. History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863 [electronic resource]. d with respect to the linesabout Chattanooga. While the ownership of the United States in the Chattanooga portionof the park is limited chiefly to the roads, and the several limited reserva-tions heretofore described, through the great liberality of the municipal andcounty authorities, both the city of Chattanooga and the memorable battle-fields immediately about it have virtually been made a part of the NationalPark. Through city ordinances, and the action of the quarterly cou
. History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863 [electronic resource]. d with respect to the linesabout Chattanooga. While the ownership of the United States in the Chattanooga portionof the park is limited chiefly to the roads, and the several limited reserva-tions heretofore described, through the great liberality of the municipal andcounty authorities, both the city of Chattanooga and the memorable battle-fields immediately about it have virtually been made a part of the NationalPark. Through city ordinances, and the action of the quarterly court whichcontrols the affairs of the county, authority has been granted to theNational Commission to erect tablets and monuments along roads and inpublic places, at all points throughout this territory where such work willnot interfere with the adjoining private property. Under this permissionnearly a hundred bronze historical tablets have been erected in the city ofChattanooga, marking all the former lines of fortifications and the prominentheadquarters during the successive occupation of the city by the Confed-. Q x x X ~az ■j. i: <i: HISTORY OF MICHIGAN ORGANIZATIONS. 221 ates and Union armies. Historical tablets are also in course of preparationfor erection along the main avenues leading from the city, and by means ofthese, and contemplated State monuments, the Chattanooga portion of thePark will eventually be almost as thoroughly marked as at Chickamauga,where the Government owns the entire body of the battlefield. The following States have appointed commissions to co-operate with theNational Commission in the work of marking lines of battle and ascertain-ing other historical points of interest: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut,Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey,New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. At
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