Details for this program can be found HERE

A detailed schedule of events surrounding the 160th Anniversary including program dates, times, and descriptions is available online HERE

11 am – Holding the Gap: The US Army’s Pursuit and the Engagement at Ringgold

Location: Ireland’s New York Brigade Monument, at the end of Depot Street, Ringgold, GA 30736

Twenty-two days after Battle of Ringgold Gap (November 27, 1863), Sergeant Ambrose Henry Hayward of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry wrote his father, “I experienced more fear & dread at Taylors Ridge than at either Chancellorsville, Antietam, or Gettysburgh.” This 1-hour program will explore the often-overlooked engagement that took place in Ringgold, Georgia, as the defeated Confederate Army of Tennessee tried to hold off their blue-clad pursuers after the debacle at Missionary Ridge.

160th Anniversary of the Battle of Chattanooga

Join staff and volunteers of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park as we commemorate the 160th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga with a series special programs taking place in and around the city on November 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, and 27.

By November 1863, months of besiegement culminated with a series of battles throughout the Chattanooga area. By the time the smoke cleared, Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge were strewn with the wreckage of war, and the Confederate Army of Tennessee was in full retreat. It was, as one Confederate later wrote, the “Death Knell of the Confederacy.”

This year, the park will offer a variety of special programs marking the anniversaries of the battles, including historical hikes and tours on Moccasin Bend, Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge. On November 18-19, inside Point Park, living historians will conduct artillery demonstrations as they portray one of the Confederate artillery batteries located atop Lookout Mountain during the 1863 battle.

As a reminder, an entrance fee is charged at Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain. The fee is $10 per adult, ages 16 and older; children 15 and younger are admitted free of charge. Programs occurring in other areas are free.

A detailed schedule including program dates, times, and descriptions is available online at: https://www.nps.gov/chch/160thbattlesforchattanooga.html