Visitors to the Chattanooga Battlefields are urged to go first to Point
Park. There, from the terrace of the Adolph S. Ochs Observatory and
Museum, high above the winding Tennessee River, you will have a wide
view of the battlefields. This point is acclaimed one of the finest
overlooks in the South. Markers throughout the area identify important
landmarks and troop positions. A National Park Service attendant is
there to assist you. The observatory and museum bears the name of one of
the park’s major benefactors, the late Adolph S. Ochs, Publisher of the
_Chattanooga Times_ and the _New York Times_.
The New York Monument, completed in 1907, is in the center of the area.
The Cravens House, where part of the “Battle Above the Clouds” was
fought, can be seen from the museum terrace. Near the house, stand three
large monuments—New York, Iowa, and Ohio—honoring troops who were in
this battle.
From Lookout Point several foot trails provide interesting walks. These
reveal unusual rock formations and provide ever changing and beautiful
vistas of the countryside below.
_The Park_
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is composed of
several separate areas, the more important of which are: Chickamauga
Battlefield in Georgia; Point Park and the Battlefield of Lookout
Mountain, in Tennessee; Orchard Knob in Chattanooga; a chain of small
reservations located on Missionary Ridge; and Signal Point on Signal
Mountain. The park contains approximately 8,190 acres of Federal land.
_How to Reach the Park_
Chickamauga Battlefield is 9 miles south of Chattanooga on U. S. 27.
This section of the park is also reached by Georgia Route 2 connecting
with U. S. 41 at Ringgold, Ga. Buses from Chattanooga run on a schedule
to the battlefield throughout the week.
Point Park is reached from Chattanooga by U. S. 11, 41, 64, and 72 which
combine as they leave the city and skirt the base of Lookout Mountain.
The Scenic Highway turns off from these highways at the base of Lookout
Mountain and winds up the slope to the park entrance. You may also visit
the park by means of the St. Elmo buses from Chattanooga which connect
with the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway at the foot of the mountain.
The top of the incline is within short walking distance of the Point
Park entrance.
[Illustration: _The Ochs Memorial in Point Park, Lookout Mountain._]
From Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge is reached by following eastward on
U. S. 11 and 64; 41 and 76; or 27; and Tennessee Route 58. There are
access roads to the top of the ridge and Crest Road from these highways.
Orchard Knob is on Orchard Knob Avenue near McCallie Avenue (U. S. 11
and 64) in Chattanooga.
_About Your Visit_
The park is open daily, including Sunday, throughout the year. The park
museum and headquarters building is at the north entrance to Chickamauga
Battlefield on U. S. 27. The museum, which has no admission fee, is open
from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. (E. S. T.) during the winter, and from 8 a.
m. to 5 p. m. (E. S. T.) during the summer. At the museum, you will
receive information concerning the self-guided tour. Library facilities
are also available here. Talks and guide service are given to
educational and special groups if arrangements are made in advance with
the superintendent.
At Point Park on Lookout Mountain, you are urged to visit the Adolph S.
Ochs Observatory and Museum. Point Park is open from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30
p. m. (E. S. T.) in winter and from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. (E. S. T.) in
summer. There is an admission fee of 25 cents. Children under 12 years
of age, or groups of school children 18 years of age or under, when
accompanied by adults assuming responsibility for their safety and
orderly conduct, are admitted free.
[Illustration: _2nd Minnesota Monument, Chickamauga Battlefield._]
[Illustration: _New York Monument at Point Park, Lookout Mountain._]
_Related Areas_
Also administered by the National Park Service are two areas associated
with the campaigns before and after the battles of Chickamauga and
Chattanooga: Stones River National Military Park and Cemetery,
Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park,
Marietta, Ga. Both are less than half-a-day’s drive from Chattanooga.
Other Civil War areas administered by the National Park Service are:
Shiloh and Fort Donelson National Military Parks, Tenn.; Vicksburg
National Military Park, Miss.; Fort Pulaski National Monument, Ga.;
Antietam National Battlefield Site, Md.; Gettysburg National Military
Park, Pa.; Manassas National Battlefield Park, Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania National Military Park, Petersburg National Military Park,
Richmond National Battlefield Park, and Appomattox Court House National
Historical Park, Va.
_Administration_
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is administered by
the National Park Service of the U. S. Department of the Interior.
The headquarters office for the park is located at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Communications and inquiries relating to the area should be addressed to
the Superintendent, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park,
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
[Illustration: _The Tennessee River and Lookout Mountain from the
east._]
_Suggested Readings_
Alexander, E. P. _Military Memoirs of a Confederate._ Charles
Scribner’s Sons, New York. 1907.
Beatty, John. _Memoirs of a Volunteer._ W. W. Norton & Co. New York.
1946.
Govan, Gilbert E., and James W. Livingood. _The Chattanooga Country
1540-1951._ E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. 1952.
Grant, U. S. _Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. Vol. II._ Charles L.
Webster & Co., New York. 1886.
Guernsey, Alfred H., and Henry M. Alden. _Harper’s Pictorial History
of the Great Rebellion. Part II._ Harper & Brothers, New York.
1866.
Horn, Stanley F. _The Army of Tennessee._ The Bobbs-Merrill Co.,
Indianapolis. 1941.
Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Clarence Clough Buel, Eds. _Battles and
Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. III._ The Century Co., New
York. 1884-88.
Livermore, Thomas L. _Numbers and Losses in the Civil War in America
1861-65._ Houghton Mifflin & Co., Boston. 1900.
Miller, Francis T. _The Photographic History of the Civil War. Vols.
II, V, X._ The Review of Reviews Co., New York. 1911.
Mottelay, Paul F., and T. Campbell-Copeland. _The Soldier in Our Civil
War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865. Vol. II._
Stanley Bradley Publishing Co., New York. 1890.
Sheridan, P. H. _Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan. Vol. I._ Charles
L. Webster & Co., New York. 1888.
Steele, Matthew Forney. _American Campaigns. Vol. I, text: Vol. II,
maps._ Byron S. Adams, Washington. 1909. 2 Vols.
United States Government. _Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of
the Union and Confederate Armies._ Government Printing Office,
Washington. 1891-95.
Van Horne, Thomas B. _History of the Army of the Cumberland._ Robert
Clarke & Co., Cincinnati. 1876. 2 Vols, and Atlas.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
(Price lists of National Park Service publications may be obtained from
the Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D.C.)
Antietam
Bandelier
Chalmette
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields
Custer Battlefield
Custis-Lee Mansion, the Robert E. Lee Memorial
Fort Laramie
Fort McHenry
Fort Necessity
Fort Pulaski
Fort Raleigh
Fort Sumter
George Washington Birthplace
Gettysburg
Guilford Courthouse
Hopewell Village
Independence
Jamestown, Virginia
Kings Mountain
The Lincoln Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died
Manassas (Bull Run)
Montezuma Castle
Morristown, a Military Capital of the Revolution
Ocmulgee
Petersburg Battlefields
Saratoga
Scotts Bluff
Shiloh
Statue of Liberty
Vanderbilt Mansion
Vicksburg
Yorktown
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