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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Chickamauga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Upon Chickamauga's incorporation as a city, the north-south streets were named after Confederate and Union generals, including Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, John B. Hood, and Thomas T. Crittenden.
According to the 2000 U.S. census, the population is 2,245, and 98 percent of the population is white.
Chickamauga has a city school system, a library, a visitor's center, recreation facilities, and a variety of merchants and eateries.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2534   (957 words)

  
 TVA: Chickamauga Reservoir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Chickamauga Reservoir is named for a tribe of Native Americans that broke away from the Cherokee Nation in the 1700s.
Chickamauga and other reservoirs on the Tennessee and its tributaries have prevented nearly $5 billion in flood damage in the city of Chattanooga alone.
Chickamauga Dam is 129 feet high and stretches 5,800 feet across the Tennessee River.
www.tva.gov /sites/chickamauga.htm   (274 words)

  
 William Rosecrans' Report of Chickamauga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Chickamauga was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
East of these two ranges and of the Chickamauga, starting from Ooltewah and passing by Ringgold to the west of Dalton, is Taylor's Ridge, a rough, rocky range, traversable by wagon roads only through gaps, generally several miles apart.
Minty's cavalry had been ordered from the same position about noon of the 10th, to report to Major-General Granger, at Rossville, which he did at daylight on the 20th, and was posted near Mission Mills, to hold in check the enemy's cavalry on their right, from the direction of Ringgold and Graysville.
www.swcivilwar.com /RosecransReportChickamauga.html   (7118 words)

  
 Civil War Battle History of Chickamauga, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The battle of Chickamauga, Georgia on September 19 and 20, 1863 was different than any battle the tough veterans of the Union and Confederate armies had ever fought before.
It was the terrain in the Chickamauga Creek/Chattanooga area that made the difference.
The battle of Chickamauga was fought, though, almost reluctantly by the two commanders, Confederate General Braxton Bragg and Union Maj. Gen.
www.civilwar.org /historyclassroom/hc_chickamaugahist.htm   (1643 words)

  
 Chickamauga
It was not a light matter to command the Army of the Cumberland, as a whole, against a vast army that had been gathered from the East and West to crush it; an army superior in numbers, and inspired by the hope that in winning a decisive victory the general contest would be decided also.
The views of the commanding generals in regard to the situation before the battle of Chickamauga, and in reference to the supposed possibilities to each, are clearly given in their official reports.
General Bragg had failed in three distinct efforts to strike the Fourteenth and Twenty-first corps in their isolation, and it was his purpose in moving his army down the Chickamauga and across it, to envelop Crittenden's corps, as the left of the National army.
www.aotc.net /Chickamauga.htm   (18275 words)

  
 Chickamauga Cherokee Indians - Chickamauga Cherokee Nation Genealogy, Native American Genealogy Arkansas History
The Chickamauga Cherokees, on the other hand, were disgusted at the placating of the whites and the politics of the Civil Chiefs who desired to accept money for land in illegal treaties rather than to fight their enemies in battle.
Around 1775, the Chickamauga drove off the French lead miners from Missouri Territory and soon the Cherokees from this area began to carry out revenge raids for attacks on their camps by the Osage Indians which resulted in a 60 year war ending in 1835.
The Tassel, head chief of the nation, admitted his inability to restrain the Chickamauga, and advised General Martin who was the Cherokee agent to go against the Chickamauga and burn their towns, so that the Chickamauga would be forced to return to the nation and submit to control.
www.comanchelodge.com /chickamauga-cherokee.html   (7523 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Chickamauga Dam--Navigation Lock Project
TVA's Chickamauga Dam and Navigation Lock Project is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, approximately 13 miles northeast of downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The results of the study of lock improvement benefits at Chickamauga and Watts Bar Dams were presented in a USACE report entitled Upper Tennessee River Navigation Improvement Study Navigation System Analysis (1993) which was produced under contract for TVA.
The focus of this study was to estimate benefits that would accrue from a new 110 x 600 foot lock at Chickamauga which would be constructed before the existing lock was closed for an 18 month rehabilitation.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1996/May/Day-22/pr-16583.html   (2365 words)

  
 Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
The bloodiest two-day battle of the Civil War was fought at Chickamauga on September 19th and 20th, 1863.
Prelude to Chickamauga tells the story of the events leading up to the battle.
Chickamauga is a vivid account of the battle.
roadsidegeorgia.com /site/chickamauganmp.html   (620 words)

  
 Battle of Chickamauga
As we looked across the Chickamauga Valley, we could not discern the movements of troops, but we could see dust rising in the distance and were risking conjectures as to General Bragg's purpose, though there seemed to be a general impression that he was about to fall back to Rome, Georgia.
On the evening of the 18th, General Bragg's Army was concentrated in the neighborhood of Lee and Gordon's Mill, south of Chickamauga Creek, while the three corps of the Union Army were in such a position as to be able to support each other in case of attack.
The battle was raging fiercely in the forest along the Chickamauga; batteries of artillery and brigades of infantry were moving on double quick to the support of our forces on the battle lines.
members.tripod.com /~ProlificPains/chickamauga.htm   (13624 words)

