Showing posts with label Battlefield Preservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battlefield Preservation. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Battlefield Excursion 2
FROM: DR. BLEDSOE
TO: STUDENTS OF HIST 490
DATE: 28 MAR 2015
WHERE: CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
RE: HIST 490 BATTLEFIELD EXCURSION #2 ITINERARY
8:50-9:00 A.M.: REPORT TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE HUMANITIES CENTER NO LATER THAN 9:00A.M.
9:00A.M.-9:30 A.M.: TRAVEL TO CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
9:30-10:00 A.M.: BRIEFING ON THE FIELD
10:00A.M.-12:00 NOON: EXCURSIONS TO:
REED’S BRIDGE
4TH MICHIGAN CAVALRY MONUMENT (884)
SITE OF JAY’S MILL
ALEXANDER’S BRIDGE
PARK AT VINIARD-ALEXANDER ROAD
WALK TO THEDFORD FORD
KENTUCKY MONUMENT (860A)
FLORIDA MONUMENT (1253)
12:00 NOON-1:00 P.M.: LUNCH BREAK AND STOP AT VISITOR’S CENTER
1:00 P.M.-4 P.M.: EXCURSIONS TO:
LANDRUM GRAVE (423)
BATTLELINE ROAD
SAM’S MYSTERY WALL
SOUTH CAROLINA MONUMENT (1342)
GEORGIA MONUMENT (1320)
INGRAHAM GRAVE (465)
79TH PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT (1049)
WILDER MONUMENT (453)
LYTLE MONUMENT (617A)
LEE AND GORDON’S MILL
4:00 P.M.-4:30 P.M.: RETURN TO LEE UNIVERSITY HUMANITIES CENTER
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
WOODWORTH, CHICKAMAUGA: A BATTLEFIELD GUIDE
REAVES, THE MONUMENTS OF CHICKAMAUGA
MONEY FOR LUNCH
SUPPLIES, CLOTHING, WEATHER GEAR, AND EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED IN THE SYLLABUS
WRITING MATERIAL
DIGITAL CAMERAS ARE RECOMMENDED BUT OPTIONAL
REQUIRED PREPARATION:
READ OVER THE VARIOUS STOPS WE WILL COVER IN THE WOODWORTH AND REAVES BOOKS AND IN YOUR NOTES. I HAVE BUDGETED A MERE 30 MINS. PER STOP, SO PREPARATION BEFOREHAND WILL HELP YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS INITIAL VISIT.
TO: STUDENTS OF HIST 490
DATE: 28 MAR 2015
WHERE: CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
RE: HIST 490 BATTLEFIELD EXCURSION #2 ITINERARY
8:50-9:00 A.M.: REPORT TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE HUMANITIES CENTER NO LATER THAN 9:00A.M.
9:00A.M.-9:30 A.M.: TRAVEL TO CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
9:30-10:00 A.M.: BRIEFING ON THE FIELD
10:00A.M.-12:00 NOON: EXCURSIONS TO:
REED’S BRIDGE
4TH MICHIGAN CAVALRY MONUMENT (884)
SITE OF JAY’S MILL
ALEXANDER’S BRIDGE
PARK AT VINIARD-ALEXANDER ROAD
WALK TO THEDFORD FORD
KENTUCKY MONUMENT (860A)
FLORIDA MONUMENT (1253)
12:00 NOON-1:00 P.M.: LUNCH BREAK AND STOP AT VISITOR’S CENTER
1:00 P.M.-4 P.M.: EXCURSIONS TO:
LANDRUM GRAVE (423)
BATTLELINE ROAD
SAM’S MYSTERY WALL
SOUTH CAROLINA MONUMENT (1342)
GEORGIA MONUMENT (1320)
INGRAHAM GRAVE (465)
79TH PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT (1049)
WILDER MONUMENT (453)
LYTLE MONUMENT (617A)
LEE AND GORDON’S MILL
4:00 P.M.-4:30 P.M.: RETURN TO LEE UNIVERSITY HUMANITIES CENTER
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
WOODWORTH, CHICKAMAUGA: A BATTLEFIELD GUIDE
REAVES, THE MONUMENTS OF CHICKAMAUGA
MONEY FOR LUNCH
SUPPLIES, CLOTHING, WEATHER GEAR, AND EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED IN THE SYLLABUS
WRITING MATERIAL
DIGITAL CAMERAS ARE RECOMMENDED BUT OPTIONAL
REQUIRED PREPARATION:
READ OVER THE VARIOUS STOPS WE WILL COVER IN THE WOODWORTH AND REAVES BOOKS AND IN YOUR NOTES. I HAVE BUDGETED A MERE 30 MINS. PER STOP, SO PREPARATION BEFOREHAND WILL HELP YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS INITIAL VISIT.
Friday, February 20, 2015
National Park Service Chief Historian Emeritus Ed Bearss and McLemore's Cove
The Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park welcomes National Park Service Chief Historian Emeritus Ed Bearss for three different local programs on March 15 and 16.
Mr. Bearss, who is recognized as the “Father of 20th Century Civil War Battlefield Preservation,” and who Smithsonian Magazine called “a rock star in Civil War circles,” is the feature of a new documentary, American Journey: The Life and Times of Ed Bearss.
On Sunday, March 15, Mr. Bearss will lead a bus tour, Prelude to Chickamauga: Civil War Actions in McLemore’s Cove. More information on this tour and additional programs can be found here.
Mr. Bearss, who is recognized as the “Father of 20th Century Civil War Battlefield Preservation,” and who Smithsonian Magazine called “a rock star in Civil War circles,” is the feature of a new documentary, American Journey: The Life and Times of Ed Bearss.
On Sunday, March 15, Mr. Bearss will lead a bus tour, Prelude to Chickamauga: Civil War Actions in McLemore’s Cove. More information on this tour and additional programs can be found here.
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