The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08
CHATTANOOGA
The Operations There and at ChiclSa
manga Park IN the Civil War.

A generation has grown up since this
beautiful spot attracted the attention of
the American people To those who
were acquainted with the Cumberland
region the struggling village of twenty
five hundred Inhabitants had long been
Hnown as a healthiul, picturesque place,
to which many members of the wealthy
class came every year for season OF
Test in the mountains.
+ In 1862 it gained new notorietv because
OF the important part which it played in
the fight for the Union. The place was
situated almost at the junction of three
stat, $ Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia
and both armies thought its strategic
Importance SO great that they fought
desperately f,r its possession.
Thousands of armed men fell and were
wounded in the conflicts which took
place in ana near the little place, and the
name Of Chattanooga became known in
all parts of the world where people read
of the Civil War;
There are many men in Chattanooga
today who remember the days of the
war, but not, when for the second time
in its history it becomes military CEN
tire, it is now out of place to review
briefly the circumstances which led up
to the battles Of Chattanooga and Chick
amauga. which, according to the tesli-
mony of some military experts, resulted
in the capture Of Chattanooga by the
Union forces and made a tuning point
in the war.
Another army has been gathered at
Chattanooga this month The village of
three thousand has grown to be city of
thirty-five thousand, with broad, we'll
paved streets, beautiful buildings, large
commercial establishments, electric rail-
roads and all that goes to make a mod
ern town.
Lookout Mountain to the top VI
which the gallant soldiers fought their
way thilty.tive years ago through brush
and woods, has been brought close to
the city by two inclined railroads, and
one may reach the summit, two thous-
and feet above Chattanooga, in thirty
minutes from the business centlc.
On the top, where all was bleak and
uninvitihg when Lookout Mountain
gained its place on the pages of history.
beautiful hotels have been erected and
broad walks and well built boulevalds,
gas and electric lights, telephones and
metropolitan fashions are now the order.
This place may grow and throw off its
primitive characteristics, modern i'm
may obliterate the land
marks which recall the struggle between
.he North and South, but this city con.
aims one spot which will remain sacred
% many gencratiors-the National Gem.
Atery.
1t is at the threshold OF the city, and
'ver the massive granite portal, through
which one passes to the city of the dead,
$ the legend: "Here rest in peace II, o56
'itizens who died for their country in
he years 1861 to 1861
This cemetery was established before
1eace had been restored, and the seventy
i've acres were set aside for the burial of
Mon soldiers.
Among those who sleep here 5,l2l are
lasscd as "unknown;" the rest are
lamed on the little slabs which extend
n long rows over the gently unduIating
round.
On the main thoroughfare leading
he grounds is a tablet marked
The neighing troop, the tla,hing blade.
The bugle's stirring blast
The charge, the dreadful cannonadc,
The dinand shout are past
A grizzled negro who was cutting the VI