Chattanooga, TENNESSEE - Chickamauga Park - Cantonment Camp for Sale

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Chattanooga, TENNESSEE - Chickamauga Park - Cantonment Camp For Sale

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Chattanooga, TENNESSEE - Chickamauga Park - Cantonment Camp:
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Chattanooga, TENNESSEE - Chickamauga Park - Cantonment Camp: 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 (5,300 acres or 2,145 ha), 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 was officially dedicated in 1895. It owes its existence chiefly to the efforts of Generals Henry V. Boynton and Ferdinand Van Derveer, both veterans of the Union Army 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. During the Park's early years, it was managed by the War Department and used for military study as well as a memorial. The National Park Service took over site management in 1933. This White Border Era (1915-30) postcard shows an Army Cantonment Camp using the park. The card is in good condition. CT American Art. No. A-76226. Published by T. H. Payne Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.