Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-09-21

Chickamauga's Bloody Field
Dedicated as a National Park.
One OF the Grandest Public Under
takings of Modern Times.

greatest muster of old soldiers since the
civil war. These were the double hOnOrs Of
Chickamauga's : blood field on S'pt. ~ and
20 when the Chattanooga and Chickamalga
hu tlelleld was Dedicated AS Il national mill
tury park. Congress enacted last December
that the dedication should be II national ai-
fair and notable and memorable in many
wavs
About 100000 were there. President Cleye
land and all his cabinet were invited to be
present and participate, together with the
Justices of the supreme court. Committees
of Congress, both house and Senate. the lieu
tenant-generul OF the army AMI II large body
of regular troops. the ranking admiral of the
navy, the governors of nineteen states with
their stalls and detachments OF local militia,
and the survivors Of the several armies, union
and confederate, that were engaged in the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga campaigns,
81 years ago, We're in attendance.
The states represe nted by their governors
in person were Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Pennsyl.
vania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin Minnesota,
Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Ken
tucky. South Carolina. Alabama Georgia
and Louisiana. Fully Is per cent. of the vet
crans of the q. A. r., which has been in ses-
sion in Louisville, found their way to the
~ "n al ain od od, Pthar astar tbair
I,ttIoGalI on,'a,,',,a,,, -, Vmny,,illa won
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erate) presiding, The orators were Gen. Or
lando smith ana Gov. William Z. Oates oI
Alabama.
Gen. W. ). RoSecrans. who commanded the
union. forces at Chickamauga,i in California,
too i'll and feeble to bear the journey to Chat
tanooga', Gen. James b, Longs treet, who
commanded the confederate lett wing AZ
Chickamauga, ANA Gen. A. 7. Stewart. one OF
his brigade commanders, were present ana
took part IN the ceebration.
On sept 49, the day before the beginning
OF the official ceremonies, the OHIO monu-
ments III the park, % In number, were dedl'
Gated and turned over to the U. 5. govern
ment. Other states besides ONO, inclu ling
Michigan, Indiana and Missouri, also trans
ferred their monuments to the government.
The Chickamauga and Chattanooga national
military park is the grandest reservation Of
its kind IN the world. The United states
government has spent on 1t sIoO,U 600 since its
establishment was authorized in 1899, and
various state governments about $500, ,OOJ
more, making total OF Sl,22j, 900. The
plan was to restore the old lines OF the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga campaigns
Sept. 1920 and Now 4-25, 1863.
The details OF the six battles - the
Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout
Mountain, Orchard Knob, Wauhatchie ANA
Browns 5 Fcrry-are set forth upon historical
,I D in oil tirAn n.