A Chickamauga Memorial: The Establishment of America?s First Civil War National Military Park

“Timothy B. Smith has produced yet another well-researched, engaging book about the fascinating history of Civil War battlefields. This time his subject is Chickamauga, both the largest and first-established of the nation’s Civil War parks. What happened after the battle and why is a well-crafted, compelling story.” —James Lee McDonough

A Chickamauga Memorial tells the full and fascinating story of how the country’s first federally preserved national military park came into being and ho…