Wednesday, January 31, 2007

camping on hallowed ground



The campground brochure reads:

Tonight, probably for the first time in your life, you will sleep on a Civil War battlefield. Over 100 years ago, men fought and died on the very soil where this campground is located. In the Southwest corner of the park stands a monument to the 84th Indiana Volunteer Regiment. The monument was placed here after the Civil War by some of the men of that regiment who became famous for their fighting in the Chattanooga area. Here is the monument:



In the campground, the streets are named for Civil War officers. The streets at the north end are named for Union commanders; the streets at the south end are named for Confederate generals. Unfortunately we are on the north side...

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