Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, located in northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee, preserves the sites of two major battles of the American Civil War: the Battle of Chickamauga and the Chattanooga Campaign.
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 authorized in 1890 at Chickamauga, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. It owes its existence chiefly to the efforts of Generals Henry V. Boynton and Ferdinand Van Derveer, both veterans of the UnionArmy of the Cumberland, who saw the need for a federal park to preserve and commemorate these battlefields. Another early proponent and driving force behind the park's creation was Ohio General Henry M. Cist, who led the Chickamauga Memorial Society in 1888. Another former Union officer, Charles H. Grosvenor, was chairman of the park commission from 1910 until his death in 1917.
Use during the Spanish American War[]
The newly created Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was utilized during the Spanish American War as a major training center for troops in the southern states. The park was temporarily renamed Camp George H. Thomas, in honor of the union army commander during the Civil War battle at the site. The park's proximity to the major rail hub at Chattanooga and its large tracks of land made it a logical marshalling area for troop being readied for service in Cuba and other points south.[1]
The military park consists of four main areas, and a few small isolated reservations, around Chattanooga.
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 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.
Amicalola Falls •
Black Rock Mountain •
Bobby Brown •
Buck Shoals •
Chattahoochee Bend •
Cloudland Canyon •
Crooked River •
Elijah Clark •
F.D. Roosevelt •
Florence Marina •
Fort Mountain •
Fort Yargo •
General Coffee •
George L. Smith •
George T. Bagby •
Georgia Veterans •
Gordonia-Alatamaha •
Hamburg •
Hard Labor Creek •
Hart •
High Falls •
Indian Springs •
James H. "Sloppy" Floyd •
John Tanner •
Laura S. Walker •
Little Ocmulgee •
Magnolia Springs •
Mistletoe •
Moccasin Creek •
Panola Mountain •
Providence Canyon •
Red Top Mountain •
Reed Bingham •
Richard B. Russell •
Sapelo Island •
Seminole •
Skidaway Island •
Smithgall Woods •
Sprewell Bluff •
Standing Boy Creek •
Stephen C. Foster •
Sweetwater Creek •
Tallulah Gorge •
Tugaloo •
Unicoi •
Victoria Bryant •
Vogel •
Watson Mill Bridge
Historic parks and sites
A.H. Stephens •
Chief Vann House •
Dahlonega Gold Museum •
Etowah Indian Mounds •
Fort McAllister •
Fort King George •
Fort Morris •
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation •
Jarrell Plantation •
Jefferson Davis Memorial •
Kolomoki Mounds •
Lapham-Patterson House •
Little White House •
New Echota •
Pickett's Mill Battlefield •
Robert Toombs House •
Travelers Rest •
Wormsloe
Forests
Baldwin •
Bartram •
Brender-Hitchiti •
Dixon Memorial •
Dawson •
Hightower •
Paulding •
Spirit Creek
Other
Centennial Olympic Park •
Jekyll Island •
Lake Lanier Islands •
Okefenokee Swamp •
Radium Springs •
Sapelo Island •
Stone Mountain Park
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Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area • Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
National Trails System
Appalachian National Scenic Trail • Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail • Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail • Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Bald River Gorge •Big Frog •Big Laurel Branch •Citico Creek •Cohutta •Gee Creek •Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock •Little Frog Mountain •Pond Mountain •Sampson Mountain •Unaka Mountain
Other Protected Areas
Natchez Trace Parkway • Obed Wild and Scenic River
State
East Tennessee State Parks
Big Ridge •Booker T. Washington •Cove Lake •Cumberland Mountain •Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail •Davy Crockett Birthplace •Fort Loudoun •Frozen Head •Harrison Bay •Hiwassee/Ocoee •Indian Mountain •Norris Dam •Panther Creek •Pickett •Red Clay •Roan Mountain •Sycamore Shoals •Warriors' Path
Middle Tennessee State Parks
Bicentennial Capitol Mall •Bledsoe Creek •Burgess Falls •Cedars Of Lebanon •Cordell Hull Birthplace •David Crockett •Dunbar Cave •Edgar Evins •Fall Creek Falls •Harpeth River •Henry Horton •Johnsonville •Long Hunter •Montgomery Bell •Mousetail Landing •Old Stone Fort •Port Royal •Radnor Lake •Rock Island •Sgt. Alvin C. York •South Cumberland •Standing Stone •Tims Ford
West Tennessee State Parks
Big Cypress Tree •Big Hill Pond •Chickasaw •Fort Pillow •Meeman-Shelby •N. B. Forrest •Natchez Trace •Paris Landing •Pickwick Landing •Pinson Mounds •Reelfoot Lake •Ross Cross Landing •T.O. Fuller
State Forests
Bledsoe •Cedars of Lebanon •Chickasaw •Chuck Swan •Franklin •Lewis •Lone Mountain •Martha Sundquist •Natchez Trace •Pickett •Prentice Cooper •Scott •Standing Stone •Stewart
State Natural Areas
Honey Creek *Piney Falls •Laurel-Snow •North Chickamauga Creek Gorge •Stinging Fork Falls •Virgin Falls
Other
Other
Catoosa Wildlife Management Area
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