The Quack Between The States

The American Civil War.  The War Between the States. The War of Northern Aggression.

No matter how you label it, it was a major event in the history of our country.

Well being in Georgia, NOT is surrounded by civil war history wherever he goes in the south.

NOT recently visited the Chickamauga and Lookout Point Battlefield National Parks in north Georgia and southern Tennessee.

One of the monuments in the park is the Wilder Monument, which (when open) commands an eagle eye view of the battlefield, and at other times just looks like the rook from a giant chess board.

Point Park sits atop Lookout Mountain and offers a commanding view of Chattanooga below.

The main entrance may look familiar - it is built to resemble the Army Corps of Engineers castle insignia.

Hanging over the valley is the Ochs Memorial Observatory, was built in 1940 and is named in the honor of Adolph Ochs, onetime Chattanooga resident and publisher of the New York Times.

It provides a spectacular view of the Tennessee River and Chattanooga, and of the areas where fighting took place.

In the center of the park is the New York Peace Memorial. At the top of the column are two soldiers, a confederate and union soldier, shaking hands.

Naturally, there is a lot of Confederate presence in the area. Many memorials were installed in the early 1900's by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. So it's not unusual to see the Confederate States seal around.

Nor to find peaceful Confederate cemeteries, laid out in memorial to the men who fell nearby.  This cemetery is in Resaca.

Photos courtesy of J.J. Kwashnak

Last Updated February 2007