New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-09-18

az st5tEa AN OBsERyATIONTo TOWER. {1.y7.
ing the left of the assault Of the Army.
of the Cumberland, from portions of the
park Congress has also auth rized the,
adding to the park Of Hooker's and
Walthall's battle ground on Lookout.
The government already owns the roads
to- and over Lookout mountain, Hooker's
field, to Wauhatchie on, Longstreet's
field. The park and its approaches
therefore embraces or. overlooks the field
of five days Of general battle between
great armies and three days Of minor
engagements, namely: Chickamauga,
Orchard Knob, Lookout mountain and
Missionary Ridge, Browns Ferry and
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The Fields Will Be Restored. W. q:
It is the intention Of the park COM
mission to restore the fields as
nearly as possible to their con-
sdition at the time Of the battle, to close
all new roads and reopen and improve
those used in the battles and over which
the armies moved tosand from the fields.
The lines Of battle have all been ascer-
tanned and a vast amount Of work to-
wards permanently marking them has
been done. This is accomplished by
historical and guide tablets, which point
the way to and explain the movements
upon every portion of the lines. These
tablets show the organization of armies,
corps, divisions and fbrigades, with the
names Of their respective commanders
and their stats on the field and the COM
manders Of all regiments and batteries.
Full historicsl text on each tablet sets
forth the details Of movement at each
point, tsstSsti
4.t5 No Distinctions Are Made, zx.} B
There is no distinction in the prepara-
! ton Of the tablets between Union and
Confede rate forces, nor in any other de-
partment of the work Of establishing
the park is there any difference. The
design is to mark with historical accu-
racy the Identical ground Of engage
ments which occurred on these fields,
and thus present an object lesson in ac-
tual war such as no other nation has at
tempted.
Besides the historical tablets which
are prepared by the government the
states are erecting monuments to mark
the position Of their troops Already
nearly $500, 700 has been appropriated
by states which had troops here, and all
of the states but two Of the 80 which
were represented in the battles have
commissioners at work locating posi-
lions for monuments;
3- Batteries Are Mounted.
Over 400 guns Of the batteries used
B on these fields have been obtained from
the arsenals and 100 have already been
mounted upon iron gun carriages of the
war, and set up to mark the exact posi-
ton OF the batteries of each side in the
battle. Eventually the whole 400 guns
will be in position. Visitors find this
one OF the most imp losing features Of the:
restoration, as they come upon batteries
Of real guns ms at every minent point on
the 81 lines. Steel observation towers
rising above the forests at various COM
manding positions afford views Of the
entire theater Of battle. Chickamauga
is already thickly dotted with state
monuments, and while snotsover half Of
those which are to be erected have vet
been provided the lines Of the three,
days Of engagements are readily fol-
lowed.
Ohio, which led, has IS monuments
and % granite markers for minor posi-
tions ia place. -
A1innesota Has Five Monuments
to her two organizatiio and two of
these are the most costly of any yat
erected. Massachusetts, has fine gran
lite and bronze monument on Orchard
Knob in Chattano oga Indiana has ~
monuments in course Of erection: Illi-
nols 3S;; Wisconsin 10; Michigan III:
Missouri one Confederate and four
Union; and all these states have numer-
GUS markers Kansas has three excel