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September 2009 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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September 2009 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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CANISTER From The Chattanooga Civil War Round Table www.chattanoogacwrt.org |
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| VOLUME XXV1 | SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 | NO. 9 |
VISITORS AND GUESTS WELCOME NOTE SPECIAL TIME AND PLACE ! |
| DATE: | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 | TIME: 6:30 PM |
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"BRAGG ATTACKS IN MCLEMORE'S COVE" |
| SPEAKER: | JIM OGDEN |
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THE WIDOW MARTIN DAVIS HOME HOG JOWL ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF GA 341 AND GA 193 |
| (Directions to the Widow Martin Davis Home: From Chattanooga, go south on U. S. 27/Rossville Boulevard/LaFayette Road about 20 miles toward LaFayette; just north of LaFayette, at the LaFayette Walmart Supercenter shopping plaza, turn right, west, onto Ga. 136 toward Trenton; travel west, you'll be passing through Catlett's Gap, about 6 miles to the four-way stop intersection with Ga. 341/Cove Road. Turn left onto Ga. 341 and go south a little over 3 miles to the stop sign where Ga. 341/Cove Road intersects with Ga. 193. This is Davis' Crossroad. After a stop and when it is clear, cross Ga. 193 and as you do, you will be on Hog Jowl Road. The Widow Martin Davis Home is the white house and complex of white outbuildings on the right just south of the intersection park and we will gather in the yard. |
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SEPTEMBER MEETING |
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Following the trend of the last few years, with our September meeting being on or
close to one of the dates associated with key events related to the Battle of
Chickamauga, we'll be in the field this month. Discussions in the past and at
our July and August meetings led to the decision at the August meeting to, this
month, meet at the historic Widow Martin Davis Home at Davis' Crossroad in McLemore's
Cove to visit that historic site and to talk about what did and did not occur in that
area a week or so before the Battle of Chickamauga. McLemore's Cove--a pocket on the east side of Lookout Mountain formed by a spur, Pigeon Mountain, from the main range. It holds the head waters of West Chickamauga Creek and the southern beginnings of Missionary Ridge. The path southeastward for William Rosecrans' center column, George Thomas' 14th Corps, led across the Cove toward LaFayette. This routing of Thomas was part of Rosecrans' broad front advance to force Braxton Bragg out of Chattanooga. And it worked. But as Bragg retreated southward, he began to realize how widely scattered elements of the Army of the Cumberland were. And, as the head of his passed through LaFayette, he learned that at least a division size Union element is coming over Lookout Mountain and into McLemore's Cove to the west. He decides to strike. Halting the southward move, Bragg orders first two and then four divisions into McLemore's Cove. But, where there should have at least been a corps size battle, none materialized. The problems in the command of the Army of Tennessee begin to reach their high, or low, point. Out numbering the Federals two, four, and two to one for two days, in retrospect, it is a major missed opportunity. In our on the ground visit to two of the key landmarks of the "what should have been" in McLemore's Cove, the Widow Martin Davis Home and Davis' Crossroads, we'll discuss the situation and what did and did not happen. Don't miss this unique opportunity! {IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE DIRECTIONS, I WILL BE LEAVING THE CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD VISITOR CENTER AT 5:15 PM TO GO DOWN TO THE COVE AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO CONVOY DOWN WITH ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE.} |
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SPEAKER'S FUND SUPPORT OF THE MONTH There are three items this month for the Speaker’s Fund. The first this month is a set of five part Blue & Gray Magazine series on the campaign leading up to and including the Battle of Chickamauga that was authored by the REAL Chickamauga EXPERT, Dr. William Glenn Robertson. The second item is a copy of Dr. Timothy B. Smith's The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation: The Decade of the 1890s and the Establishment of America's First Five Military Parks. The third item is a copy of the North & South magazine with articles on Five Forks, the night attack at Gettysburg, and a discussion of the affect of the rifled-musket. Two of the items this month were donated to the Round Table to support the Speaker’s Fund. To those donors go our thanks. Proceeds from the Speaker’s Fund go toward bringing speakers in from outside the area. Your support of the Speaker’s Fund is appreciated. |
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SCOUTS REPORTS! There were just a couple of Civil War related programs here locally and in the region in the month between our August and September meetings. Did anyone take advantage of the National Park Service Fee Free Days on the 15th & 16th and go take in the Federal infantry programs at Point Park on the Lookout Mountain Battlefield? Or, did anyone attend Barbara Chandler's talk on historic Forest Hills Cemetery at the N. B. Forrest Camp meeting on the 25th? If you were able to attend any of these events or another one of note since our last meeting and you’re at our September meeting, give us a report. Good intelligence is one of the keys to military success! |
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| SEPTEMBER MEETING |
| NOTE SPECIAL TIME AND PLACE AS DISCUSSED ABOVE ! |
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FUTURE ROUND TABLE MEETINGS October 20, 2009 -- To be announced December 15, 2009 - Jim Lewis, Park Ranger, Stones River National Battlefield, "Forrest, Milroy, & the Battle of the Cedars (December, 1864)" |
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UP-COMING LOCAL CIVIL WAR EVENTS OF NOTE
NEW ENTRIES:
PREVIOUS ENTRIES: |
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www.chattanoogacwrt.org |
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President -- Jim Ogden Vice President -- Ansley Moses |
Treasurer -- Harvey Scarborough Secretary -- Neil Greenwood |
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If you or a friend would like to join the Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, send
your check for dues, made out to Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, to Chattanooga
Civil War round Table, c/o Jim Ogden, 4 Gala Drive, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742.
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Regular Membership $20.00 Senior Citizen (62+) $15.00 |
Family Membership $30.00 Student $15.00 |
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The Round Table dues year is October 1 to September 30. Membership fee for new
members joining after October is pro-rated, being reduced by $1.50 per month for
regular membership, by $2.50 per month for family membership, and $1.00 per month
for Senior Citizens and Students. Members up-dating their dues or rejoining are
expected to pay the full rate. [Note from the webmaster: a chart with the appropriate dues can be found at: Membership Dues. An application can be found at: application] |
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