Excerpt from Battlefields in Dixie Land and Chickamauga National Military Park: With Description of the Important Battles Fought Along These Lines and the Story of the Engine "General" The beauty of the well kept grounds, the imposing monu ments commemorating the important events, and the many memorial tablets explaining the various actions, make a visit to these battlefields an event of supreme interest and inspira-g tion as well as instruction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This book tells the full and fascinating story of how the country's first federally preserved national military park came into being and how it paved the way for all that came afterwards, including preservation efforts today. As the author explains, most battlefield preservation and commemoration efforts before 1890 were done on a private and state level with veterans' groups and states marking unit positions on battlefields. The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park has served from bringing veterans of the Civil War together and has played host to numerous military units during the Spanish-American War as well as World War I and II. The most important aspect was the creation of historical memory of the men who fought during those wars and the memorials that followed.
"In the final decade of the 19th century, Congress mandated that Civil War battlefields be set aside as military parks to be preserved for the American public. Pilgrim Places offers readers a history of Antietam National Battlefield, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Gettysburg National Military Park, Shiloh National Military Park and Vicksburg National Military Park. Featured topics include monuments and memorials; national cemeteries; veterans' organizations and reunions; the African-American role; and Northern and Southern involvement"--Publisher's website.
Features 103 photographs and illustrations of thirty key sites in and around the Chickamauga battlefield--the most visited battlefield park--organized in an order that allows for a driving tour through the park.