In 1863, Union and Confederate forces fought for control of Chattanooga - a gateway to the Confederacy. The Confederates were victorious at nearby Chickamauga in September. However, renewed fighting in Chattanooga that November provided Union troops victory and control of the city. After the fighting, a Confederate soldier ominously wrote, "This...is the death-knell of the Confederacy."
What you’ll hear
28 places to explore in this park.
- America's National Parks Store - Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
- Brown's Ferry Federal Road
- Chickamauga Battlefield Self-Guided Tour Introduction
- Cravens House
- Lookout Mountain Battlefield - Point Park Introduction
- Moccasin Bend National Archeological District
- Orchard Knob
- Orchard Knob Walking Tour Introduction
- Orchard Knob Walking Tour - Stop 1: Iron Entrance Gate to Orchard Knob
- Orchard Knob Walking Tour - Stop 2: The Fight for the Gateway Begins - Orchard Knob
- Orchard Knob Walking Tour - Stop 3: Forward Observation Post - Grant Watches the Miracle at Missionary Ridge
- Orchard Knob Walking Tour - Stop 4: 1st Michigan Engineers Monument
- Point Park Tour Stop #1 - Entrance Gate
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook
- Point Park Tour Stop #3 - Garrity's Battery
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie
- Point Park Tour Stop #5 - Corput's Battery
- Point Park Tour Stop #6 - Ochs Museum and Observatory
- Point Park Tour Stop #7 - The New York Peace Monument
- Signal Point
- Tour Stop #1: Breckinridge's Assault
- Tour Stop #2: The Battle Line
- Tour Stop #3: Mix-up in Union Command
- Tour Stop #4: Confederate Breakthrough
- Tour Stop #5: Viniard Field
- Tour Stop #6: Lightning Strikes
- Tour Stop #7: Rout of the Union Right
- Tour Stop #8: Horseshoe Ridge and Snodgrass Hill
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