Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1898 — At Chickamauga Park. [ARTICLE]

At Chickamauga Park.

Chattanooga, Tenn., April 22. —The work of forming an army at Chickamauga began in earnest Thursday. Al] night long a large force of j laborers liere were kept busy building extra side tracks and chutes 'wr the unloading of the cavalry horses, wagons and artillery. The first regiment to reach the grounds Thursday was the Sixth cavalry, whioh arrived from Fort Myer. They went into camp near Gullens Springs, and vyere followed soon after by light battery E, First artillery, 75 men in command of Capt. Capron. Not a moment was lost in unloading the guns and caissons. Everything moved with the regularity of a machine, and as fast as the trains were unloaded they made way for new arrivals.