George Thomas
Corporal
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2017
- Location
- Greater Boston (MA) area
Does anyone have a sense of what the eventual plans are for the Reed's Bridge land that was acquired by the Civil War Trust a while ago? I stopped there recently when I visited the Chickamauga battlefield and it looks like a wonderful site, but I couldn't tell if there were plans for walking trails and interpretation.
It looked like there might be working going on creating some kind of trail. Photo below was taking looking north from the east side of the bridge. I also didn't realize that there were four Illinois monuments (2 on each side of the road) just west of the bridge. They are monuments to the 2nd IL light battery, 85th IL infantry, 125th IL infantry, and 86th IL infantry. It looks like a fascinating area with a lot of potential for interpretation.
CWT map of land preserved:
Path looking north from pullover on east side of Reed's bridge, Oct. 2017
Four Illinois monuments just west of Reed's bridge. The area preserved is on the right side of the photo below.
It looked like there might be working going on creating some kind of trail. Photo below was taking looking north from the east side of the bridge. I also didn't realize that there were four Illinois monuments (2 on each side of the road) just west of the bridge. They are monuments to the 2nd IL light battery, 85th IL infantry, 125th IL infantry, and 86th IL infantry. It looks like a fascinating area with a lot of potential for interpretation.
CWT map of land preserved:
Path looking north from pullover on east side of Reed's bridge, Oct. 2017
Four Illinois monuments just west of Reed's bridge. The area preserved is on the right side of the photo below.