  
 Chickamauga! On their Native Soil Georgians Shattered the Union Advance
One of the major battles of the Civil War was fought on Georgia soil at Chickamauga in late September 1863.
Although, history has proven Chickamauga to be a Southern victory, the losses were enormous for the South as well as the North.
Chickamauga National Military Park was created by an Act of Congress on August 9, 1890 and is the oldest and largest National Military Park in the United States.
www.hsgng.org /pages/chick.htm   (1679 words)

  
 The City of Chickamauga
The area was settled once more by farm families and life was busy and fruitful in the fertile valleys until even this remote part of the south was visited by the sounds of cannon and guns during the War Between the States.
The Chickamauga Battlefield, established in 1890, is located just north of the City of Chickamauga, and is a part of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, the first and largest in the country.
The City of Chickamauga was incorporated in 1891, named after the Tsikamagi Indian Tribe of the Cherokee Nation.
www.cityofchickamaugageorgia.org /HISTORY.htm   (616 words)

  
 George Thomas' Report of Chickamauga
Colonel Wilder, commanding the mounted brigade of Reynolds' division, informed me that the enemy had crossed the Chickamauga in force at those two bridges the evening before and drove his brigade across the State road, or Chattanooga and La Fayette road, to the heights east of Widow Glenn's house.
From thence to the Chickamauga the surface of the country is undulating and covered with original forest timber, interspersed with undergrowth, in many places so dense that it is difficult to see 50 paces ahead.
Brannan and Baird were then ordered to reorganize their commands and take position on commanding ground on the road from McDonald's to Reed's Bridge, and hold it to the last extremity, as I expected the next effort of the enemy would be to gain that road and our rear.
www.swcivilwar.com /ThomasReportChickamauga.html   (4751 words)

  
 Chickamauga Lock
This web site is designed to inform you about the new Chickamauga Lock which is being designed and constructed by the Nashville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Chickamauga Lock, which is located 13 miles upstream of the Port of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Congress authorized a 110-foot x 600-foot lock to be built riverward of the old lock and downstream of Chickamauga Dam.
www.lrn.usace.army.mil /pao/chickamaugalock   (135 words)

  
 19th Alabama at Chickamauga (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
At Chickamauga the 19th had a part in an uncommon sight for the Army of Tennessee, the routing of a Federal army from the field.
On that day, the 19th was part of the left wing of the Army of Tennessee as it broke through the Federal line and drove the Army of the Cumberland from the field.
The campaign that brought the armies to the banks of Chickamauga Creek began late in June, 1863 when General William S. Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland, almost 60,000 strong, moved from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, against General Braxton Bragg's 43,000 Army of Tennessee.
www.19thalabama.org.cob-web.org:8888 /battles/chickamauga/index.html   (845 words)

  
 Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park - Areaparks.com
Between 1890 and 1899 the Congress of the United States authorized the establishment of the first four national military parks: Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Shiloh, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg.
The first and largest of these, and the one upon which the establishment and development of most other national military and historical parks was based, was Chickamauga and Chattanooga.
It owes its existence largely to the efforts of General H.V. Boynton and Ferdinand Van Derveer, both veterans of the Army of the Cumberland, who saw the need for a national park to preserve and commemorate these battlefields during a visit to the area in 1888.
chickamaugachattanooga.areaparks.com   (175 words)

  
 Chickamauga City Schools
All three schools in the Chickamauga City School district have been honored for their performance during the 2005-2006 school year.
Chickamauga Elementary School was designated as a Bronze School by the Georgia State Department of Education for its percentage of students exceeding standards on the Criterion Reference Competency Test.
Chickamauga City Schools was recently notified by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that it has been recognized as a "2005-2006 Super System for Quality Schools." Only 81 school districts in the state of Georgia received the "Super System" designation.
www.chickamaugacityschools.org   (355 words)

  
 Battle of Chickamauga
Rosecrans proceeded at once to concentrate his own forces; and very soon the two armies were confronting each other in battle array on each side of Chickamauga Creek, in the vicinity of Crawfish Spring, each line extending towards the slope of Missionary Ridge.
Rosecrans did not know that Robert E. Lee had sent troops from Virginia, under General James Longstreet, to reinforce Bragg, who was then making his way up from Atlanta to swell the Confederate forces to the number of fully 70,000.
In battle order on Chickamauga Creek (Sept. 19, 1863), the Confederate right was commanded by General Polk, and the left by General John Hood until Longstreet should arrive.
www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/battle-chickamauga.htm   (1356 words)

