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This
cemetery is situated 1 ¼ mile southeast
of the city of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County. Tennessee, and within 80 feet of the Western and Atlantic railroad.
It
contains nearly 75 acres of ground, which a high, rolling, and very picturesque,
and which is enclosed by substantial stone wall four feet high, with two
entrances.
The
ground is laid off in irregular, oval-formed sections, separated by well
macadamized walks and avenues, with a beautiful drive 24 feet wide around the
whole cemetery.
Trees
and shrubbery abound in great quantities, and nearly 100 marble headstones and
monuments have been erected by the friends of the deceased. Headboards properly
numbered or inscribed mark even grave not thus provided.
A
flagstaff has been erected in the centre of the cemetery, from which fly the national colors, in fair weather, from
sunrise to sunset.
The
remains of deceased Union soldiers interred in this beautiful cemetery are
mostly those who were killed or died from wounds received at the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary
Ridge, and Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, which were fought in August and September.
1863,
between the armies of Generals Rosecrans and Bragg; and, also about 1,400 from
the hospital burying grounds at Resaca and Dalton-Georgia, and are as follows:
Number
known............................................ 8,034
Number
unknown.......................................... 4,890
Expected
hereafter......................................... 40
Total............................................................... 12,964
Annual Report of the Secretary of War - By
United States War Department 1868
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