Fort Wrangel news., 1898-06-08
CHICKAMAUGA PARK.


 the association of ideas. any A added patriotism and courage to be gained by daily life on a field where 14.000 Union sol dlers died In the hardest fought, most magnificent and thrilling series of battles in the civil war, the regulars. national guardsmen and volunteers who encamp in the Chickamau-a Park should be able to fight like fiends incar- nate. Tenting again on the old camp ground, in the midst of one of the most beautiful bits of country which God has given to this falrest of lands, It is hard to believe that war and death were within a few hours ride by rail.
 As, standing on Lookout Mountain, the eye sweeps over the glorious view below, Finch's prophecy rushes to mind
 No more shall the war cry sever,
 Or the winding rivers be rcd.
 No more, indeed, as to a divided na ton, and foreign complications were then unthought of. Where battle lines of 140. 1000 Inen surGed thirty-iiye years ago, 50,0oo soldiers of the redeemed re- public awaited the word which sends them forth to strike the shackles from another race. The heroiSm of their fathers is an open book to these soldiers of to-day.
 DEDICATION SEPT. 19, 1895.
 Little more than two short years ago the Park was dedicated with imposing ceremonies. after the nation had spent nearly q million dollars on 1t. and yari- ous States almost half a million more, New York States share being SS1,0OO. The Governor of Ohio, now the Presi- dent of the United States, was there. All thought then that the park ever more was dedicated to peace. Western men, almost entirely. represented the Unlon in the six battles fought within the park. Ohio has more than fifty mon uments on the fields and Illinois nearly 100. Twenty mine States had regiments in these battles, and each one of these States either has put up monuments to mark the position of her troops or will erect them soon. The General Gov ernment has remembered in similar manner the position of the regular regi- ments. Eight generals who fell on both sides are commenorated by mounds of shells and solid shot. Where batteries were posted are ROO or 400 mounted cannon, of the pattern used in the war. Half dozen steel towers seventy feet high rear their slender forms from commanding positions on the fields, and afford to the visitors con- prehensive views.
 The park boundaries inclose about fifteen square miles, not including the fine roads or approaches. The largest part of the park is the battlefield of Chickamauga, In Georgia, and the next largest part takes in Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Orchard Knob. near Chattanooga, in Tennessee. Nearly fifty miles of roads improved by the General Government connect the differ ent sections of the park. These are the same roads which the soldiers of the two armies used to reach the scene of battle. All roads which have been open ed since the war have been closed, and those in use then which since had been closed were opened by the park com mission. Land which was covered with trees in war days and since had been cleared was planted with sapllngs. Ev- cry effort has been made to put the park 1n its war time condition.
 To thousands of persons who never have been there. including many old soldiers who fought on other fields, the cyclorama of the battles of Missionary