Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-09-26

sionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain
and Chattanooga, of which Chicka-
mauga was the most important,
resulted. Again We're the hopes of
the eConfederates defeated. Tennessee
and the other border States were
saved to the Union, and the way
opened to Atlanta and the march to
the sea.
In 1855 there was a large excursion
of Union veterans to the battlefield,
which led to the preservation of this
field as a permanent military park.
A series of resolutions We're soon
after adopted by the society of the
Army of the Cumberland to appoint
a committee to secure a grant of the
ground and gather money for monu-
ments to mark the situation of the
troops on the day of the fight. At
it's meeting i'm Washington i'm 1889,
general Henderson presiding, the
committee asked for a aconference with
Confederate verterans, with a view of
forming a Joint Monument Battle
Field Association.
The conference was held and there
We're i'm the hall Generals Rosecrans.
Bald, Cist. Reynolds, Henderson and
Boynton of the Union Army, and
Generals Bate, COlquitt. Walthall,
Wright and Colonies Morgan and
They formulated a plan for acquir-
ing and marking the field under the
auspices of representatives of every
State that had troops i'm the battle.
Having obtained from Congress
the necessary appropriation for buy
ing the land, the work of building
roads and clearing the ten squire
miles of ground was begun. Now
there are smooth driveways nearly
fifty miles i'm length, and all the lines
of battle have been defined as clearly
as possible.
Where battery was used mounted
cannon will be placed. Many o
these are the identical guns used il
the battle, and given the park by thu
Government. The plan of the battl'
, may be seen at a glance.
/ Eight brigadier generals wer
killed at Chickamaugua, four on eacl
side. The spots where they fell ar
) marked exactly alike, each with ,
pyramid of eight-inch shells twelv
e feet high. They memorialize Gen
erals W. III. Lytle, Philemon p. Bald
e win, Edward A. King and Hans {
e Heg of the United States Army ant
: Generals Benjamin HI. Helm, Jane
Deshler, Preston Smith and Peyto
/ H. Colquitt of the Confederate Army
:. 1t is a remarkable fact that tn
leading generals in this great battl
a had been during the Mexican Wa
,s officers of Bragg's famous battery
t Captain Bragg of "A little MOI
N grape fame commanded the Coz
3 federate army. The first lieutenan
> was George H. Thomas, who con
L manded the United States Arm,
, General D. H. Hill, commanding
d corps Bragg, was sanother lieutenan
= and the fourth was General John
= Reynolds, who was killed at Getty
d burg two months before. 1t is sal
IL that general Bragg, knowing II
P tough fibre of which General Thoms
was made, had a wholesome fear
d him. At all events, he did not iii
s. fighting Thomas in a mountaino,
II country, where 1t is not SO easy
ii put in more grape" as on the lev
he fields of Palo Alto and Resaca de
in Palma.
le He is represented as having bet
extremely nervous before the battl
DR. and his relations with his subort
a. mates were not pleasant. He I
NJ marked on one OCCASION: 1T Is sa
a to be easy to defend a mOuntainO
II country. But mountains hide yo
H. foe from you, while they are full
il gaps through which he may poun
he upon you at any time. A mOunta
O. is like a house full of rat holes. t
Is, rat lies hidden at his hole, rea.
H. to pop out when no one Is watchin
To Who can tell what IL behind til
ey wall?'' said he, pointing to the Gu
he berland range.
of The battlefield of Chickamauga
er six miles long, north and south, al
us not over two miles wide at any O
of place. This Is about the size of
new park, but steps are being tax
IL to acquire all the land included i'm