the Vickburg Military Park last year. The savagery of the Civil War is awful.
ReplyDeleteI have never been to that battlefield. We did see Lincoln. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteI have never been to that battlefield. We did see Lincoln. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteIs that a cannon in front of you or are you just pleased to see me? :)
ReplyDeleteSo very impressive, Joe! You do such informative posts on the places you visit, with lots of pictures and info! Love it! We should all take time to see these important places.
ReplyDeleteHow fascinating and shivery that the river was called 'the river of death' so long before all this happened.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are good -- can't say the post makes me happy, but we have to remember the sad chapters of our history (too many of them). We didn't get to spend enough time in this area. Wish we were able to remedy that. I'll have to rely on your posts; almost as good!
Great place to go walking, I used to live a few miles from there and I would go jogging there in the mornings. It’s a very beautiful place.
ReplyDeleteGreat place to go for a walk, I used to live a few miles from there and would go jogging there in the mornings. Good pictures, brings back a lot of good memories.
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