The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-17

pual reunion OF the United con- I.
federate Veterans will be held /.
" here May 1928 inclusive. On
the same dates, also. the Sons |
AZ Confederate Veterans meet here in |
annual reunion.
Two of the heaviest battles of the
Civil war were fought on territory
now practically included in the city
NJ Chattanooga, or as suburbs. These
we're the terrible battle OF Chicka-
manga, In which more blood flowed
than on any other field. not excepting
European countries, and the battle OF
Missionary Ridge, the result of which
broke the hold Of the Confederates
mon the Chattanooga valley and
turned the territory over to the
Union army These battles were
fpught just fifty years ago, and this
year is, therefore, their semi-centen-
NAL.
4 The battle of Chickamauga was
fought September 10 and 20, 1863.
The battle Of Missionary Ridge was
fought two months later, or, to be
exact. on November %, 1863. Two
less important battles, however, were
fought here. These were the battle
Of Lookout Mountain, November 2i,
and the battle of Orchard Knob, No
yember %. These three engagements
constitute the battle Of Chattanooga.
Missionary Ridge being the climax in
the series of battles.
About $4,000 men were killed,
wounded and missing in the fighting
around Chattanooga. The engage
nent at CRickamauga furnished about
5000 Of the total casualties.
To commemorate and memorabilia
these battlefelds, the national gov
eminent and states have spent large
sums of money. There are about
1000 memorials of all kinds and de-
scriptions on the battlefields here.
These memorials consist of marble
and bronze monuments, mounted can
non, historical tablets, distance tab
lets, and observation towers.
The government has converted
Ckickamauga into a national military
park It contains about $500 acres
Of land. and this will be largely in
creased in the near future through
additional purchases. Fort Oglethorpe,
. brigade army post. the largest In
the United States, has been estab-
nshed at Chickamauga park, and Is
A. faA ~ he E1nunnth cavalry
The roads in Chickamauga park have
been preserved in practically the
same typographical form as they
were before the great battle. The
government, however, has covered all
Of them with macadam, giving the
tourist continuous Journey Of about
Ito miles over the government boule-
wards and battlefield roads.
The federal government has erected
on these fields nine handsome gran
lie monuments to regular troops, and
tventy.three shell monuments. Ii
has also erected five iron and steel
observation towers seventy feet high
Wilder's observation tower is IS feet
high. There have been placed on
these fields 700 historical tablets. and
$50 distance and locality tablets.
The northern states have spent q
large amount of money on the Chatta
nooga battlefields, New York leadirs
n the total expenditure. That state
has spent about 100000 for a con
siderable group Of monuments scat
tered over the fields. The most i'm
posing New York monument Is or
Lookout Mountain In Point Park.
Ohio has a group of monuments
here that cost about $4,000" includ
ing the expense Of markers and tab
lets. The states Of Pennsylvania, In
llama, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon
sin are literally represented by monu