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The Battlefield Dispatch Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP to Commemorate the 148th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga in November Chickamauga and Chattanooga Tennessee American military personnel during Removal in National Military Park (NMP) invites Water & Student 1838. S0me twenty-five years later, the public to join Park Rangers and during the , it Volunteers for new and exciting tours, Conservation played a pivotal role in being an avenue talks, and walks commemorating the Association Volunteer over which much needed supplies th 148 Anniversary of the Battles for at Moccasin Bend traveled to feed a starving Chattanooga, November 19-20 ! For beseiged in the city of Chattanooga. detailed information concerning On October 12, eight volunteers from Work is continuing to take place on this specific program locations and Tennessee American Water and one property, but continue to check descriptions, please check the park volunteer from the Student Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP’s website (www.nps.gov/chch) or pick Conservation Association (SCA) website for updated information. up a printed program schedule at assisted park staff in clearing a portion Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor of the Federal Road property on Center or Chickamauga Battlefield Moccasin Bend National Archeological Visitor Center. You may also call 423- District. This was the culmination of a 821-7786 or 706-866-9241 for additional partnership between Tennessee information. American Water, SCA, and the National Park Service. Earlier in the Do You Have a Smart summer, an intern, funded by Device? Tennessee American Water and employed by SCA, assisted park staff in writing site bulletins and wayside exhibits that focused on Moccasin Park staff, along with volunteers from Tennessee American Water and SCA, pose for a Bend and the importance of river picture with Brown’s Ferry and the Tennessee transportation to Chattanooga and the River in the background surrounding area. The portion of Moccasin Bend being cleared was located near the Brown’s Ferry site on the eastern side of the Tennessee River. It is the hope of Chickamauga and Another way of accessing the 148th Chattanooga NMP to create a hiking Anniversary program schedule is by trail to the river and to have wayside scanning this QR code. Simply exhibits present. Here, visitors will be download a QR barcode reader on afforded the opportunity to read about your smart device, scan the above QR the importance of the Old Federal code, and instantly receive the A photograph showing the completed Road, which crossed the Bend near the volunteer project with the Tennessee River in program schedule on your device! This terminus of the proposed trail. The the background is a great way to save paper and reduce road provided a route of travel for clutter! thousands of American Indians and

The Official Newsletter of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park • Winter 2011 Volume 1 Issue 4 The Writings of a Soldier… New Park Orientation Film in Progress

Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1863 In August 2011, the national military park began the first of three film shoots EDITOR HERALD: No doubt your for the new park orientation film. The readers are anxious to hear from this new film is being recorded in HD and part of the army, and particularly the will be about 25 minutes long. The first part borne by Jefferson county soldiers in film shoot took place at Prentice the recent struggle. Avoiding all Cooper State Park in Tennessee, while preliminaries, we commence with the the second film shoot occurred on fight…. Chickamauga Battlefield this past September. The park hopes to have the Soon after sunrise the next act of the film completed and available for drama was coming off with Sherman’s viewing by September 2012. Great Living Historians portraying Confederate corps. I ascended to the summit of Divide Pictures, headquartered in infantrymen during scenes depicting Lookout and had a good view of the Denver, Colorado, is filming the epic McClemore’s Cove country as far as the eye could reach. and has completed a variety of other The flash of artillery could be seen up the park films including Fort Frederica river at the north end of Missionary National Monument, Great Smoky Ridge, which extends in a semi-circle Mountains National Park, and from Lookout Mountain to the Tennessee Cowpens National Battlefield. The River a number of miles above. The roar script will follow two soldiers, one of cannon and rattle of musketry could Union and one Confederate, and will be heard distinctly, but the distance was hopefully inspire visitors of all ages to too great to distinguish the troops, only explore and learn about the Campaign by the flash of their guns…. for Chattanooga and the preservation of this great place. The open plain between our lines and Missionary Ridge was soon darkened by Living Historians portraying Union infantrymen marching along dusty roads during the the appearance of Yankee soldiers…. Campaign for Chattanooga

Our troops had been concealed all day by the thick underbrush which skirts the side of Chattanooga Valley, and consequently no attack was expected from this quarter. The open space between our lines and the ridge was soon passed but the ascent was more difficult. On, on, through showers of leaden hail our columns advanced, and the rebels seeing our men more determined to win, left their works and ran for life and a safer retreat. Victory was ours!

