Category Archives: Battlefields

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Tennessee

As the final stop on a long, exciting but exhausting vacation, we spent two nights in a sleazy motel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We spent all morning on this day seeing the sites on Lookout Mountain — Rock City, Ruby Falls, … Continue reading

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia

As I approached the park, I began to wonder. I was in the middle of town, with all sorts of businesses lining both sides of the street. There was an intersection, and then suddenly I was in the park. The … Continue reading

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Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina

I drove from Kings Mountain to Cowpens, the battlefield where Daniel Morgan defeated an army of British regulars on January 17, 1781. I didn’t have Cowpens entirely to myself, but almost. The visitor center had a slide show and a … Continue reading

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Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina

At 7:11 this morning, I entered South Carolina for the first time in my life. I actually had to enter North Carolina briefly before dipping back across the state line to Kings Mountain. I arrived right at 9:00 just as … Continue reading

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Atlanta Cyclorama — Atlanta, Georgia

This was one of the highlights of the vacation in Atlanta. A Cyclorama is a long painting that covers the walls of a circular room, giving a 360-degree perspective. I’d read about this one somewhere and wanted to check it … Continue reading

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