Artillery demonstrations will occur at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 2:30 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Each demonstration will last 30 minutes.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct artillery firing demonstrations at Point Park, part of the Lookout Mountain Battlefield. 

The soldiers of Captain James Garrity’s Alabama Battery spent two lonely months perched atop Lookout Mountain during the Siege of Chattanooga, firing periodically on Federal batteries and wagon trains. Confederate artillery on Lookout Mountain prevented the Union army from using its main supply route into Chattanooga, creating a desperate situation for the Federal troops besieged in the city.

Join us to learn more about the experiences of these Confederate cannoneers during the Siege of Chattanooga and to experience the thunder of artillery fire from the heights of Lookout Mountain.

Please dress accordingly for the weather, and a folding chair might be desirable.

Cover photo by Tim Omarzu (CTFP)