New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-16
BATTLEFIELDS SET APART
STORY OF THE CHIcKAMAUGA AND CHAT
TANoOGA NATIONAL PARK.
HOW THE PLANS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE
BLOODY BATTLE-GROUND WERE MADE
AND CARRIED otT-rHE DEDicA-

Chattanooga Sept. 15-Nearly third OF ceh.",
ago the battlefield OF Gettysburg was deocA'eu -
a National cemetery. on that occasion rrrs'"e".
Lincoln delivered address which was recos"'h7"
as the philosophy In brief. OF the great str"sse w
tween the North and the South In th.s ADDRESS. )"
words long since historic he gave utterance 10 INV
prophecy that this Nation, under God snail heNe
new birth OF freedom. and that government u Inv
people by the people. for the people. shan ho' per
ish from the earth.
on Thursday and Friday % this week the Chieha-
, mauxa and Chattanooga National Military FarA
will h. dedicated with ceremonies no less imposing
than those at Gettysburg made memorsoie ny DIV
Lincoln. presence The tine chosen mas especial
approprateness In that IT will be- the thrV-see'"u
anniversary OF the herc-ly contested Ba''e Oh
Chickamaugs in many respects one OF thr HOS
cls.y. OF the war and one N which American PLUCK
and endurance were shown 70 greatest suVah'Ase'
The vlcs-Presdent OF the United States VIII pre-
sac The Secretary OF war and General OF the
Army Will By their presence lend omeisi o'sh'V "
the occasion
others present wll include all. or nearly al, OF
IN. surviving Federal and Confederate leaders VINO
osrt,ciuated in the battle. Among these are eH-
senators Henderson. OF Nebraska; Genera II. v
Hovnron OF Washing General Dodge OF iowa,
Generals Horace Porter and Daniel Butt-rhe!d. %
N.x-york; General Palmer. OF limos; Genera
corIon o, Georgia: Genera Wheeler OF Alabama
Senator Bate. OF Tennessee; EX-SENATOR "aOhai Oh
Nis.lssppi: Governor Roach. OF Alabama. ana Gen
sral O. O Howard retired. OF the regular Army.
The Chickamauga ami Chattanooga Park EN-
braces the entire battlefield OF Chickamsusa ana 'ne
snproaches The area within the .egal limits OF the
park = about fifteen square miles Inc apr
In the vicinity OF Chcksnauga are NANNY 'oa'H
over which tue armies reached and let the hr"
Those about Chattanooga lie mainly along t- Hnes
n, hattie Those over Lookout Mountain cross
Eook4r's ba tilehed and lie near Wai1haHs "h"e
the Crest Road along Missionary Ridge follows
I haff le In
Army or the Cumberland and General Sherman
Army Of the Tennessee.
Near.y all thes. approaches. a. well a. the roa"s
within the park. have been rebuilt oy The HoNerh-
m-nt in the most solid manner. Two o. the mum
her the Crest and State roads. are constructed ."
a a,tv-'oot rignt OF way. The scenery alone over
mart o, this magmlfcent boulevard il sucn ar VIII
give the drive National reputation. "he" 10
thsse remarkable charms OF valleys, city river anu
hold mountain a comprehensive and distant VIC"
n, the battleneds OF Lookout Mountain ofchai"
Knob and Missionary Ridge Is added 'h's INV
becomes one that is without parallel
The Government has acquired the site OF Bragg
ha,dsua-ters on Missionary Ridge and ABOUT
three acres surrounding it. Among other purchase
which Il has made Is that o. Orcharu hhoo' ING
WAS the HEADQUARTERS Of Grant. Ihomas an,
| Granger during the battle OF Missionary h'dse, II
"a an Isolated knoll about six acres In extent Inc
| Confederate works and those erected ai'e. '
! Union forces captured 1T still we'll dehnea' anu
! the general appearance OF the knoh remains "''
/ changed ,..,
! The old roads which were those o. the oa'''e'
| have been reopened and improved "h.'e 'o"ur
| onened since the battle have been closed anu
abandoned The only natural feature existing a.
