Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, located in northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee, preserves the sites of two major battles of the American Civil War. It is managed by the National Park Service. State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis (largest metropolitan area is Nashville) Governor Phil Bredesen (D) Official languages English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States Federal Government agency that deals with all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation properties with various designations. ...

In the 1890s, 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 at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. It owes its existence largely to the efforts of Generals Henry V. Boynton and Ferdinand Van Derveer, both veterans of the Union Army of the Cumberland, who saw the need for a federal park to preserve and commemorate these battlefields during a visit to the area in 1888. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that color in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Seal of the Congress. ... Shiloh National Military Park is a National Park in western Tennessee. ... The Gettysburg Battlefield is the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought in 1863 in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the county seat of Adams County, which had approximately 2,400 residents in 1863. ... Vicksburg National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Vicksburg, Mississippi at 32° 21′ 30″ N 90° 50′ 30″ W. Established by Congress on February 21, 1899, it commemorates the Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863, one of the most... Chickamauga is a city located in Walker County, Georgia. ... This article is about a city in the US State of Tennessee. ... The Union Army refers to the United States Army during the American Civil War. ... Union army in the west during the American Civil War, commanded at various times by Generals Robert Anderson, Don Carlos Buell, William S. Rosecrans, and George Thomas. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

Park areas

The military park consists of four main areas, and a few small isolated reservations, around Chattanooga.

• Chickamauga Battlefield
• Missionary Ridge
• Lookout Mountain and Point Park
• Moccasin Bend

On February 20, 2003, Public Law No: 108-7 added Moccasin Bend as a new unit of the park. Moccasin Bend Archeological District, designated a National Historic Landmark an September 8, 1986, is directly across the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain. It is significant due to its archeological resources of American Indian settlement. There are currently no public facilities at Moccasin Bend. Missionary Ridge is a geographic feature in Chattanooga, Tennessee, site of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, a battle in the American Civil War, fought on November 25, 1863. ... See also: Lookout Mountain, Georgia and Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. ... USS Constitution. ...

References

• NPS: Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

See also

• Battle of Chickamauga
• Battle of Chattanooga