The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-11
BLUEAND GRAY TO MEET
DEDICATION or CHICKAMiCGA-
CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL PARK.
Secretary Lamont to Dedicate the Park
just After the Louisville Encamp-
ment Of the Grand Army,

|
| BraxtOn Bragg and the United states
| army commanded by Gen. W llnam :.
| Rosecrans. At that time the Army OF
the Union had enticed tire Confederates
| out of the city 10 do battle, the strategy
| of the Union commander enabled nm
1 10 out-manOeuvre his opponent ana 10
get between his army and the city ne hau
| left with the expectation OF drlNinS Rose
| Grams back to his base of supplies anu
| the situations OF the two armies were
! reversed, Bragg being left out IN 'ne
| field which Rosecrans took, ana held
| possession of Chattanooga, when con-
| ties of Nov o. "a, and y resulted IN the
utter rout Of Braggs army by Gen. Grant
| the capture Of Missionary Ridge. anu
| the forward movement or the Nlctoiio"S
| Union forces toward the south.
| Having sheltered the Union anu the
! Confederate armies at different times,
| CHATTANOOGA Is preparing 10 "eicoihe
| both at the same time That Is, those
| who are alive out OF the oh,tp Union MN
and 5000 COufedcrates who fought az
| Chickamauga and who later on met III
| the conflict at Chattanooga, ana VINO Cdii
| get TO the old battle-ilelds In Seplehluet,
| are invited 10 return together 70 20 49,
| the scenes made memorable by the pioou-
lest contest OF history and TO see now
| faithfully the work has been done oy
the commission 10 which was intrusted
| by the Congress the duty OF acp"it"ls
| the lands now included IN Chicha a.. 80
| I.
| old roads and the making OF new ones
| 10 render important and interesting
| points easily accessible and the task OF
| so marking the Union ana conleneId'e
! lines as to provoke no charge OF parti-
| ality. incompleteness. ambiguity, on ac-
! curarv against those who were assigned
10 reform the work.
TWO otter events that are 10 occur
about the time set for the dedication
! Of the Chickamauga- Chattanooga. Ma
| tional Military Park Will contribute, eacn
| in its way. 70 a larger represt MA lion "t
| Union and Confederate veterans s"an
would be secured independent Of them.
| The annual encampment OF the cram
Army OF tho Republic VIII be held III
! Louisville. Ky, the week beginning SePs.
| s. The invitation to Kentucky was NSi
| cordial, tie preparations for the mon
| veterans are TO be elaborate, ana TIE
| expense Of reaching the encampmeht i
| 10 be small as compared with mat OF
| making the journey at another tiue
| and under ordinary conditions. W men
the Grand Army Encampment IS about
! breaking up. Chattanooga VIII ne pre-
| pared TO welcome guests 10 tne ueui0d
! ton Of the National Park. soldiers OF
/ the Army OF the Cumberland, or OF me
1 Tennessee. or Of the Potomac, VINO were
! participants in the Chckamausa-, nay va
| nooga events will very reluctantly lose
/ the chance OF revisiting those lelds wheh
they are within few hours run al 49, 49,
| and are invited not only by the HoNSIH-
| ment and by Chattanooga, nut by w
| railroad companies. which are TO oiler
| extremely low rates of fare.
| The Cotton states and international TX
| position at Atlanta will be- opened sept.
| is The interest in the South IN that
| great exhibition will be shared by me
! veterans OF the Confederate army ana
| IL Is altogether probable that many SUI
| iers who Journey 10 Atlanta Will disO
! 20 three hours further If they come rom
| beyond Atlanta, or stop at Chichamausa
If they are living north of it,, 10 JON IN
the gathering OF Union ana ConIeuc' 80
| officers and men who are 10 witness me
| formal dedication Of the National PARK
| by Secretary of War Lamont Inc Con-
| foderatcs who propose 10 be az |ha1'",
nooga on Sept 18TH, cannot easiiy atiiy ,a,,
| the Oponing Of the Atlanta Exposition
on Sept. 18th but the Exposition VIII re-
main open after that date ana pc pet
ter FOR a little age, while the deulcd,loi
OF the National Park VIII last put TWO
| days and IL will probably not ne pos
sible to again secure such a reunion as
the dedication ana the opportunities VIII
assure for this year. .....
