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Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
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Cannon on display at visitor center.

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6-pounder cannon on display at Chickamauga Visitor Center.

146th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga - November 21 - 22, 2009

View all of the scheduled programs commemorating the 146th Anniversary by clicking . . The Battles for Chattanooga. 

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Chickamauga Battlefield features a 7 mile self-guiding auto tour, monuments, historical tablets, hiking trails and horse trails. The Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center contains exhibits and the Fuller Gun Collection which contains over 300 examples of military long arms. 

Lookout Mountain Battlefield contains monuments, historical tablets, hiking trails, scenic vistas, and the historic Cravens House. The Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center also houses the "Battle Above the Clouds" painting by James Walker.

During some summer weekends, both sites host encampments of regiments from various states who provide living history demonstrations. Also, during the summer, living history demonstrations of a soldier's life are offered.

 
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Did You Know?
In 1838, twenty-five years before he led the Confederate army defending Chattanooga, North Carolina native Braxton Bragg was part of a U.S. Army unit assigned to roundup and relocate members of the Cherokee Nation from the very area of much of the eventual Civil War Campaign for Chattanooga.

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Last Updated: October 28, 2009 at 09:47 EST