The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-25
CHATTANOOGA
A Day Among Its Adjacent Battle
Fields.

Early Tuesday morning the Press
association arrived in Chattanooga
and had breakfast at the Read House.
After this carriages were at the door
ready to take US TO the historical bat
tie grounds.
The morning was clear and cool and
refreshing ana the IL mile ride to the
Chickamauga park, by way of Ross
vile gap, was delightful.
Upon reaching the park we went
directly to SnodgraSS hill, where the
monument on the grounds is 10 be
found. This is MinnesOJa's famous
monument, designed by Fje!de, of
Minneapolis.
Ex-Gov.. II. Clay Evans, told US Of
the way our gallant Minnesota toys
conducted themselves on this very
place in Sept. 1864, record Mime
sofa may always DE proud Of. Pa
triotic speeches by President Whit
ney, Lieut.. Gov Day, and Mr. Geo. n.
Lamphere, Of Moornead, followed.
The tower at this point, which is one
OF the five erected by the government,
affords an excellent view of the entire
park ana Missionary Ridge to the left
and Lookout Mountain to the right.
The next point of interest visited
was Kelley's field, where fine granite
shaft is erected to our brave Mime
sofa boys. This is almost directly in
front of Widow Glenn's. An excel
lent description Of the positions of the
armies at this point during the battle
was given by Mr.. Evans. We then
drove round to Missionary Ridge.
There is fine boulevard around the
Ridge and when we reached John
sons Sanitarium, which OverlOoks
Chattanooga, lunch was served. After
an hours rest we started again on
our most interesting journey. All
day long we had seen monuments
and large iron plates raised to mark
places where the union soldiers
had fought and died, and the sight
of each one reminded US of the sorrow
back of it and the price of our liberty
A sad sight, but feeling that our
glorious nation was dearer to US by
having suffered so much.
From the ridge we had an excellent
view of the valley and Lookout Noun
tain which formed background for
it. When we reached Point Pleasant,
where our third monument is raised,
to the Point. Here again Mr.. Evans
soldiery did here in sight Of Orchard
Knob: where Grant was stationed, land
how our boys assembled this point
without orders and were the means of
capturing it. Our monument at this
point is the most CONSPICUOUS of any
on the ridge and can be seen from any
part of Chattanooga.
After driving through the National
cemetery we returned to the city and
took the electric cars for Lookout
Mountain.
Under the shadow of this mountain
is the church which figures so con-
spicously in Augusta Evans St. Elmo.
The ride up the mountain was rather
exciting, and at the first landing we
had an excellent view of the valley
all round. When the entire party
reached this point we took the steam
cars for the summit. Missionary
Ridge and all the other mountains
were as little knobs in the valley
from this height. We had dinner
here and watched the sun set and
darkness cover all that had made the
day one never to be forgotten.
When we reached the hotel that
evening representatives of the press
club Of the city, were there to well
come US, and reception followed.
We were welcomed by the mayor.
Secretary Bowling acted as chairman,
and speeches by prominent Mime
sotians and Chattanooga people made
the evening fit ending for a most
interesting and instructive day, and
we were off for Atlanta.
MARIE COLLINS.