Point Park, Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Battlefields: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and TennesseeUnited States. National Park Service
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Point Park, Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Battlefields: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee
United States. National Park Service
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.)
To commemorate the engagement on Missionary Ridge, there are a series of
park areas located at important points on the ridge. Access to these
areas is provided by the Crest Road which runs the entire length of the
line occupied by the Confederates during the battle. Markers, monuments,
tablets, and gun positions will provide you with information, and you
can get excellent views of Chattanooga along this drive. The more
important units of the park on Missionary Ridge are: The Sherman
Reservation, where Sherman’s forces unsuccessfully attacked the north
end of the Confederate line; the DeLong Reservation, site of one of the
breaks in the Confederate line; the Ohio Reservation, an area set aside
to commemorate the participation of Ohio troops in the battles; and the
Bragg Reservation, where the Confederate commander had his headquarters.
_Orchard Knob_
This unit of the park is located near McCallie Avenue (U. S. 11 and 64),
in Chattanooga. It marks the site where the first action of the Battle
of Chattanooga took place. Orchard Knob became General Grant’s
headquarters during the remainder of the battle.
_Administration_
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is administered by
the National Park Service of the United States Department of the
Interior.
At the park headquarters, located on the Chickamauga Battlefield in
Georgia, there are a museum and reference library. The Fuller gun
collection of American shoulder arms is an outstanding attraction of the
museum.
Additional information may be obtained by addressing the Superintendent,
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Those who plan to visit in a group may receive special service if
advance arrangements are made with the superintendent.
[Illustration: CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA
NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE]
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