| II is unnecessary 10 explain 10 veterans
| OF the Union and the Confederacy that
the park at Chickamauga is not hiShly
! cultivated and artiiically decorated IN
closure like Central Park. in New YORK,
or Fairm0unt Park, in Philadelphia. IL
| Is not an Enclosure at all. To those VINO
have no. followed the history OF the pidk,
| from the suggestion in ISIS by Gen. ffeu
] Van Derveer and Gen. n. Y. Boynton'
|
mittees OF Congress and the Legislature
OF States down TO this year. seven years
| after the inception of the idea Tor paIh'
II need only be said that the undertaking
encountered no opposition worm hen-
| timing In Congress. that ample iuhus
| were appropriated TO purchase land, lhd'
Interested men, Union and Confederate
soldiers, co-Operated heartily, that the
| Of Tennessee and Georgia promptly con-
| scented TO all the requests made upon
| tie LEGISLATURE Of those States for con-
cessions: hat the money given by the
United States has been prudently, WIS ~,
and advantageous expended, ana that
| the work dCne has resulted IN the COIN
prehensive. intelligent. and Ineligible
marking Of the lines of the two arnAeS'
the scenes of hercest conflict the points
OF which general officers were killed.
| and the places from when COMMANDING
officers directed the operations OF thelr
| In securing possession OF about 1908
acres of land. and the right 10 occupy
| the roads that traverse other areas not
| necessary To be purchased, the United
States Government assumed the respOn-
| sibillty for putting In order the old roads
| along Missionary Ridge, all OF which were
in poor condition I'm ISIS. 50 well has TINS
| raspOn sibility been discharged tnat there
are now In Northern Georgia ana south
ern Tennessee about forty miles Of the
very finest roads 10 be found In this coun-
| try They are solid mdcddam structures
planned by skillfui engineers. ana con-
| SfruCttu Win Sucn lHoiou-Ah'0a tHde
they will. with very little care, last
forever. They are high and dry. well
drained. smooth as floors. indestrucllDle
by storms. and lesson III sood Iodus
that cannot fail TO be worth much more
than the oney they cost. The use OF
them by people who live thereabout must
| provoke the wish that all roads snail be
| like them, and III the prOvocauOn results
| in an extension OF roads Of Ike cnarac-
| ter the Government expenditure VIII nave
| fostered an infant industry that may
have needed announcement IN the south
Chattanooga will have much TO DO q
| prepare for a throng OF visitors. ne
! usual hotel accommodations are scarcely
more than sufficient for the needs or q
lively commercial town. With tempo
rary barracks. tents. and the privilege
to parties by rail of lodging in their OWE
sleeping cars, many thousand VISITORS
may be accommodated. The soldiers VII
find a railroad that will take them 10 Inc
south end OF the Chattanooga field, or u
| Crawfish Springs, which are far enough
south for all. except those who are par
ticuiafly interested in the early move
ments of ROsecrans after his arrival III
NcLemOres Cove. Then by carriages oil
on horseback it will be possible to ira
verse almost every foot OF the batue
grounds of Sept. II and y, 10 Visit th'
Kelly field. Cloud House Vineyards. Lee
and Gordon's mill. Snodgrass House, ant
Widow Glenn's, on Chickamauga held
while by taking a trolley street car IRON
Chattanooga II Will be practicable &c
reach Bragg's headquarters on Mission
arv Ridge the points made memOraplt
by the magnificent assault of the Army
OF the Cumberland. and the point al
Tunnel Hill where Gen. Sherman encount
.t.st.. Of Ion IA.