the time OF the fight which has been chahsed -
! the underbrush, which It has been iouhu hec'
70 cut out In order TO bring the lines OF oa '.,7
/ into view and TO show the Topography o. '"e ~
| As result Of this work. carriages can no" ~
IN all directions through the great forests anu
| along the various lines OF battle
The frs, step In the development OF 'he
military park embraced only the Dattiene'a
| Chcksmaugs This par; OF the project hsu us
origin in a visit TO the field seven years aso
| General Ferdinand Van Derveer an officer OF the
! ARMY OF the Cumberland and General H. '. hoyh
/ ton a. that time the Washington correspondent VI
! The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette VINO com
msnded the S5th Ohio Regiment az the oatue "
/ Chickamausa In a series OF letters TO The COM
,,arcisl Gazette" describing the condition or me
field and reviewing the campaign and the Da''e'
/ The park scheme thus suggested;
I The survivors OF the Army OF the Cum9erisa dd
should AWAKE 10 INV should it not. a. well
/ Eastern fields be- marked by monuments ana ILL ~
was no more magnificent nghns than both armies mes
did there BotS sides might Wen um.s IN pr
serving the field whore both, I'm military sense
| won such renown
! 1t will thus be seen that from the nrst Inc pan
differed essentially from that OF Gettysburg. where
]
marked The suggestion was received with such
ssvor i'm the North that al the next annual meet
ing OF the Society OF the Army OF the Cumberland
held at Chicago a few weeks later. committee
OF five was appointed TO take he necessary steps
| for a movement FOR the purchase OF the ground on
which The battle fought General fosecrans.
president OF the society. appointed as members OF
! this committee General Henry " Cist General
Charles F. Henderson General russell a, Anger
tt.neral Absalom Baird ana General Boynton
! This committee met in Washington Gay. February
"a isss Genera. Henderson presided. Ii was
agreed TO invite such Confederate veterans OF the
battle Of Chickamauga as were IN Washingtoh 10
unit In rofm Ing, CON fsreans yss held on the fol-
lowing day in the room OF the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs Those present were Generals
Rosecrans Baird. Reynolds. Cist, Manderson, Boyn-
ton and Colonel Kellogg. OF the mon onlcers and
Generals Bate. OF Tennessee; ColqIitt or Georgia
Wathall. OF Mississippi; Morgan and wheeler, or
Alabama; Wright, OF Tennessee and Coionels Bank
head. OF Alabama, and Morgan, OF Mississippi
/ Thus the project grew. enlistins in rs service dis
tineulshed citizens in the North and South. When
| Inc question in the winter following the or
Soma aid for the purchase OF the battlefield Gen
eral Boyntou conceived the idea or charging the
scope OF the scheme 40 IA to embrace the notable
| feds OF Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
and the lesser affairs or the battle OF Chattanooga.
and establishing the whole as National park
under the control OF the Secretary OF War The
bill was drawn authorizing the Secretary through
! commission VI his own selection. to establish the
park. 80. ,,, =,
GrosyenoT an rrom Ohio Who served with sena
distinction a. Chckamauga, and who d proml-
nent member Of the Society Of the Army OF the Cum
berland General Grosvenor. who If az active in
legislative capacity he the field OF
/ battle thirty and odd years ago. champloned the
measure with Characteristic energy II was re-
| ferred 10 the House Committee on Military Affairs
and by them favorably reported. 1t not unit.
! the closing hours Of Congress that unanimous con-
sent was asked call up the A single
! objection would have defeated the request None
was made This the more remarkable when II
! IL remembered that the River and Harbor bill. In
which every member was interested and which
they were DESTROYS to dispose o. before the
| House The BIZ read the House dispensed
! with the reading Of the report OF the committee
and the measure passed in twenty-three minutes
| I'm the senate equal consideration was shown 10
| the measure. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
! was before that body when senator Haw;ey. OF
| Connecticut asked that the Park bill be taken I'D
! II WAS read and passed unanimously. The SEN
a;e clerk, General Arson g Mccook. OF The
! Fighting McCooks." who participated In the ba
| lie OF Lookout Mountain proved 10 be faster