The National tribune., 1907-03-14

DAYS, ana never less tnan oV OF our
members went at a time. The first day
we visited the National Military Gene
tary at Chattanooga, which is very
beautiful and well worth a visit About
1000 Federal soldiers lie buried in
this cemetery. The same afternoon we
visited Orchard Knob, which also is a
} most interesting point, marked with
many beautiful monuments
The following day about so of US
; again loaded ourselves into the tally
no coaches, and made the trip to the
Chickamauga battlefield, some eight or
10 miles out of Chattanooga. We made
excursions to different parts Of the
} Chickamauga National Military Park,
} and at noon reached the most interest
ing point at Snodgrass Hill. Here we
dismounted from our tally-ho coaches,
our horses were fed, and we partook
of the generous lunches we had brought
with us from Chattanooga. We spent
more than an hour at this most inter-
; esting place, examining the monuments,
tablets, etc. all marking the scenes of
4 desperate fighting, against which the
Rock of Chickamauga," Gen. George
H. Thomas, held his own.
II With our party was Mrs. Hill, from
| Clermont County, Ohio, an elderly lady,
whose brother had been a member of
the seth Ohio. This brother is now in
advanced years and in poor health, and
he asked his sister to try and find the
i locality where he was taken prisoner,
! and he described this position to his
sister, telling her that it was on the
ridge beyond the SnodgrasS House, and
that there was little swell in the
ground where large number of the
1 S9th Ohio had been captured late in
| the evening, this capture being caused
| by the fact that the support of the S9th
| Ohio on their right had fallen back
| without notice, leaving the flank of the
| S9th Ohio in the air, the result of
which was that the Confederates swung
around the flank of the S9th Ohio and
captured about 10 of this regiment.
| Mrs. Hill told me of her desire to find
this place, and l sent a skirmish line
| out to hunt for it, with the result that
| ODE McNutt soon came back and stated
that he had found the spot exactly, and
| that he could almost put his finger on
the spot where Mrs HIS brother stood
and was taken prisoner. Here, sure
| enough, was the little swale described
by Mrs. Hills brother, and right in the
swale was tablet, describing the cir
cumstance of the capture of a number
| OF the S9th Ohio, and about so yards
| away stands a very handsome monu-
ment to the seth Ohio. L mention in
detail this position of the seth Ohio
and Mrs Hills desire that we find the
I
to show to old soldiers who desire to
visit this battlefield of Chickamauga
| that there are tablets and monuments
and markers scattered all over this
| great territory to show any old soldier
the exact spot he occupied during this
| battle.
| After spending more than an hour
! on Snodgrass Hill We loaded ourselves
in our tally-ho coaches and started back
| towards Chattanooga. Near Rossville
| Gap our coaches turned to the right
and ascended Missionary Ridge. The
| Government has built and maintains a
very beautiful highway, extending for
miles along the top of Missionary Ridge,
and there are markers and tablets and
monuments designating the position of
different troops during the battle We
rode in perfect comfort for miles a1cns
this ridge, passing Bragg's f1eadquar-
| ters, dismounting to view the magnif-
| cent monument erected by the State of
| Ohio to commemorate the valor of her
troops under Sheridan and Wood, who
| failed to stop at the foot of the noun
tain, but went on to the top. and with
their comrades from other States break
ing Bragg's lines in the center and
| bringing victory to the Union arms.
| Then we returned to our headquarters
| in the Manufacturers Club Rooms In
Chattanooga, arriving there about dusk
NdVlnB covered 80 10 4U miles on tnlS
| excursion over the battlefields Of Chick
amauga and Missionary Ridge.
The next morning, bright and early,
| about 60 of us again took our tally-ho
coaches for a tour to Lookout Noun
tain. Mind you, all this riding in our
| tally-ho coaches was at an expense of
| 81 day each and enabled US to make
much wider excursions and longer trips
| than we could possibly have done on
| foot other There
inclined plane railway leading to the
| top of Lookout Mountain, but as the
price for a round trip on this inclined
plane railway Is 10 cents our members
| decided that we would prefer to ride up
| the mountain in our tally-ho coaches,
as We had plenty of time, and this ride
| would give us extended views as we
went up the mountain. The road up the
mountain is excellent. is well kept and
our trip from the foot of the mountain
- the top occupied nearly two hours
! time, as We wound in and out and stopt
frequently to rest the horses and en-
able our members tc enjoy the beau
tiful scenery. We arrived at the top
Of Lookout Mountain about II o'clock,
and here our horses were unhtched
from the tally-hos and fed and water
| ed, while we enjoyed the sumptuous
| lunch we had brought with US from
Chattanooga, eating our dinners on the
| very nose or Lookout Mountain, from
which point seven States can be seen.
We spent more than two hours in this
| interesting locality. A hundred thou
sand dollar monument has been erected
on the very tip top of Lookout Noun
| tain by the State of New York TO COM
memorate the valor of her sons in this
| battle. After we had finished our din
ner our horses were again hitched to
the tally-ho coaches. and we all mount
ed the coaches and drove to Sunset
| Rock, which is a most Interesting point,
and where we spent nearly an hour,
viewing the magnificent scenery from
this place. We then remounted our
coaches and started down the mountain
| by road different from the one we
came up. On the way down number
| of our members dismounted from their
carriages and walked in order to gather
| the beautiful wild flowers that lined the
sides of the roadway This trip down
| the mountain was even moro interest
ing than the trip upr for the reason that
IT took US thru wilder region, where
there We're beautiful cascades Of crystal
water tearing down the mountain side,
and the scenery was voted to be the
most beautiful We had ever seen. We