The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

correspondence of The Pennington Times
1t was with a glad heart that
turned my face southwark. Love o
that fair land had entered into the yer,
warp and wool OF my being. 1t wa.
the home of my ancestors, the fairy.
land of my childhood, the theme Of
my mothers lullaby.
My first stop was at Chattanooga.
This beautiful city is located near the
southern boundary of the State of Ten.
ncssec, on the south bank of the Ten
ncssec River, and at the mouth of the
valley formed by Missionary Ridge on
the east and Lookout Mountain on the
west. Within sound of this city were
fought three OF the iiercest and blood.
est battles of the Civil War: the bat.
ties OF Chickamauga, Missionary
Ridge and Lookout Mountain. 10 the
National Cemetery at Chattanooga,
Under the sod and under the dew,
Nalllub tnt judgment Day,
sleeps the dust of thirteen thousand
Union soldiers. This is one Of the
largest and most beautiful "cities of
the dead in our country At the en-.
trance the Government has erected a
magnificent gateway at cost Of ff-
teen thousand dollars.
The Chickamauga battlefield, five
miles from Chattanooga, is reached by
means Of an electric car. When
stepped from the car upon that his
toric battlefield, an indescribabe thrill
passed through my being. Every inch
of that ground was to me sacred, since
bathed in the blood of thirty-six
thousand of my countrymen. Here,
on September 18th and goth, 1868,
was fought the terrible Chickamaugua
battle, the Confederates commanded by
Gen, Bragg and the Federals by Gen.
Rosecnrans. In this battle Longstreet
routed the right of the Union forces,
but the skill and bravery of Gen.
Thomas saved the Federal army and
secured its retreat to Chattanooga
The Confederate victory was dearly
bought at the cost OF seventeen thous-
and Of her noble sons.
In 1896 the Federal government
opened a national park on the site of
the battle. The park contains seven
thousand acres, one hundred and
twenty-five miles of pike road, and
eight hundred monuments. Five hum
dred of these monuments have been
erected TO the different regiments. On
the spot where Longstreet broke the
Union line the State of Georgia has
erected a magnificent monument on
which is the following inscription ::
'To the memory of those who fought
and died, and to those who fought aud
lived, and to those who gave little aud
to those who gave all, Georgia erects
this monument"
| assembled Lookout Mountain by
means of the cable car. This is one
of the longest cable lines in America
and was built at cost of one hundred
thousand dollars. The road is foul
thousand, seven hundred aud fifty feet
long, steepest grade sixty seven feet 10
one hundred. The terminus is direct.
~ in front of Lookout Inn.
On this mountain, on November
oath, 1873, was fought the most ro-
mantle battle OF the Civil War. TIT
Confederates were commanded by
Bragg and the Federals by Hooker
The fighting took place in the mids
of thick mist which covered the sum
nit Of the mountain, hence it has beer
called 1.-THE Battle Above the Clouds,
so celebrated in song and story.
My next stop was at Atlanta, Geor
gia. Here | visited the Carnegie Ii
brary, the home of Joel Chanler Har
ris, better known as "Uncle Remus, y
the monument of Henry W. Grady,
who died Literally loving a nation
to peace"
| spent some time in the Capito
building, the Stale museum and Ii.
brary. 1t was an inspiration to looh
upon the life-size portrait of the men
whom Georgia delighted to honor
Gen. Gordon. Gov. Stephens and
Crawford w. Long, discoverer and
demonstration of anaesthetics. The
capital contains very fine statue Of
Benz. II. Hill, still speaking in words
like these; "Who saves bis country