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Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
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Cannon on display at visitor center.
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6-pounder cannon on display at Chickamauga Visitor Center.

145th Anniversary Schedule of the Battles for Chattanooga Program Schedule

Chickamauga Battlefield features a 7 mile self-guiding auto tour, monuments, historical tablets, hiking trails and horse trails. The Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center contains exhibits and the Fuller Gun Collection which contains over 300 examples of military long arms. 

Lookout Mountain Battlefield contains monuments, historical tablets, hiking trails, scenic vistas, and the historic Cravens House. The Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center also houses the "Battle Above the Clouds" painting by James Walker.

During some summer weekends, both sites host encampments of regiments from various states who provide living history demonstrations. Also, during the summer, living history demonstrations of a soldier's life are offered.

 

Battlefield monument  

Did You Know?
The four Union generals given credit for bringing an end to the Civil War (Generals Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, and Philip Sheridan) were all in Chattanooga in the autumn of 1863.

Last Updated: November 18, 2008 at 10:14 EST