I coalled John Culpepper who used to be the city manager but he wasn't home. I will try to call later.
That sounds like pretty serious help! Thank you for your time and effort.I know i can ask park rangers,but I also know the generic answer i would get "private property,cant go there,blah blah.heard it before.
The reason i ask here,is that there is an outside chance that someone who knows someone,who knows someone,could tell me a little more specifically who its possible to ask permission from.
Interesting side-note; when I went to Verdiersville,Where Jeb Stuart was almost captured,I found out from someone(cant remember who),on CWT,that the house said to be next to the actual house on which porch,he and von Borke were sleeping,is in fact the actual house.Just a wee bit of obfuscation to keep most of the public away.He he.
Having toured 90% of the major battlefields of the war,these are the out of the way,off the beaten path,placesI challenge myself to go and see.In my travels,I have found that most residents living in these areas are fairly open to strange tourist requests,and thought that maybe someone would know whose door I might need to knock on to gout in thier "back yard",as a total stranger and see something,they,themselves arent even aware of.
I just never seem quite happy with those wrought-iron road-side markers that say things like in a field 900 yards north of here,etc etc.
I am disappointed that I missed my oppurtunity to actually walk out the 400 yards to where A P Hills HQ was at Gburg,because traffic and crowds were a bit inhibiting that day.
I spent half a day trodding all over private property,last May trying to once again find the site of Yerbys(Bel Voire) on the south bank of Massopponax creek at Fredericksburg,I am convinced that my nephew and I came close enough with his iPhone GPS to satisfy me.
Mayhaps the next time I go back there the NPS will have been granted the 10 acres around it,so its easier to find.
Anyway,back to Chickamauga.Seems as though most all the fords pertinant to the battle are fairly accessable from the NP side of the creek,one way or the other,but the one I want to see,Where Forrest crossed and tried to flank Minty,and where Hood crossed most of his troops(and temporarily assumed command of the field) is on private property,both sides of the creek,and that is my challenge.I appeciate any and all suggestions.
Bringing the