Geocache 1300

Sunday Morning
January 19, 2014

I took my father to the big city of Jasper, Alabama for Sunday morning breakfast at Ryan's. While waiting for Ryan's to open so that we could gorge ourselves on fried ham, fried bacon, fried sausage, grits, gravy, and biscuits I found my 1300 Cache.

#1300 Patients and Patience  GC4A171

Chickamauga Visit December 31, 2013

Ushering in the new year with a visit to the battlefield. Started at first light at the intersections of Jay's Mill Road, Reed's Bridge Road, and the Brotherton Road. I photographed the following tablets in this area:

• Huwald's Tennessee Battery
• Pegram's Division
• Davidson's Brigade
• Polk's Brigade
• Johnson's Provisional Division
• Dibrells' Brigade
• Forrest's Calvary Corp                 

I continued down Jay's Mill Road toward Alexander's Mill Road and encountered the following tablets:

• Deshler's Brigade
• Wood's Brigade
• Cleburne's Division
• Walker's Division

A trip west on the Brotherton Road from jay's Mill Road brought me to a series of five-sided monuments stretching through the thick woods. I walked the trail to photograph monuments marking the location of the following on the morning of September 19, 1863:

• 10th Georgia Calvary
• 6th Georgia Calvary
• 1st General Calvary
• 25th Georgia 
• 29th Georgia Calvary

Other markers in the general location included Liddell's Brigade, Walthall's Brigade, Wilson's Brigade, and Fowler's Battery. 

My final survey was along the the Viniard-Alexander Road. Tablet's surveied included the following:

• Liddell's Division
• Walker's Reserve Corp
• Johnson's Division
• Longstreet's Corps
• Hood's Division
• McNair's Brigade
• Buckner's Corp
• Robertson's Brigade
• Hood's Division

Chickamauga National Battlefield Visit December 11, 2013

Ventured into the park on a very frosty morning. Along the LaFayette Road (US 27) I photographed tablets for Mangault's Brigade and Anderson's Brigade. Stopped at the Brotherton House and photographed this battlefield landmark and several other markers.

Chickamauga Visit November 12, 2013

Today I headed back to RESA for another workshop. I left pretty early so that I could visit the battlefield. I drove to the visitors center and photographs tablets fro Stovall's Brigade, Liddell's Brigade,  and Adam's Brigade. In the afternoon I drove down Alexander Bridge Road and logged tablets for Huggin's Tennessee battery and Walthalls' Brigade.

Walthall's Brigade is of great interest to me. My great-grandmother's father and several other ancestors were members of the 24th Mississippi Infantry. This was one of the regiments in Walthall's Brigade.

Chickamauga Visit September 26, 2013

Today I attended a workshop in Chickamauga, Georgia. After doing my due diligence in my class I decided I would drive through the Chickamauga National Battlefield in Walker County, Georgia. I stopped at a couple of spots. I visited the Dyer Cemetery on the Dyer Road. The only makers on the low knoll are local sandstone rocks. I crossed the Lafayette Road (U.S. 27) and took the Brotherton Road east. I stopped at a location and photographed a tablet for Maney's Brigade and I visited Smith's Mississippi Battery.

Drive home it dawned on me that we have lived 35 miles from this battlefield for over 15 years and I know little or nothing about the battle. I have the opportunity to try to understand what happened at this battle.

I need a plan!