Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Drive and walk Civil War battlefields lined with monuments and cannons, then take in Chattanooga from Point Park.

3370 LaFayette Rd · Fort Oglethorpe, GA

About Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Established in 1890, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park preserves the ground where Union and Confederate armies fought for Chattanooga in 1863. At Chickamauga Battlefield in Fort Oglethorpe you will find monuments, cannons, the stone Wilder Tower and the Fuller Gun Collection in the visitor center. Other units cover Missionary Ridge, Orchard Knob, Moccasin Bend and Lookout Mountain. The battlefield has no entrance fee, while Point Park on Lookout Mountain charges one.

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