Monuments at Chickamauga

[Gettmore]

While on the Oldest National Battlefield, I stopped for some picture taking... DOES THAT SEEM STRANGE!!!
Enjoy, There will be several post...

 

[Irishtom29]

I always thought that was the coolest monument on the battlefield, being a good depiction of the western Yankee, what with the hat rather than a cap.

 

[JOHN42768]

Thanks for the posts

 

[Lampasas Bill]

The figure on the monument appears to have a knot in his canteen strap, apparently to shorten it. When I was reenacting back in the 80s and 90s, there was an on-going debate whether the practice was authentic or farby. I guess the model who posed for the sculptor knew more about it than we did!

 

[UCVRelics]

Thanks for taking us along on your trip. I don't think of them as monuments but more as works of art.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

(Seems to be a technical error here--my fault. Sorry for the blank message. I'm not sure how to get rid of it!)

Contact a Mod via PM and they can delete it.

Bill

 

[dsheehan]

A few more from Chickamauga as I visited last week.

 

[Georgian183]

A few more from Chickamauga as I visited last week.

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The "Ditch of Death".......the simulated gun position for Eli Lily's section detached to fire into the ditch is also quite a view. For some reason this location and the southeast corner of Poe field near the Georgia monument stood out to me. Besides the area of Thomas's defenses east of the Kelly field, these were two of the best locations on the entire battlefield where artillery was able to be used for maximum effect.