Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-16
CHICKAMAUGA PARK.
COMMISSIONER FULLERTON TELLS
OF THE work GOING ON.
s,x Thousand Acres Of LAMBDA MIL
Hon and a Half Dollars Expended
I'm Identifying the Grounds-.nonu-
r,.utx 10 Heroes Erected.
fAtinnta ConstltutIon.l

ch.,rnan l. T.. Fullerton, of the Chicka-
,naueua.park commission appointed by
,h, national Government. was In Atlanta
on Wednesday.
lie came down from Chickamaugua to
attend to some legal business IN the
limited States Court here pertaining to
the park.
Commissioner Fullerton is at the head
nj the great movement, started within
the mast few years to establish grand
national park OF rare beauty and splendor
on the field where one of the most
frIghtful and deadly battles OF the war
between the States was fought during the
trying days Of the sixties.
He is an aged gentleman, with hair as
white as the SHOWS OF winter but has
wonderful vigor and vitality for one OF
his years. and has devoted his every
energy towards making the movement a
grand success.
GREAT WORK.
Little seems to be known even in this
region so close to the historic spot, OF
the great work of transformation that
has been going OH there for the past two
years.
IL will doubtless be surprising to The
average citizen OF Georgia to know that
nearly q million and a half OF dollars
will soon have been spent on the park
| that Is to be opened at Chlckamaugua
| In the early days Of the coming fall.
The National Government appropriated
three quarters Of a million dollars for
| the establishment of a park there. The
purpose was to lay out the grounds and
| establish driveways and graded roads
| through the 5000 acres that were en-
gagged for the park.
Then, the several States whose armies
were most interested in the fight on
this historic spot have contributed libe-
| rally to the movement.
The State Of Ohio gave $4,000.
| Illinois gave $1,000
| Missouri, n State which had but few
soldiers there. has given by legislative
enactment s., 900 so late as last Saturday
| to the movement, and there viii, In the
| end be considerably more than million
| dollars spent there identifying the
| grounds, and making the park all That
| IL ought TO be as monument 10 the
bravery and gallantry OF the two armies
that met there with such a frightful
clash In the stormy days Of civil STRIFE.
NON-SECTIONAL.
The establishment of this park is no
| sectional movement, for States in the
| South and the North alike are interested
In the movement and there will be thou
| sards-hundreds of thousands-of soldiers
| and children of soldiers on the grounds
when the day draws nigh for the open
ing this fall
Eyes, you would be amazed at the work
| that has been carried on there the past
| few months said Commissioner Fuller
| ton to the Constitution last night.
More than GOO acres of land have
been laid out for park purposes and Is
being beautifled with the opening OF
wagon-roads and handsome drives the
sodding Of lawns and grading Of terraces.
| In addition to this. there are handsome
monuments and pyramids being erected
here and there about the place.
There were four commanders OF
| brigades killed at the battle of Chicka-
meuga. and on the spots where each of
| them laid down his life there Is be-
ing a handsome and appropriate monu-
| mont erected TO his memory.
when the work ia completed Chicka-
mauga Park will be an honor to the
patriotism Of both sections. and VIII be a
fitting memorial of the fiercest conflict
of this part of the great battle arena OF
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