A Chickamauga memorial : the establishment of America's first Civil War national military park / Timothy B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Timothy B., 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic preservation.

Battlefields--Conservation and restoration.

Battlefields.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.)--History.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.).

Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields.

United States.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.

Monuments.

Battlefields--Conservation and restoration--United States--Case studies.

Historic preservation--United States--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction: "a new thing under the sun"

"All overgrown with trees and underwood"

"A western Gettysburg"

"Asking the aid of Congress"

"The Commission has made good progress"

"A great dedication ceremony"

"The work

has been materially advanced"

"We harbored the whole United States Army"

The age of Boynton

"There was no king in Israel"

"We are the rock of Chickamauga"

"Expired under the limitation of the act of Congress"

Conclusion

Appendix 1: enabling legislation

Appendix 2: national military park commissioners

Appendix 3: list of superintendents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781572336797

157233679X

OCLC:

316099329