Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-17

the same dates. also. the Sons
NJ Confederate Veterans meet here IN
annual reunion.
Two of the heaviest battles OF IN"
Civil war were fought on territory
now practically included In the c''y
of Chattanooga. or as suburbs. ih'S'
were the terrible. battle OF Chickh-
mouga. in which more blood ilowed
than on any other field. not excepting
European countries. and the battle ot
Missionary Ridge. the result OF whlch
broke the hold of the Conf"deratoS
upon the Chattanooga valley ana
turned the territory over to the
Union army These battles were
fought Just nifty years ago. and thlS
year il. therefore. their semi-centen-
NAL
The battle OF Chlckamauga was
| fought September ~ and 20. lS6"
/ 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 u.
! and the battle OF Orchard Knob, No
vember 90 These three engagement1
constitute the battle OF Chattanooga.
Missionary Ridge being the climax In
the series OF battles.
About 10000 men were killed,
wounded ahd missing In the fighting
around Chattanooga The engage
mcut at Chickomauga furnished about
So 600 of the total casualties.
TO commemorate and memorabilia
these battlcllclds. the national gov
eminent and states have spent large
sums Of money There are about
. OOO memorials OF all kinds and de-
scriptions on the battleiiclds here
These memorials consist of marble
and bronze monuments. mounted can
non. historical tablets. distance tab
let's. and observation towers.
The government has converted
Chickamauga into national military
park. II contains about $500 acres
OF land. and this will be largely to
creased IN the near future through
additional purchases Fort Oglethorpe
BRIGADE army post. the largest ~
the United States. has been estab
lished al Chickamauga park. and Ii
now occupied by the Eleventh cavalry
The roads In Chlckamauga park have
been preserved In practically th'
same Typographical form as they
were before the great battle. The
: government. however. has covered al
az them with mncadam. giving th'
tourist a continuous journey OF abou
;. no miles over the government boule
? wards and battlefield roads.
The federal government has erected
on these fields nine handsome gran
!, tie monuments To regular troops, AM
twentv.three shell monuments |
] has also erected Ave iron and stee
r observation towers seventy feet high
= Wilders cbservation tower ~ IS fee
high. There have been placed OF
these fields 700 historical tablets. an,
800 distance and locality tablets
a The northern states have spent
J. large amount OF money on the Chatta
nooga battlefields. New York leadin
in the total expenditure. That stat
q has spent about 800 900 for a cor
3 siderable group OF monuments sea
tered over the fields. The most In
posing New York monument Is o
Lookout Mountain In Point Park.
T. Ohio has group Of monument
here that cost about 100000. incluc
% ing the expense OF markers and tai
u lets. The states OF Pennsylvania. II
u diana. Illinois. Michigan and Wiscol
% ain are literally represented by NOM