The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-05-16


federate Veterans will be held
A here May 1923 inclusive. On
the same dates, also, the Sons |
of 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
of 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 bold of the Confederates
upon the Chattanooga valley and
turned the territory over to the
Union army. These battles were
fought just fifty years ago, and this
year is, therefore, their semi-centen-
NAL.
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 25, 1868. Two
less important battles, however, were
fought here These were the battle
Of Lookout Mountain. November "a,
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
nlent at Chickamauga furnished about
35 600 of the total casualties.
To commemorate and memorialize
these battlefields, 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
let's. and observation towers,
The government has converted
Chickarnauga 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 0glethorpe,
brigade army post, the largest in
the United States, has been estab-
lished at Chickamauga park, and is
now occupied by the Eleventh cavalry
The roads in Chiekamauga park have
been preserved in practically the
same Typographical form as they
were before the great battle. The
government, however. has covered al
Of them with macadam, giving tho
tourist a continuous journey of about
40 miles over the government boule
yards and battlefield roads.
THE. federal government has erected
On these fields nine handsome gran
It's nenuments to regular troops, ant
fwentythree shell monuments.
has also erected five iron and stee
observation towers seventy feet high
Wilder's observation tower is S. fee
high There have been placed o
these fields 700 historical tablets, an
$50 distance and locality tablets,
The northern states have spent
large amount of money on the Chat;
nooga battlefields, New York leadin
ID the total expenditure That stat
has spent about 100000 for a col
siderable group of monuments sea
tered over the fields. The most In
posing New York monument Is o
. Lookout Mountain in Point Park.
Ohio has group of monument
here that cost about $4,000, inclu,
ing the expense of markers and tai
Tets The states of Pennsylvania, Il
diana. Illinois. Michigan and Wiscol
sin are literally represented by mon,