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The Civil War Battles
of
Chickamauga
and
Chattanooga
New York Peace Monument, Point Park, Lookout Mountain
By J. L. ROGERS
THIRD EDITION
THE CIVIL WAR BATTLES
of
CHICKAMAUGA
and
CHATTANOOGA
The Front Cover:
The New York Central Memorial, or Peace Monument, Point Park,Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. This is the largest and most imposingmonumental structure in the park. The height is 95 feet. The base is50 feet in diameter. The platform is reached by 7 steps which aremade of Tennessee marble. There is a colonnade 3 steps above theplatform. In the center of the colonnade is a pedestal on which reststhe tall circular shaft. The shaft is surmounted by bronze figures of aUnion and Confederate soldier with “Old Glory” towering above them.“Their hands once raised in strife, now clasping a brother’s hand.”These bronze figures are 8′ 9″ high and were designed by R. HintonPerry of New York, to whom the idea was suggested by GeneralDaniel E. Sickles. The pink granite in this monument came fromMilford, Mass. The contractor for the granite work was G. H. CuttingGranite Co., of Worcester, Mass. The plans and specifications for themonument were prepared by A. J. Zabriskie, Engineer and Secretaryof the New York Monument Commission. This monument was erectedin 1907 at a cost of approximately $80,000.00. It was dedicated onNovember 15, 1910, with impressive ceremonies, the dedication alonecosting $21,138.58. In his address on that occasion General Sicklessaid of this monument:
“I take a great deal of pride in that monument. It was designedby my colleagues and myself and my secretary, A. J. Zabriskie. Imyself designed a great deal of the statuary which surmounts it. Itrepresents conciliation; and that was my thought—my thought of aNorthern and Southern soldier standing under one flag, which theyboth hold as they embrace each other. That is the spirit in which wehave done our monumental work in Chattanooga, in placing there anenduring monument to reconciliation and peace. New York holds outher hand to Tennessee. New York embraces Tennessee and all hersister states in the South. New York offers to all of them good fellowship,good will and reconciliation now and forever.”
Copyright 1942
By J. L. ROGERS
3203 Dayton Blvd.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
CONTENTS
- CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
- CHATTANOOGA AND ITS IMPORTANCE DURING THE CIVIL WAR
- THE CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA
- THE SIEGE AND BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA
- REGIMENTAL LOSSES—HERE AND ELSEWHERE
- CIVIL WAR PRISONS
- DID YOU KNOW THAT
- HISTORIC SITES IN CHATTANOOGA
- COMPLETE INDEX OF UNION AND CONFEDERATE ORGANIZATIONS AT CHICKAMAUGA, CHATTANOOGA, OR BOTH ...