"New York Peace Monument - Lookout Mountain, TN" Waymark

Long Description:
The monument contains a lot of text--descriptions of battles and the names of enlisted men. It seems as if noone has yet transcribed this and made it available.
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The United States Government purchased the famous Lookout Point for the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. The purchase was made and the transfer was completed August 3, 1898.

Tablets were at once erected giving the story of the Battle Above the Clouds and the Mountain's occupation, first by Confederate soldiers and then by Federal troops. No monument was at first permitted on the crest, but when the State of New York planned a Peace Memorial that site was selected and the Government granted permission for its erection. The seven states which lie within the view were ravaged by War and it is fitting that the tribute to Peace should command the scene.

This is the largest monument in the Chickamauga-Chattanooga Military Park, and it represents an expenditure of more than one hundred thousand dollars. A bronze group, called "Reconciliation' by the sculptor, Hinton Perry, crowns the marble shaft. A Federal soldier clasps the hand of a Confederate soldier as they stand beside the Stars and Stripes. On the pedestal are lists of New York troops engaged in the battles of the Chickamauga Campaign. On one facade are the words of President McKinley:

REUNITED—ONE COUNTRY AGAIN AND FOREVER.

Columns support the shaft, and the memorial stands upon a base which is fifty feet in diameter.

The monument is eighty five feet high and can be seen for many miles.

The New York Commission which erected the monument included, General Daniel E. Sickles, Chairman; Major Charles A. Richardson, Major General Daniel Butterfield, Colonel Clinton Beckwith, Major General A. S. Webb, Colonel Lewis R. Stegman, Brigadier General Anson G. McCook, and Major A. J. Zabriskie.

It was dedicated November 1, 1910.
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Description: A depiction of a Union and a Confederate soldier embracing each other and standing beside the flag. The soldiers stand atop a tall circular shaft which rests atop a colonnade. Bronze plaques with inscriptions are on four sides around the circumference of the shaft. Marble stairs lead up to the colonnade.

Remarks: Roland Hinton Perry designed the sculpture; A. J. Zabniskie prepared the plans and specifications; and G. H. Cutting Granite Company served as the contractor. The monument commemorates the battle for Lookout Mountain. The cost of the monument was $80,000. IAS files contain photocopy of the National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 08699). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.
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