Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-20

marked BY cannon
Grant soon head a council OF war
aud the battle OF Missionary Ridge
was decided upon This was no small
undertaking. az hi8 men to boz sue.
cessful had GO scale the ridge. from
the top az which would be- thrown
against thom a perfect avalanche 90
shot and she'll AZ the same time
was 90 be fought the Lookout Noun.
tain battle Grant ordered Hooker Co
load tho attack on tho enemy. who
were strongly ortronchcd beneath the
almost perpendicular palisades OF
che crest and some Confederate were
upon the top The battle OF MIasIon.
airy Ridge was fought on November
% Tho Frdonls took position Tor Dc
ou the previous day. Tho pnomy vas
already .n a strong position in tho
trenches and harrIcadca upon the
crest Of the ridge
sherman threw hIs army Boa O. v
shape. across tho northern crest of
the ridge and gave orders Tor hle
troops io sweep both sides of Bragg'r
LETT rHey drove The enemy Into the
trenches aud broastworks after a hard
nrht sherman then waited for
Thomas to attack in the front Thom.
as's orders were Co advance 90 the
foot Of the ridge and then halt tho
entire array and await further orders
from Grant Gonoral Grant nc thla
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tho ridge ou the crest OF Orchard
Knob
Thomas led the attack in person
so sooner asa the Fodcrais come into
range than the enemy opened a tcr.
rife Gre upon them all along the line
from tho top % the ridge. The Fed
erals had dug trenches between or.
chard Knob aud the foot of the ridge.
ana these gave them some protection.
ON reaching the trench at the foot
of the ridge the line from one end 90
the other Was being swept by the
most destructive fire over mortal men
stood before no think these men
had Instructions Co hero await further
ordcrs but they without waldng
longer than Co reload their guns. and
without orders from Grant Thomas
or any of their subordinate command.
crs. not even their company com.
mandors. charged mp the face OF the
ridge the entire line going They
drove the Confederate pickots before
hom and in "a very short time reached
tho crest Though tired by POO
foot climb. and that. too fighting. they
Immediately attacked the Confeder
atos on the crest and drove thom
from The ridge In utter tout. General
Bragg narrowly escaped capture him
self.
The Confoderatcs took nlght TO.
wards Atlanta and we're closely pur
sued. many serious conflicts occur.
ring on the Georgia or Western A A.
lantc railway. Thus resulted che bat
tie Of Missionary Ridge. The Fedrrals
remining laurcls lost al Chickamauga
Before noon on the same day Gen
eral Hooker fought the Confoderatos
on the mountain IN the clouds Il was
a hot ngh tfrrc being many casual
Ties. but the Confederate were ut.
terly routed Thus ended tho fighting
around Chattanooga.
The Fcdersis left o. hcasy provost
guard a. Chattanooga. which wac on
duty long after the nghting ceased
The southern people. quick 90 accept
defeat. soon returned 90 their Chatta
nooEa homes. which thcy had lcft
when hghting began.
10 b. no wonder friends after an
this bloody nghdnE, that every incn
OF ground so stubbornly contested is
almost sacred 90 those who fought
there and who survive Wid0wH and
fatherloss children Il made by the
thousands but it aided Ia Keeping In
seporabio these union OF states
our great government has taken
over the entire Chickamauga field of
many acres part OF the crest of Mis-
slonary Ridge and Lookout Mountain
This land has been dedicated 90 the
public as national memorial of the
war for all time 10 come Every tate
north and south east and west. whose
brave sons Tough. on this hallowed
ground have been invited Gao erect
monuments there One thousand
have been erected and others are to
De- New YofA d. erecting ou Point
Lookout from which YOU can sce into
seven states. an sSoO0O peace memo.
rial Georgia New Jersey and Illinois
vie with one another boz the beauty ~
their monuments The government
has spent 81 900 O00 already on park
system member of tho commits
sion controlling the park. Gen. A a..
stewart Is now one Of the two sun.
yiving lieutenant generals OF the Con.
fcderato army The government paws
him a salary
u is an Interesting fact ALSO that
three men who afterwards became
presidents or the United States were
Ia the Chlckamauga nghi Grant Gar
field and Mckinley.
: omitted % mention that the spots
on the battle fields where the brave
generals fell. fatally wounded aud
killed are marked by pyramids OF
cannon balls AZ Lytlc station.
Chickamauga is one This % the
pot where the sallant Federal gen,
oal Lyle foll n "a said that Il rs
here that be- wrote that touching and