NATIONAL PARK Location Map No. 3 Far South States

NATIONAL PARK Location Map No. 3 Far South States United States Department of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, Secretary National Park Service, Newton B. Drury, Director near the center of the city of Chatta Guide To Your Parks nooga. In it lie the bodies of more than 15,000 men, most of them vet INTRODUCING THE erans of the War between the States. Address the Superintendent, Chat tanooga National Cemetery, Chat NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM tanooga, Tenn. ATLANTA CAMPAIGN NATIONAL • EVERY AMERICAN SHARES in an in the National Park System. It in inheritance of vast natural resources cludes 27 national parks, 84 national HISTORIC SITE.—Five markers in of superb scenery and spectacular, monuments, and 58 areas of various this area are located at Ringgold awe-inspiring natural phenomena. other classifications. Gap, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Cassville, and New Hope Church, His heritage includes also the cus This folder, Location Map No. 3, in northern Georgia. Ringgold Gap toms and traditions brought to our indicates and describes briefly those is the site of one of the final engage shores by the people of other coun areas administered by the National ments of the Chattanooga campaign, tries of the Old and New Worlds Park Service which are situated in Looking Westward from Cheatham Hill—Kennesaw Mountain National and was occupied as an advanced and the culture of those who dwelt the Far South,—the States of South Battlefield Park outpost during early 1864 by part of in the land before the coming of the Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, white man. An integral part of it Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkan Sherman's forces. On May 7, 1864, The Courtyard of Castillo de San Marcos National Monument also derives from the courage of the sas, and a small portion of southern 7, 1780, between British troops, COWPENS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD Sherman moved through this gap, Tennessee in which lies a part of principally Tories, under Maj. Pat SITE.—This is the scene of Daniel thereby opening the initial phase colonists and the pioneers who Address the Custodian, Kennesaw Address the Custodian, Ocmulgee rick Ferguson, of Lord Cornwallis' Morgan's decisive victory over the of the Atlanta campaign. The other opened up and settled the land to its the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Mountain National Battlefield Park, Revolutionary War Memorial—Cowpens Wilder Memorial at Chickamauga command, and a smaller number of Cherokee Monument—New Echota sites were important points on the National Monument, Box 936, Macon, farthest frontiers and the bold en National Military Park. National Battlefield Site British under Banastre Tarleton on American troops, largely southern Marker National Memorial Marietta, Ga. Ga. terprise of those who, for good or January 17, 1781. Located in South march to Atlanta which culminated mountaineers, under Col. William NEW ECHOTA MARKER NATIONAL ill, uncovered and exploited its re Carolina, it lies about 18 miles west in the capture of that key southern FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONU Administration Interpretive Service long and fateful drive from Chatta Campbell. The latter, assailing Fer MEMORIAL.—In north Georgia, a sources. It includes, too, the sacri of the Kings Mountain site. November of 1863, succeeded in city on September 2, 1864. MENT.—This area, comprising Cock- nooga to the sea through the heart guson's troops from all sides, and short distance from U. S. Highway fices and the bloodshed of those who Each National Park Service area utilizing frontier methods of fighting, driving the Confederate troops from spur and McQueen's Islands, near The story of the origin of the of the Confederacy. Address the Custodian, Cowpens KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL No. 41, lies this small area, the site fought for the freedom of the young is under the immediate supervision stood off repeated downhill charges, these two commanding positions and the mouth of the Savannah River, natural phenomena and the back National Battlefield Site, Gaffney, BATTLEFIELD PARK.—This park, lying of the abandoned eastern capital of of a superintendent or custodian and ultimately killed or captured forced them southward to Dalton, contains probably the most interest nation and of their sons who, in ground of the historic and prehistoric S. C. 2 miles north of Marietta, Ga., com who is the field representative of National Park Areas in the Ferguson's entire force. The his the Cherokee Indian nation. Here, other wars, were willing to die for places and objects in the National Ga., where they took up winter ing of that extensive chain of brick the Service and is responsible for Far South States toric ridge on which the engage CASTLE PINCKNEY NATIONAL memorates the unsuccessful attempt in 1828, was published the first In American principles. This heritage Park Service areas is a fascinating quarters. With the important center masonry forts erected on the At the protection and administration of ment was fought lies near the center MONUMENT.