The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-10-04

Bragg by sending Thomas around
through Rossville Gap on the south
and Sherman around by Tunnel Hill
on the north, while q demonstration
was kept up in front to detract atten-
/ ton. After prolonged wait the troops
in front of Bragg became uneasy ana
! on November 10Th made a charge UP
the Ridge without orders. Grant from
Fort Wood saw the charge and hast
ened 10 inquire Of his subordinates
| who had ordered the charge. Finding
that no order had been given, and that
| his intentions to flank would be lost,
! he resigned himself to the inevitable
with the reply that sail hell cant stop
| them" The folce in the charge was
| small, but was successful in routing
| Bragg, who retreatcd TO Dalton, Ga.
On conversation with "old vets" on
both sides of the conflict the one eX-
preston is encountered that Ii can not
be conceived how Bragg was ever
| routed. While the battle was unde-
cisive in Its immediate results, yet 1t
opened the way for Sherman to At
| lanta and the sea and the fall OF the
| confederacy incidental TO il.
| ConfederateS found fault with Bragg
| because he did not follow up the vic
tory at Chickamauga when the fed
| erals retreated disnrdered to Chat
/ tanooga. Had he followed close the
! federal troops must have been forced
/ TO surrender. There was no way OF
| Getting out of Chattanooga to the north
or east without swimming the Tennes-
see river But Bragg failed to follow
| up his victory, entrenching himself on
| Missionary Ridge while Grant assem-
bled $1,000 troops in front of him.
! Chattanooga was impenetrable, a YER
table Gibraltar, except upon the occa-
| sion of the disoFganized retreat from
Chickamauga.
Wednesday, the 18th, was given up
| to the dedication of monuments at
| Chickamauga by different states, those
Of Michigan being the first upon the
programme at S a. m. Thursday was
given up TO the dedication (at this mo-
ment of writing, lilo, Sunday, Sep
TENDER ODD, the clerk of the Point
Hotel points out TO us Gen. Walthall,
mentioned above, as he passes in front
II the office window on his way from
the incline railway station to the mar
raw guage railway up the mountain
crest The Point Hotel is situated at
the base of the cliff of Point Lookout
md Immediately above the site of the
encounter between Gen. Hooker and
Gen. Walthall. This little incident we
have considered worthy at this point
II paTenthctical mention. 1t could not
have been more opportune) of the
Chickamauga Park. Friday was given
mp 10 a parade OF the troops from diff
ferent states, the detachments Of diff
ercnt regular army and artillery corps.
the different G.. a. II. and confederate
veteran societies, which was reviewed
by Vice-PreSident Stevenson, the mem
bcrs of the Presidents Cabinet, the
surviving generals of the war of both
.ldes, the commanders of the army and
navy. and many citizens Of note. II
S of Importance TO here state that this
was the first occasion upon which a
parade has ever been made up of vet
arans of the federal and confederate
armies in uniform. 1t Is 10 he hoped
that this event Is the occasion of end
ing the war In spirit as well as in fact
There Is so much TO write about from
Chattanooga (Which would be OF in.
terest that this letter could be drawn
)ut indefinitely. However, II IS al
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brought 10 a close after the mention
| Of one or two other features.
The old vet will remember that the
only way TO ascend Lookout Mountain
during the war period was by tortu
)us path up the side. At the present
time there is broad guage railway
IL miles long from Chattanooga which
by frequent windings at last reaches
The summit $500 feet in elevation
Regular trains OF cars are drawn vi
and down 10 transact the business OF
the city now upon the crest of tho
mountain. Passenger trains arc run VI
and down every two hours. There Is
also an incline railway which rises
LOO feet 10 the base OF the cliff over
Il half mile of track, the ascent TO tho
apex being made by q narrow guagC
about three miles long. At another
point is being completed a second in
cline railroad which reaches the apex
over half mile of track, the elevation
10 the crest being more abrupt thar
an angle Of - degrees.
The hotel at which this letter Is be
ing written, the Point Hotel, has Tho
most commanding view of any hotel il
, tbc South, 1t is situated LOO fee
above the Tennessee river, immediate
| ~ at the bass Of the cliff upon which
is Lookout Point. Chattanooga an
pears upon the plain i've miles away
but TO the eye only n few steps. A.
the hour of writing a bank of clouds
obscures the view of the city. The
field of the Battle Above the Clouds, ;
with the historical James Craver
House, Is in full view thousand fee
below on the plateau. Across to the
southeast lies the field Of Missionary
Ridge, while still further south Il
Chickamauga. Seventeen hundred
feet below and a mile away peace
fully sleeps Moccasin Point and the
Tennessee. To the left the field OF
Wauhstchie. Again to the southeast
silently sleep. awaiting the las,
reviellie. 1900 union dead in the Ma
tional cemetery near Orchard Knob
We see here with the field glass seven
states-Virginia, Kentucky, Tennes
see. North and South Carolina and
Alabama. The hotel is modern in lie
appointments. Everything is built foi
airiness. Wide galleries surround II
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