A Visit To The Chattanooga National Cemetery
An unexpected trip to the National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee | Civil War Veterans | History Lesson
Vlog Tuesday December 20, 2016 Chattanooga National Cemetery / Chattanooga Tennessee
via YouTube Capture / Chattanooga National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the center of the city of Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 120.9 acres.
Chattanooga National Cemetery
By: John Drum
Chattanooga National Cemetery
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Visiting My Brothers Grave at the Chattanooga National Cemetery
My brother did not die in battle but he did serve his country. One day I will make a video detailing how he died but for now I am just remembering him along with all others who served their country. Thanks to all who are serving now or who have served in the past and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
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TRIBUTE TO CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY CEMEMTERY TN 8-21-14
LEST WE FORGET STRENGTH & HONOR
Chattanooga National Cemetery, situated one mile southeast of the city’s downtown, was designed to fit within the natural landscape of the Cumberland Plateau. Covering over 120 acres, the cemetery is the final resting place for nearly 44,000 veterans, and is the only national cemetery containing the remains of prisoners of war from both World Wars I and II. The cemetery also features several distinctive monuments, including one to the legendary Andrews’ Raiders of 1862.
During the Civil War, Chattanooga became an important target for both the Union and the Confederacy. With transportation links along the Tennessee River and several railroad lines, the city offered a “Gateway to the Deep South.” In September 1863, the Confederate’s Army of Tennessee led by General Braxton Bragg defeated Major General William Rosecrans’ Army of the Cumberland at Chickamauga, Georgia. Lieutenant General James Longstreet forced his way through an opening in the Union line, driving back Union troops. Union Major General George H. Thomas and his men held their position on Snodgrass Hill, earning Thomas the nickname the “Rock of Chickamauga,” allowing the remaining troops to retreat safely toward Chattanooga. Though the Union was defeated, casualties were roughly equal for the two sides, with approximately 18,000 for the South, and 16,000 for the North.
Two months later, the armies again met at Chattanooga. Between November 23 and 25, a series of battles took place at Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge. At Missionary Ridge, the Confederate artillery held the high ground with infantry support below, but Union General Thomas drove his men forward, pushing Confederate troops back up the steep incline toward their own artillery. The Confederate line broke, and the routed Southern army made a hasty retreat into Georgia. A recently promoted Second Lieutenant, Arthur MacArthur, father of World War II hero Douglas MacArthur, received the Medal of Honor for his actions that day.
General Thomas chose the site of the cemetery during the Battle of Missionary Ridge. He selected the same hill used by Major General Ulysses S. Grant during the earlier Battle of Lookout Mountain. The site faced Missionary Ridge to the east, the Tennessee River to the north, and Lookout Mountain to the southwest. In 1863, the cemetery opened with the interment of casualties from the Battles of Chattanooga and Chickamauga, including nearly 1,800 unknowns. Other early burials came from Athens, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, and along the route of Sherman’s march to Atlanta. In 1867, the site was officially designated a national cemetery.
U.S. Army Chaplain Thomas B. Van Horne, who laid out the cemetery, took inspiration from the natural topography and rock outcroppings of the site saying, “Where nature suggested avenues they have been made and their curves define the sections.” As a result, the burial sections are a variety of irregular shapes, including circles, shields, and triangles. Each section contained a central mound available for a monument, with the graves of officers and enlisted men circling the monuments in concentric rings.
The main entrance to the cemetery, located on the site’s eastern boundary off South Holtzclaw Avenue, features two gates. Other entrances are located on Bailey Avenue, on the cemetery’s north side, and at the southwest corner of the site, off Central Avenue. A three-foot tall stone wall topped with a short wrought-iron fence marks the northern boundary of the cemetery, wrought-iron fencing is used along the eastern boundary, and chain link fencing is used elsewhere. Sitting atop the central hill is the cemetery’s flagpole, flanked by four seacoast artillery cannons set upright on concrete bases. The Circle of Honor around the hill features several modest granite monuments dedicated by veterans' organizations and specific military divisions. Located near the pond at the western corner of the cemetery is a monumental granite arch erected in 1880. One of only five in the national cemetery system, the arch stands over 35 feet tall.