—A part of the early de by General Sherman's forces to split dian newspaper, printed partly in is the sum of all those ideas and KINGS MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MILI of Chattanooga under the control lantic and Gulf Coasts during the the area to which he is assigned. one. In order that visitors may have of the park. fenses of Charleston Harbor in South and destroy the Confederate Army the script invented by the famous actions which have produced the TARY PARK.—In South Carolina, 6 of the Northern armies, that city first half of the nineteenth century. a better understanding and deeper Carolina. This monument is not commanded by Gen. Joseph E. John Indian Sequoyah. Under the direction of the super miles from the North Carolina town Address the Custodian, Kings Situated on Cockspur Island, Fort United States of America as it is appreciation of what they see, the became the logical starting point of ston, which was defending the ap intendent or custodian are uniformed of Kings Mountain, is the site of the Mountain National Military Park, now open to the public. Address the Caretaker, New today. Service, so far as is possible under General Sherman's advance on At Pulaski was almost 20 years in the rangers, whose duties are to protect battle which took place on October proach to Atlanta. It includes most York, S. C. CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA lanta and the subsequent "March Echota Marker National Memorial, building; it contains some 25,000,000 Much of the finest scenic, scien the areas from fire, vandalism, and war conditions, provides various in of the points at which the fighting NATIONAL MILITARY PARK.—Contain to the Sea," which split the Con Calhoun, Ga. bricks and exemplifies brick masonry tific, historic, prehistoric, and cul other damage, and to provide in terpretive services. Naturalists and Missionary Ridge—Chickamauga and Illinois Monument—Kennesaw Mountain took place. The majority of the National Battlefield Park ing 8,500 acres, this is the largest OCMULGEE NATIONAL MONUMENT. work at its finest. Of exceptional tural values are represented and formation and assistance to the historians conduct field trips and Chattanooga National Military Park federacy. earthworks, of both Confederate and of the national military parks. It —Adjoins the city of Macon, Ga. interest to the visitor are the many protected in the 169 areas embraced visitor. give talks on animal and plant life, Federal Armies, are well preserved. lies partly in Tennessee and partly Address the Superintendent, Chick geology, and history. Signs and The monument contains the remains scars still borne by the old fort as a in Georgia. Its various units, which amauga and Chattanooga National markers help to explain special Though Sherman's troops did not of four successive Indian cultures result of the 30-hour bombardment Centennial Monument in Kings Mountain Kings Mountain National Military include the Civil War battlefields Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. National Military Park Park features to the unguided visitor. In succeed in their immediate objec in the South, of which the earliest to which it was subjected on April of Chickamauga, Orchard Knob, tive, a repetition of the Northern dates back to approximately 1250 10-11 1862. Considered impregna many of the areas, museums pro Lookout Mountain, and Missionary CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL CEME A.D. In it is an unusual concentra ble, it was speedily reduced by the vide vivid supplements to the other Ridge, are within easy access of TERY.—Established by General general's flanking tactics compelled tion of archeological remains, due new rifled cannon used by the at means of interpretation. Chattanooga, Tenn. The "lay of Thomas in 1863, when he was in Johnston to abandon the positions to the fact that so many prehistoric tacking Union forces, its surrender the land" of this series of important command of the Union forces in they had successfully defended and hastened by the imminent prospect engagements—with the exception of eastern Tennessee, the cemetery is to withdraw to Atlanta. and historic cultures overlap upon it. History Chickamauga—as well as an inspir Three large and four smaller mounds of the destruction of its powder ing view of the Moccasin Bend of indicate the sites of prehistoric cere The region covered by this map Earth Lodge—Ocmulgee National the Tennessee River, may be ob monial buildings. An earth lodge is especially important in aboriginal Monument Moat at Port Pulaski The City Gates of St. Augustine tained by a visit to Point Park and or council chamber, which the visi history as exemplifying the cultural the Adolph S. Ochs Observatory tor may enter, has been carefully relations and attainments of pre and Museum at the north end of and accurately reconstructed. The historic Southern Indians Tand in Lookout Mountain. partly completed museum tells the American history as the scene of main facts of the Ocmulgee story.

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