A class of Ohio students plans on helping to restore the Ohio Reservation Civil War monument atop Missionary Ridge. The drummer boy’s hand has been broken off and needs replacing.About the Ohio Monument:Erected in 1903 by the Van Amringe Company, BostonObelisk shape, 45 feet tallFour life-sized granite statues – Infantryman, Artilleryman, Cavalryman and Drummer BoyOriginal cost: $30,000Location: Ohio Reservation, Crest Road, ChattanoogaSource: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkFor more information or to donate to Civil War monument restoration contact:Friends of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkP.O. Box 748, Chattanooga, TN 37401(423) 648-5623www.friendsofchch.org
A few years ago, Derek Hinkle and his brother Doug were driving up Crest Road and couldn’t find a parking spot.
They knocked on Betsy Bramlett’s door and asked if she wouldn’t mind if they used her driveway for a bit so they could walk a few houses up and see the Ohio Reservation Monument to that state’s Civil War units who fought in battles here.
“I said, ‘well sure, park. And stop by on your way back,'” Bramlett told the brothers.
The brothers’ great-great-great-grandfather, Pvt. George Hinkle, had charged up the ridge with the 98th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and had two fingers on one of his hands blown off in the fighting.