  
 TVA: Chickamauga Reservoir Ecological Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
TVA monitored Chickamauga Reservoir annually from 1991 through 1995 to establish baseline data on its ecological health under a range of weather and flow conditions.
Chlorophyll typically rates fair or good in Chickamauga Reservoir, with the exception of poor ratings at the mid-reservoir location in extremely dry years such as 1999 and 2001.
Chickamauga Reservoir is a main-channel reservoir on the Tennessee River just north of Chattanooga.
www.tva.gov /environment/ecohealth/chickamauga.htm   (694 words)

  
 Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park - Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park (U.S. National ...
The Confederate’s were victorious at nearby Chickamauga in September, but renewed fighting in Chattanooga in November gave Union troops final control.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, the nation’s first, was created in 1890 to preserve and commemorate these battlefields.
The 5,200 acre Chickamauga Battlefield, scene of the last major Confederate victory of the Civil War, contains numerous monuments, historical tablets, wayside exhibits, and trails.
www.nps.gov /chch   (268 words)

  
 Welcome to Chickamauga Telephone Company
Chickamauga, north of LaFayette, is the home of 2,149 people.
At the top of Walker County are Rossville, population 3,602, and Lookout Mountain, population 1,636.
The year 1863 found Union and Confederate troops clashing near Chickamauga Creek in what proved to be, for the number of men committed, the bloodiest battle in American history.
www.chickamauga.com /history.html   (489 words)

  
 Battle of Chickamauga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 18 to September 20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in south-central Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign.
The battle was fought between the Union Army of the Cumberland under Maj.
William Rosecrans and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg, and was so-named for the Chickamauga Creek, which flows into the Tennessee River about 12 miles southwest of Chattanooga.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Chickamauga   (2399 words)

  
 MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - The Battle of Chickamauga
Following the fighting at Reed's Bridge the day before, Thomas was notified that a lone Confederate brigade had crossed and made camp on the west side of Chickamauga Creek, in the vicinity of the bridge.
That night, many of the Federal wounded who were conscious, desperately tried to crawl their way to reach the line of retreat in order to evade capture.
Chickamauga and Chattanooga - The Battles that doomed the Confederacy
www.militaryhistoryonline.com /civilwar/chickamauga   (458 words)

  
 The American Civil War Overview, Chapter XI, The Western Theater: Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Thus Chickamauga would be one of the few large battles of the war fought with approximately equal numbers on both sides.
Especially since Chickamauga, many of his generals were openly expressing displeasure with his conduct of the battle and the way he was running things now.
Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, whose dismounted cavalry had served so well on Bragg's right flank at Chickamauga was so disgusted with Bragg and his treatment that he threatened to kill him if he ever again crossed his path.
www.civilwarhome.com /ChickChatt.htm   (1258 words)

  
 Chickamauga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
On 13 September, Roscrans commanded his generals to consolidate along the west side of the Chickamauga River in an effort to bring his far-flung troops under protection.
He led Lee's I Corps at Fredericksburg and saw the bloodiest battle at Gettysburg where he was criticized for his procrastination.
A map of the Chickamauga battlegrounds from the National Parks Service.
www.collectorsnet.com /cwtimes/chickama.htm   (747 words)

  
 John Culpepper is starting a Sons Of Confederate Veterans Camp in Chickamauga
"We have raised the 23000.00 for the monument to honor the Confederate Veterans buried in the Chickamauga Cemetery.
He is the only veteran of the Battle of Chickamauga who is buried on the battlefie
The Chickamauga Camp of the SCV is named for him.
www.atlanna.com /Chick_cem.htm   (662 words)

  
 Chickamauga News
Local news for Chickamauga, GA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
Chickamauga to Savannah is the third most important campaign of the Civil War.
A Chickamauga man charged nearly four-years ago with killing two Walker County teens undergoes a mental evaluation.
www.topix.net /city/chickamauga-ga   (626 words)

  
 Friends of the Park - Chickamauga Battlefield (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park extends an invitation to the community to join us for a seasonal Open House on Saturday, December 23, from 11:00 a.m.
Acting Superintendent Mark Hardgrove of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce a number of special interpretive programs scheduled for Saturday, November18 and Sunday, November 19, 2006, in commemoration of the 143rd Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga.
Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park played for the Park (golf, that is) at their 2nd annual Leonard Fant ‘Play For The Park’ tournament on October 5th and raised more than $16,000 that the Friends will devote to projects supporting and promoting our area's national park.
www.chickchatt.org.cob-web.org:8888   (793 words)

  
 Chickamauga reports
A list of names of these and others of every grade whose, conduct according to the reports of their commanders, deserves special praise, is also herewith sent.
GENERAL: Your telegram in regard to the newspapers publishing an incorrect version of your official report of the battle of Chickamauga is received, and I have telegraphed a brief reply.
I further advised him that I had taken a contraband during the late afternoon, who reported the bulk of the rebel army, with General Bragg in person, at Gordon's Mills on the Chickamauga where it is crossed by the Rossville and La Fayette road.
www.aotc.net /chick-rep.htm   (18562 words)

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