. . MONUMENTS. In this chapter aregiven excellent engravingsof the monuments whichstand in the ChickamaugaNational Military Park, tocommemorate the servicesof the Sixty-fourth andSixty-fifth regiments a n dthe Sixth battery inthathistoric grapple betweenthe armies of Rosecransand Bragg. The Chicka-mauga Park is to the westwhat the Gettysburg Parkis to the east. Both are tomark, forever, the high-water point reached by thegreat Rebellion, and tohonor the valor of the sol-diers who fought on those fields. Ohio had more soldiers engaged
. . MONUMENTS. In this chapter aregiven excellent engravingsof the monuments whichstand in the ChickamaugaNational Military Park, tocommemorate the servicesof the Sixty-fourth andSixty-fifth regiments a n dthe Sixth battery inthathistoric grapple betweenthe armies of Rosecransand Bragg. The Chicka-mauga Park is to the westwhat the Gettysburg Parkis to the east. Both are tomark, forever, the high-water point reached by thegreat Rebellion, and tohonor the valor of the sol-diers who fought on those fields. Ohio had more soldiers engaged in the battle of Chickamaugathan any other state. The monuments were erected by the state,at a cost of about $2500 each. Upon each is a bronze tablet onwhich is inscribed a brief statement of the service rendered duringthe battle by the organization it represents. The Sixth batterymonument stands upon a spot near the Lafayette road, which wasoccupied by the battery during the action of Saturday after-noon, September 19th. The monuments of the Sixty-fourth and. CORNELIUS F. SONNANSTINE,COMPANY C, SIXTY-FIFTH. Mortally wounded at Shiloh,April 8. 1862.
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