The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-25

Continued
MR.. RIcHMoND's VIEWS OF
TENNESSEE.
Graphic Description of Chickamauga
National Park--It surpasses All
Others in the Magnifieence of It's
Monuments-The Scars of Minnie
Ball, Grape and Canister.

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| Written for The Tribune.
In traversing the city we can say,
the entire city and vicinity is historical
| Judging fren the bronze tablets erected
| In every part. marking the location of
batteries, hospitals, headquarters. ETC.,
| occupied by both armies. The city re-
| tains some of the old buildings which
| stood during the war and while some
are IN state of decay. yet they are
| very highly priced. / will mention but
| one locality that of college HILL"
| which was at one time the site of
thirteen hospitals and, was used by
| both armies. At one time there were
| more than one thousand sick and
| wounded soldiers in these hospitals.
| Within the limits of the city rises
| Cameron HILL" nearly 300 feet above
the river from the TOP of which we get
| a birdseye view of the city and sur
rounding valley. Fast. and about one
| mile from the top Of Cameron Hill
are the ruins of old Fort Wood. near
| which General Grant stood when he
| directed his forces during the battle
| of Missionary Ridge. We We're pointed
to the very spot on which he stood
| and smoked his cigar, while the spite
| full minnie balls from the sharpshooters
| made others. perhaps not less brave.
but more careful, seek the shelter of
! some friendly cover. Bald Knob Il
mile east from Fort Wood marks the
| the line of the final charge of the
Union forces to victory on the last day
! of battle. 1t is now called "Orchard
| Knob and remains unchanged by
| human hands and is easily recognized
| bN the characteristic appearance to
which ii doubtless owes it's name. 1t
| Is about six miles from the city and
| the nearest point on the Chickamauga
| battlefield. The line of battle how
| ever. was ten miles long and was
fought over such an extent of territory
| that TO see the most important points
| one must need travel thirty miles at
| least and should spend days.
Indeed to study this battle field with
! any degree of satisfaction one must
| have guide who has good knowledge
or the different corps and brigades.
both of the Union and Confederate
armies. Through the courtesy of S. w.
Divine. president of the Rapid Transit
company we We're assigned a COM
petent guide, an aid of General Boyn-
ton, with instructions to give us every
possible attention and assistance in Sc
curing the memoranda that we now
present to our readers.
The story of the siege of Chattanooga
of the battle of the Clouds" of the
bloody field of Chickamauga, meaning
i'll the Indian tongue 1.-THE river of
DEATH" or the desperate and terrific
struggle on Missionary Ridge need not
be recounted to any great extent by
the writer. for they are recorded by
the chisel of history on the granite
pages of time. and will endure to the
end.
CHICKAMAUGA
| will however attempt description
of "Chickamauga National Military
park as we see it and our thrilling
experience in traversing it, which was
"red-letter" day IN our travels This
is the greatest military park in the
world. surprising all others in it's scope
of conception and the cost and number
of its magnificent monuments. The
national government has spent over
million dollars in restoring the bat tie
field to it's original condition. during the
great battles fought in 1868. Its area
has so miles of pike road. The original
purchase price was $125.O00.
Chickamagua. probably the most
famous of all battlefields in the United
Etates, lies nine miles south of Chat
tanooga. Here is where the heroes of
both the North and the South met and
held the bloody conflict which together
with Missionary Ridge and Lookout
irf l1N- 1nl
war. Almost every state i'm the Union
except those of the Rocky Mountain
and Pacific coast had troops engaged
on these fields. All of the great armies
were represented by some of the most
distinguished men ever in America.
Some 100000 troops We're engaged with
over $4,000 casualties.
The park consists chiefly of the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga divis-
ions, the former lying in the state of
Georgia and the latter in the state of
Tennessee. The battlefield of Look
out mountain is portion of the Chat
tanooga division. Practically the city
itself is also portion of this division.
Chickamauga is not a park in the
ordinary term, used as a pleasure
ground with fountains, flower beds, |
grass plots, and water falls, but is
merely a maintenance of the battle !
fields. In The restoration of the fields
the old roads of the battle have been
reopened and improved and the new
ones closed. All the underbrush and
the new growth of trees have been cut |
out OF the fighting grounds and such
fields as have been cleared since the |
battle are being replanted and thus |
restore the original battlefield. All
this is being done by the best methods |
of road making known to modern en- |
cheering of the 5000 acres OF wood |
land, all has been cleared and through |
every part of which a team can drive |
without difficulty. There is about flf- |