James Emory Porter, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Steubenville Daily Herald

For a better understanding of what soldiers encountered during these battles, join Park Rangers and volunteers for special programs during th the 148 Anniversary of the Battles for The film crew sets up cameras and applies make-up in preparation for scenes depicting Chattanooga, November 19-20. slaves readying a field for planting

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On October 12, McCallie School helped If you have a group interested in doing a Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP service project at Chickamauga and kick off the new fiscal year in a big way. Chattanooga NMP or are yourself Over 150 students and teachers came to interested in volunteering, please the park and helped clear a wet weather contact the volunteer coordinator at drainage ditch near the Wilder Brigade 423-752-5213 ext. 137 or visit the park Monument. Diving in with rakes, website, www.nps.gov/chch, and click clippers, and bare hands, the group on “Support Your Park” for individual cleared nearly half a mile of ditch, volunteer opportunities. removing privet, fallen tree limbs, leaves, and trash. Their work will allow heavy rains to drain in a controlled fashion A view of the wet weather drainage ditch near the Wilder Brigade Monument on Chickamauga instead of flooding the field below the Battlefield monument. All told, the group donated over 430 hours of service to the park. of cooperation between McCallie and the National Military Park. For the past Preservationist and Acting Maintenance several years, McCallie students have Supervisor Kiel Rommel was thrilled helped staff with projects ranging from with the work. “We really don’t have the invasive privet removal, to trail manpower to get work like this done,” resurfacing, to this years’ drainage he said. “Having the McCallie students maintenance. The school has contributed over 1,200 service hours, Volunteers from McCallie as they complete come out and give us a hand really gives cleanup of the drainage ditch us a leg up.” and both school and the park look forward to adding to that number. The workday added to a long tradition

November is Native National Park Service American Heritage Month! Often on campaign, soldiers U.S. Department of the Interior documented him wearing a “blanket” As most area residents are aware, wrapped about his shoulders with a Moccasin Bend National Archeological “headband and feather” to complete In 1863, Union and Confederate forces fought District is the National Military Park’s his ensemble. The “Orphans” quickly for control of Chattanooga, known as the newest unit, encompassing 12,000 years befriended Kenshottentyche, better “Gateway to the Deep South.” Confederates of human history, most of that time know to them as Flying Cloud. were victorious at nearby Chickamauga in September. However, renewed fighting in being inhabited by American Indians. Chattanooga that November provided Union Unfortunately, the handsome soldier troops victory and control of the city. However, since the National Park received a serious wound in battle on Service is commemorating the September 20, 1863. At some point Chickamauga and Chattanooga sesquecentenial of the Civil War from during the ill fated assaults by National Military Park Confederate General Benjamin P.O. Box 2128 (Mailing) 2011 – 2015, it is important to note 3370 LaFayette Road (Shipping) American Indian contributions during Hardin Helm’s “Orphan Brigade, ” a Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 this conflict, especially during the Battle bullet from the Union line struck of Chickamauga. Flying Cloud in the face, tearing away Phone much of his upper jaw and leaving him 706-866-9241 horribly disfigured. On June 8, 1862, Kenshottentyche Website enlisted as a private in Company H of th www.nps.gov/chch the 9 Kentucky, one of the famed He was sent to a hospital in LaGrange, “Orphan Brigade” regiments. Most , to convelese. However, after The National Park Service cares for the accounts report he was Mohawk, but his recouperation in 1864, Flying special places saved by the American people Cloud returned to duty and fought so that all may experience our heritage. there is no definitive evidence to support this claim. with his Kentucky comrades through the remainder of the war.

The Battlefield Dispatch 3 National Park Service First Class Mail U.S. Department of the Interior Postage and Fees P A I D Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park City, State P.O. Box 2128 Permit Number Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742

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Special Programs Continue during the Fall/Winter at The Battlefield Dispatch is a quarterly Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP publication of Chickamauga and Please visit the Calendar of Events link at www.nps.gov/chch for additional Chattanooga National Military Park. information

Editor Saturday, November 12: 1:30pm -2:30 pm Friday, November 25: 2pm – 3:30pm Christopher Young Brown’s Ferry – Tragedy and Triumph The Army of the Cumberland Assaults Missionary

(Location: Outdoor Chattanooga) Ridge Supervisory Park Ranger- Resource Education (Location: Bragg Reservation on Missionary Ridge) Kim Coons Sunday, November 13: 2pm – 2:30pm

Enlisted Men of the Civil War Saturday, November 26: 2pm – 3:30pm Contributors Anton Heinlein, Christopher Young, Kim (Location: Chickamauga Battlefield) Pursues the Confederates Coons, Will Sunderland (Location: Meet at 6210 Lee Highway in Saturday, November 19 & Sunday, November 20 Chattanooga) NPS Photographers 148th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga Christopher Young, Kim Coons, Lee White, Will Sunderland (Location: Varies according to program) Sunday, November 27: 1pm – 1:45pm Ringgold Goes to War: Ringgold 150 Years Ago Comments? Write to: Thursday, November 24: 10:30 am – 12pm (Location: Ringgold Depot) Kim Coons Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP “Fighting Joe” Hooker Storms Lookout Mountain P.O. Box 2128 (1 ½ - 2 mile hike) Sunday, November 27: 2:30pm – 4pm Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 (Location: Sunset Rock on Lookout Mountain) The Battle of Ringgold Gap

(Location: 5044 Alabama Highway in Ringgold) Friday, November 25: 11 am – 12:30pm The Men and Actions of the 5th Company, Sunday, December 4: 2pm – 2:30pm Washington Artillery on Missionary Ridge Artillery – The Bombs Bursting in Air (Location: Bragg Reservation on Missionary Ridge) (Location: Chickamauga Battlefield)

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