Battlegrounds of Chattanooga
by Kathy White
Title
Battlegrounds of Chattanooga
Artist
Kathy White
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Photograph - Photography--greeting Cards Or Notes Are Cheaper By The Dozen!
Description
We recently traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee and during a part of our trip, we visited the Battlegrounds of Chattanooga. There were many cannons on display to portray the sites of battle. This is a photograph, taken by my husband, David White, of one of them on the grounds of the Battles of Chickamauga.
The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans' Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chickamauga in September, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg besieged Rosecrans and his men by occupying key high terrain around Chattanooga, Tennessee. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was given command of Union forces in the West and significant reinforcements began to arrive with him in Chattanooga from Mississippi and the Eastern Theater.
In 1863, Union and Confederate forces fought for control of Chattanooga, known as the "Gateway to the Deep South." The Confederates were victorious at nearby Chickamauga in September. However, renewed fighting in Chattanooga that November provided Union troops victory and control of the city. After the fighting, a Confederate soldier ominously wrote, "This...is the death-knell of the Confederacy." That name remains. In some of the hardest fighting of the Civil War, the prize was Chattanooga, a key rail center and the gateway to the heart of the Confederacy.
Some information we saw there--Captain Eli Lilly commanded a battery of artillery that saw heavy and successful action during the Battle of Chickamauga. Following the Civil War, Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist, founded Eli Lilly and Company, a company which today is one of the largest in the world.
This photo was taken in the National Military Park there. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was officially dedicated on September 18-20, 1895. Most of the 1,400 monuments and historical markers on the battlefields were planned and placed by Boynton and other veterans of the battles, under the supervision of the War Department, which administered all national military parks until they were transferred to the National Park Service in 1933.
Efforts continue today to protect and preserve the park’s many cultural and natural features while providing an inspiring experience for visitors. Each year many officers and leaders of the United States Army and our allies visit Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park to study leadership and tactics employed during the Civil War battles fought here in 1863. These visits are called Staff Rides.
Chickamauga Battlefield features a 7 mile self-guiding auto tour, monuments, historical tablets, hiking trails and horse trails. The Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center contains exhibits and the Fuller Gun Collection which contains over 300 examples of military long arms.
Lookout Mountain Battlefield contains monuments, historical tablets, hiking trails, scenic vistas, and the historic Cravens House. The Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center also houses the "Battle Above the Clouds" painting by James Walker.
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May 9th, 2013
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Randy Rosenberger
What a wonderful piece of art work on this beauty! I am so happy that you submitted this piece to share with our WFS group and other FAA groups, and thanks for sharing the beauty with us! It is an honor to showcase your awesome artworks on our Homepage of the WFS group! Forever, Elvis Fave and vote
Kathy White replied:
Thank you Randy for the feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is very much appreciated!