IF YOU GOWhat: “Cannons Roar Again at Chickamauga”Where: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkWhen: Today at 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m.To learn more: www.nps.gov/chch
Seven hundred men charged out of the woods at Poe Field on the banks of Chickamauga Creek on a day in September of 1863.
Just days after losing Chattanooga to Union troops, the men — teenagers, brothers, friends, fathers — fought to stop the Union advance into North Georgia.
They stormed out from the cover of the trees — and came face-to-face with 18 Union cannons.
“They’re marching up against hell incarnate, and they are just shot to pieces,” said Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Military Park Ranger Will Sunderland.