A Chickamauga memorial
Subtitle: the establishment of America's first Civil War national military park
By: Timothy B. Smith.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781572336797
Subjects: Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863; Battlefields -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- Case studies; Historic preservation -- United States -- Case studies; Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.) -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "A new thing under the sun"; title: "All overgrown with trees and underwood"; title: "A western Gettysburg"; title: "Asking the aid of Congress"; title: "The Commission has made good progress"; title: "A great dedication ceremony"; title: "The work...has been materially advanced"; title: "We harbored the whole United States Army"; title: The age of Boynton; title: "There was no king in Israel"; title: "We are the rock of Chickamauga"; title: "Expired under the limitation of the act of Congress"; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1: Enabling legislation; title: Appendix 2: National military park commissioners; title: Appendix 3: List of superintendents.