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

thp leading newspapers of the south
This sketch was mr pouockB last
work A few days after be- was con.
nncd tO bis bed. and died SATURDAY.
morning az 81 Iosopha hospital Hls
body was shipped 90 Chattanooga yes.
terday morning Ho was too lu 10 be-
present az the Grand Army and Relief
Corps reunion and hts paper was read
b, Mira Floyd whitson
Ladies' and gentlemen 9f the Grand
Army of The Republic
, indeed feel highly honurcd tO have
The privilege OF Addressing you 90.
u.Eht for a brief time. am FROM
Chattanooga. Tenn. perhaps tho most
hsttlo-acarred city ~ the civil war
thr greatest contest between mon
ever knowu
To those who participated ln tho
battles. what memories cluster around
Chattanooga Nesting az the foot of
Lookout Mountain. washed hy che
perennial waters OF che r. 0aossoc.
the gateway 20 the sluth. ss ~ was
in tts SOS hidden from Wow on the
cast by Missionary Ridge and shpl.
tered on tho west by Raccoou Noun
tain aud Walion's Ridge. thus lying
'n "a valley running north and south.
H the situation of Chattanoorn
Upon these mountains and near tuIs
city we're 6ghta participated Boo by
men who were af brave aa tho kulshts
of old That some frl newer Co rise
again Boo defense of the Union and
that others persisted for the lost
cause" is evidenced ON every hand
Resting beneath q broad cxpauso uf
groon Ia tho national cemetery. which
ls virtually within tho city. are about
le 600 remains. not an. however. were
KILLED az Chattanooga. Tho Confcd
crato cemetery Us right In the city.
bat fcw bodies are buried there. com
parEively speaking a. most OF the
Confederate liy under sod Of battle
fields and iu cemeteries scattered
everywhere u few in the north Two
hundred lio Iu trenches In Old Abr.
qurruue
There was hghung in and around
Chattanooga everywhere Tho prl1.
pal battles woru 40 Chickamaum
which RANKS with Gettysburg a. 70
bloody coatcst, upon Missionary
Ridge. a hcrcr clash OF arms. and
upon Lookout Mountain. {. was upon
the attor's summit and slopes that
tEc far.famod battle above the clouds
was fought. which will live long be-
history. romance and song.
To-day % you were 60 yisE these
battle grounds, you would find. Ia.
stead uf two armios o0ntouding Tor
supremacy silent sentlnela volceloss
shafts of marble guarding che hal
iuNed spots whore valor manhood and
bravery came into mortal combat. In
some Instances Ia this battle father
fought son and brother fought brother
These men were ~ East Tennessee.
families who split up over issues OF
me war Upon the monuments are
Inscribed ON bronze AN Improbable
history OF the battle Generation a.
Ter generation can here see what thoir
ancestors cuntendod with and for
chieksmauaa Battle.
VII relate briefly the story 90 the
battles Chlckamauga comes first
This field iF about twelve miles south.
vast OF Chattanooga and now con.
urctcd with the city boy magnificent
nnulovards and railroads Il was and
still Is well tImborod To-day in some
OFF me old trees may be- seen particles
ui shot and she'll nrcd during the war
General RoseCranH. then from the
ular. commanded the northern troops.
General Bragg. an idol OF the south
commanded the Confederate army
when the Fedprols. just from the
north. got on top OF the foothills. az
tar crossing Waldens Ridge. the first
thing they did was 10 pour grape and
canister into Chattanooga. This FIRE
wac returned from the top OF Lookout
Mountain resulting iu an artillery
dnri This Was only folnt 30 cover
Iu, crossing of the Tennessee river
hy the Federal army Il was daHngly
accomplished under Confederate hrp.
sud Rosocrans took possession OF
Chattanooga
General Bragg ala noi strcuu0usiy
oppose the Federal action. Bragg.s
main army al that time was near
Chickamaum and there he planned 20
hEht The Foderals soon advanced
t0 the front The battle started ON
september 8. grew fierce and omln0us
un the l9th, and bloody ON the 2Oth.
Both armies fought like demons.
Fiut one side was rDpulsed. with
ranks shattered. and then the other
blood run like water Al a point
ou the held 10 a place called bloody
Pond" u vas bloody sure enough
on the 2Oih for bleeding bodies OF
dead were cast into 4, and fell into e.
men being shot while drinking its
mixture of gore and water lrs stI.l
there but nothing grows within or
around It
snodarass Hiil
There. undcg CALLING orc from
musketry and cannon. was one ~ th,
most famous conflicts of the entire
dly The nan was held by Confct
crates. with heavy artillery Stationed
along the crest and behind which wa,
uaWed Infantry