The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-25
THE GREATEST
BATTLEFIELD
IN The WORLD
FORD VETERANS AN OPPOR-
TUNiTT OF STUDYING PLACE
WHERE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
WHICH DROVE WEDGE INTO
HEART OF SOUTH.

| Chattanooga, Tenn, Ma 24-The
| reunion of the United Confederate Vet
Grams in this city next week viii, give
all visitors an opportunity to study the
greatest battlefieIds in the world, and
at the same time community that
dealt with the Indian problems of the
early part of 1900, and even earlier.
These studies are always interesting
to the person of an inquiring cast of
mind as they throw a flood light on
the hardships and obstacles that con-
fronted the early settlers.
Reference has been made a time
or two in this correspondence to the
that drove a wedge into the heart of
the South and opened the way for
Sherman's march to the sea.
The battle of Missionary ridge was
disastrous to the southern army and
FASTENED the date of the final sur
render as no other battle did. 1t was
worth more to the Union cause, in the
opinion of many, than the battle of
Gettysburg or the slaughter at Chick
anauga- The great battle of Chicka-
manga, so far as the casualty percent
age was con cerned, was almost an even
draw, but the Union forces were IN
better condition to lose 5000 men than
was the Confederates. Commanders
on the Union side in 1853, knew that
they could finally win by swapping two
when it came to a. matter of swapping
about even, the Confederates were the
heaviest losers in proportion to number
of available men.
The Confederates turned the Union
army back at Chickamhuga, but the
result at Missionary ridge opened the
road into the heart of the South for
the FederalS, and the result was a
patch of ruin from Chattanooga to the
sea. Joseph e. Johnston, as the reader
- 1t - l. 1A-I g. -
of ground from Chattanooga to At
lanta, losing about 5000 men and in
fiicting six times that damage to the
Union army. But the result was what
every sensible man knew 1t would be
the overthrow Of the Confederacy.
Missionary ridge opened the way for
this raid of the Union army to the
center of the South, and in view of
this fact the battle fought for the pos
session of the ridge, and anything of
historic value connected with it ought
to be given the widest publicity.
A communication appeared recently
in the Chattanooga Times from Theo
dore G. Carter of st. Peter, Mimi,
on the origin of the name of Mission
airy ridge Mr.. Carter is 80 years of
age, and was during the Civil war |
captain of the Seventh Minnesota vol |
unteers. He writes as follows: |
The missionary station Of Brainerd |
was established on and gave the name |
to Missionary ridge in 1917. A school
was Established there, and 1 think a |
mill of some kind was build in con- |
nection with the station.
Nathaniel Carter, a white man, who |
had married a full-blood Cherokee, |
lived at or near Gunters landing, on |
the Tennessee river. He had three |
children, one boy and two girls. He |
had been captured by Delaware In |
dams at what is now called Paupac, in |
Pike county, Pennsylvania lin 1853, his /
father, mother and infant sister killed, |
and two sisters carried off with him
He was only years old at that time,
and while his sisters were recovered |
by Sir William Johnson, British In
dian agent, at Fort Niagara, the next
summer, young Nathaniel had taken
to the Indian life and refused to go |
back to his relatives in Connecticut. |
Just how he made his way to the
Cherokee nation is not known
His son, David, was converted to
at Brainard, and after re-
tanned at the station, was sent to the Il
higher school at Cornwall, Conn, by II
the United States government. This
was the place from which his father
in the spring of 1853. Here
ne found his two aunts, one uncle (my
who was not at home
when the Indians came) and other rel
ltives. He remained at schoo, several
erms, then returned home, and later
was delegate to Washington for his
nation to look after the interests of
lis people. Later still he was chosen
,hief justice and held that position I'M
il the war began. when he resigned
md went South into the Chickasaw