Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-13

~CHICKAMAUGA PARK.
I u there Is nnything of insnlrotlnn In

y there Is anything OF inspiration Ii
the association of ideas, any
added patriotism and courage
to be gained by daily life OF
a field where $4,000 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 Chickamauga Part
should be able to fight like fends 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 fairest of lands, 1t 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 red.
No more, indeed, MS to n divided ma
ton, and foreign complications We're
then unthought of. Where battle lines
of 100000 men surgcd thirty-five wears
ago, 10000 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. 10, 1895.
Little more than two short years ago
the Park was dedicated with imposing
ceremonies, after the nation had spent
nearly a million dollars on it, ana vari-
u States almost half a million more.
New York States share being ISL, 900.
The Governor of Ohio, now the Presi-
dent of the United States, was there.
All thought then that the park ever
was dedicated to peace. Western
men, almost entirely. represented the
Union in the six battles fought within
the park, Ohio has more than fifty mon
umcnts on the fields. and Illinois nearly
100. Tw~cnty-nine States had regiments
In these battles, and each one of these
states either has put up monuments
10 mark the position of her troops or
VIII 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 commcmorated by
mounds of shells and solid shot. Where
batteries We're posted are 800 or 400
Common Of th, ,,,t+,,D ,,,, L.,
the war. Half n dozen steel towers
seventy feet high real their slender
forms from commanding positions on
the fields, and afford to the visitors COM
~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,
neal Chattanooga. in Tennessee. Nearly
fifty miles of roads improved by the
General Government connect the differ
cnt sections of the park. These are the
same roads which the soldiers of the
two armies used TO reach the scene of
hattie. 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 10y the park COM
mission. Land which was covered with
trees in wal days and since had been
cleared was planted with sapllngs. Ev-
cry effort has been made to put the park
IN Its war time condition.
To thousands of persons who neve,
have been there, including many old
soldiers who fought on other fields, the
cyclorama Of the battles OF Missionary