San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-18
the grandest reservation ofits kind

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in the world. The United States
government has spent on it $780,
600 since its establishment was
authorized in 1890, and various
State governments about $500, 900
more, makinga total OF $l,225,OO0.
The plan was to restore the old
lines of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga campaigns (Septem-
Der 1920 and November 24.25,
1862
or the ten square miles consti-
tuting the area OF the park, some
thing over 5000 acres are forest,
and about 1000 acres open farm.
A central driveway, connecting the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga
ends of the park, and passing
through and overlooking all the
heavy fighting ground, has been
built, twenty miles long.
The details OF the 81 X battles
Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge,
Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob,
Wauhatchie and Browns Ferry
are set forth upon historical tab.
lets within the park. These tablets,
umbering about 1000 in all, are
cast iron plates, four feet by three
feet, with embossed letters. Each
plate contains from 200 to 400
words of historical text, and are
fastened to an iron post, set in con-
crete. They mark the positions Of
army headquarters, corps, divis-
ions and brigades, both Union and
Confederate, and the parts taken
by each organization are concisely
stated.
1t has been left to the states hav-
ing had troops in the battles to
erect monuments to regiments and
batteries, and to the military So
cieties and the larger organiza-
tions, such as corps, divisions and
brigades, to erect their own mon
uments. Nine handsome granite
monuments, all different, to the
United States regulars, have been
set up by the government, at a cost
Of 1880 each. Eight pyarmidal
monuments, each ten feet high,
constructed Of eight-inch shells,
have been erected to mark the
spots where brigade commanders
on each side were killed.
Each battery engaged is marked
in its most important fighting
position by guns and carriages OF
the patterns used in the battle.
There are thirty-five OF these posi-
tions for each army on the Chicka-
maugua field alone. Five observa-
tion towers OF iron and steel
seventy feet high, have been built,
two on Missionary Ridge and three
on Chickamaugua field.
In the summer of 1868 General
Rosecrans had man9uvred Gen.
Bragg from Tullahoma to Chatta-
nooga. In September Bragg was
in the latter city. Rosecrsns wanted
to get into the city, so he made a
movement to the southwest as il
to invade Georgia. Bragg bit at
the bait and fell back to Lafayette.
Rosecrans then slipped back and
took Chattanooga. Rosecrans mis-
took Bragg's rear movement for a
retreat and pursued him. Bragg
had been heavily reinforced and
turned upon the. Union forces and
they met at Chickamaugua, a creek,
the Indian name of which means
"River of Death" There on Sep
TENDER 10 and 20, was fought one
- tho IIooJ;oof boftloo 30 hfctoru
Rosecrans had $4,000, Bragg 10000
men. The battle began at 10 a. m.
on the 10Th and lasted all day.
Most of the fighting was on the
Union left, held by "Pap" Thomas.
Brigade after brigade went against
him, but at night he was still
there. During the night both
sides corrected their lines. The
middle of the forenoon Of the Goth
saw the renewal OF the battle. Early
in the day the centre and right
were routed, and only Thomas held
his place. Against him the full
Confederate army was turned. The
entire afternoon was thus passed.
Longstreet charged him eighteen
times. Thomas did not bulge till
midnight, when he fell back in
good order to rejoin the fragments
in Chattanooga. So great was the
carnage that pond which ran red
was called thereafter Bloody Pond.
General Grant succeeded Rose
Grams, and a month later ordered a
general attack on the Confederates
who held the heights around Chat
tanooga. Hooker swept them of
Lookout mountain among the
clouds, and the main line, ordered
to take only the rifle pits at the
base of Missionary Ridge, disobeyed