Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend special programs commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga from Sept. 17-20. The Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center will be open until 6 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and until 5 p.m. on Monday.
A variety of activities, including evening programs, walks, talks, special children programs and tours will take place throughout the extended weekend. Living history demonstrations include cavalry, infantry and artillery, with special election speeches featuring a portion of the 8th Georgia Regiment Band to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the 1860 presidential election. Artillery demonstrations will take place along south McDonald Field, near Tour Stop #1. Infantry and cavalry demonstrations will take place near the Visitor Center, as will the political speeches and band performances.
Union Artillery Demonstrations will be:
Sept. 18 at 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.
Sept. 19 at 10:45 a.m., 12 p.m., 1:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Confederate Infantry Demonstrations will be:
Sept. 18 at 10:45 a.m., 12 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
Sept. 19 at 11:30 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3:15 p.m.
Cavalry Demonstrations will be
Sept. 18 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m.
Sept. 19 at 11:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.
On Friday and Saturday afternoons Dave Powell, author of The Maps of Chickamauga, will be available to sign and talk about his book. On Saturday from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Perry Short, author of Generation of Warriors, will be available to sign and talk about his book, and on Sunday from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Betsy Hoole McArthur, author of Bound for Glory, will be available to talk about and sign copies of her book. She will also be conducting a special program at 1:30 p.m. inside the Snodgrass Cabin at Tour Stop #8.
All these authors will be set up in the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center bookstore.
For more information about this event and the programs at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park visitors may contact the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at (706)866-9241, the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center at 821-7786, or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/chch.