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(11-2006) Chickamauga Battlefield. Hall's House site, near the Viniard Farm field

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(11-2006) Chickamauga Battlefield. Hall House site, near the Viniard Farm field

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(2007) Lytle Gap, approximately one-mile north of Wilder Tower in Chickamauga National Military Park. The gap was a major obstacle for the retreating Union troops. The gap, as well as the community located just south of it is named for Union general William H. Lytle, one of the most famous casualties of Chickamauga. Most of the western side of the gap is part of the military park

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(2015) Enlarge View from Mack Smith Road looking toward Red House Ford on West Chickamauga Creek

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(2015) Enlarge Closer view of Red House Ford site from Mack Smith Road
 
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(2015) Enlarge Possible Old Federal Road trace leading to the Red House Ford site
 
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(2015) Enlarge Red House Ford site looking toward the area where General Braxton Bragg's established his headquarters on Sept. 21, 1863 after the Battle of Chickamauga
 
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(2015) Enlarge Looking toward Red House Ford from Scruggs Road on the opposite side of West Chickamauga Creek. Bragg established his headquarters in this area on Sept. 21, 1863
 
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(2008) Enlarge Old Federal Road near Red House Ford

84th Indiana position marker above Red House Ford near Old Federal Road and Prater's Road
 
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(2008) Present day site of McAfee Church, located near Lake Winnepesoka in Fort Oglethorpe, GA. A division of Federal infantrymen under Gen. James Steedman moved eastward along Rossville-Ringgold Road with orders to take possession of the eighty foot long wooden bridge over Chickamauga Creek at Red House Ford. After establishing HQ at McAfee Church, Steedman ordered one of his brigades to continue eastward to Red House Ford. When Steedman's men reached the vicinity of Spring Creek they encountered Confederate cavalrymen, the fighting continued after dusk. Steedman returned his division and camped around McAfee Church until the afternoon of 20th Sept., when it marched toward sounds of battle raging to the south. Shortly after Steedmans departure Federal cavalrymen arrived at McAfee Church with orders to maintain Federal positions along Rossville-Ringgold Road. The Federal cavalry commander pushed toward Red House Ford where they encountered Confederate horsemen. The Federals drove off the Confederates and seized the ford. After Chickamauga, much of the Army of Tennessee (CSA) camped around the area of Redhouse Ford. General Braxton Bragg established a temporary headquarters there on Sept. 22, 1863
 
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(2008) Enlarge 84th Indiana marker located at the Holiday Travel Park near Chattanooga

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(2008) Enlarge Marker at the travel park

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