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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
and eastern Tennessee, preserves the sites of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
two major battles of the American Civil War: the Battle of Chickamauga and the Chattanooga Campaign.
History
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Starting in 1890, during the decade the Congress of the United States authorized the establishment of the first four national military parks: Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Shiloh, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg. The first and largest of these (5,200 acres), and the one upon which the establishment and development of most other national military and historical parks was based, was Catoosa, Dade, & Walker counties, authorized in 1890 at Chickamauga, Georgia, Georgia & Hamilton County, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. It owes its exTennessee, USA istence chiefly to the efforts of Generals Chattanooga, TNNearest city: Henry V. Boynton and Ferdinand Van Chattanooga, TN Derveer, both veterans of the Union Army of 34°56′24″N 85°15′36″W / 34.94°N the Cumberland, who saw the need for a fed85.26°W / 34.94; -85.26Coordinates: eral park to preserve and commemorate 34°56′24″N 85°15′36″W / 34.94°N these battlefields. Another early proponent 85.26°W / 34.94; -85.26 and driving force behind the park’s creation 8,119.11 acres (32.8569 km2) was Ohio General Henry M. Cist, who led the (8,102.32 federal) Chickamauga Memorial Society in 1888. 32.86 km² Another former Union officer, Charles H. August 19, 1890 Established: August Grosvenor, was chairman of the park com19, 1890 mission from 1910 until his death in 1917.
901,384 (in 2005) National Park Service
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The military park consists of four main areas, and a few small isolated reservations, around Chattanooga.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, located in northern Georgia
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Landmark a September 8, 1986, is directly across the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain. It is significant due to its archaeological resources of American Indian settlement. There are currently no public facilities at Moccasin Bend.
See also
• First Battle of Chattanooga • Second Battle of Chattanooga Point Park • Chickamauga Battlefield • Missionary Ridge • Lookout Mountain and Point Park • Moccasin Bend As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the military park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. On February 20, 2003, Public Law No: 108-7 added Moccasin Bend as a new unit of the park. Moccasin Bend Archaeological District, designated a National Historic
References
• U.S. Department of the Interior, The National Parks: Index 2001–2003.
External links
• Official NPS website: Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
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