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We paid respects to our service men and women who gave everything for our freedom, and we did a drive through the Raccoon Mountain Campground.
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Chattanooga National Cemetery.
A visit to the Chattanooga National Cemetery where U.S Military and Veterans of the U.S.A and the Confederate States of America are buried at. Gravestones go back to the Civil War era to the present. It is at this place I will likely be buried at. But, hopefully not for many, many years.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith full procession at Chattanooga National Cemetery 7-28-15
Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith full procession at Chattanooga National Cemetery 7-28-15 honoring our fallen hero...
Head Of The Hooch 2019 (Chattanooga, TN - Aerial Drone Footage)
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The Head of the Chattahoochee is a rowing regatta held in Chattanooga, TN every year on the first Saturday and Sunday of November.
The Head of the Hooch is one of the world’s largest rowing regattas, with 2,000+ boats racing over two days. More than 9,000 seats are rowed. 1,200 boats compete on Saturday alone, more in one day than any other regatta. Participants come from over 200 different organizations and in 2012 the regatta welcomed crews from 27 different states. The Head of the Hooch has seen a growth in entries from other countries. The regatta has hosted teams from Canada, Germany, Sweden and Australia.
The Head of the Hooch has been recognized by national magazines as the regatta to attend: the weather is nice, the city is great and the racing has the largest number of entries per event of any major regatta. The regatta is organized and hosted by the Atlanta Rowing Club, Roswell, GA and Lookout Rowing Club, Chattanooga, TN.
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2 fires at Chattanooga National Cemetery burn hundreds of tombstones
For the second time in less than two months, a fire has scorched hundreds of tombstones at Chattanooga National Cemetery.
And state and national investigators want to know why.
The latest fire started around 2 p.m. on Sunday and affected 500 tombstones.
The earlier fire, on January 19, took place at the same exact time, again on a Sunday. That fire scorched eighteen hundred tombstones in a different part of the cemetery.
No cause for either fire has been determined.
And Chattanooga firefighters say they can't recall another grass fire at the cemetery in the last 15 years.
If the investigation does point to arson, officials say a suspect could face - federal charges.
(HD) Ssgt David wyatts Funeral Procession From The National cemetery Chattanooga July 24, 2015
Since my strike was lifted off my channel and I can upload videos longer than 15 minutes heres David wyatt's Funeral procession Ssgt David Wyatt in Chattanooga July 24,2015
A memo from Sen. Lamar alexander's office outlines the official request made to the Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Ray Mabus, to name a U.S. Navy vessel the U.S.S. Chattanooga to honor the Fallen Five servicemen killed in the July 16 attack.
WASHINGTON – In a letter today to Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus, U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Representatives Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Tom Graves (R-Ga.) asked the U.S. Navy to give “all due consideration to honoring the five servicemembers killed in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 16, 2015 by naming an appropriate naval vessel the USS Chattanooga.” “In the wake of this tragedy, we believe that it is appropriate for the U.S. Navy to honor the legacy of those who lost their lives,” wrote Alexander, Corker, Fleischmann and Graves. “We therefore ask that you give all due consideration to naming an appropriate vessel the USS Chattanooga.”
Full text of the letter is below and available online here.
Dear Secretary Mabus:
We are writing to ask that you give all due consideration to honoring the five servicemembers killed in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 16, 2015 by naming an appropriate naval vessel the USS Chattanooga. The Chattanooga City Council and the Tennessee General Assembly passed separate resolutions supporting naming the next eligible U.S. Navy ship in honor of the five servicemembers who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attack in Chattanooga. On July 16, 2015, a lone terrorist attacked both a United States Military Recruiting Station and a Navy and Marine Corps Operational Support Center, ultimately claiming the lives of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist, Lance Cpl. Squire “Skip” Wells, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith. Furthermore, the five servicemembers were awarded the Purple Heart on December 16, 2015 because the attacker was found to be inspired by propaganda from a foreign terrorist organization.
In the wake of this tragedy, we believe that it is appropriate for the U.S. Navy to honor the legacy of those who lost their lives. We therefore ask that you give all due consideration to naming an appropriate vessel the USS Chattanooga.
The Battles of Chattanooga: The Civil War in Four Minutes
Join Douglas Ullman, Jr. of the American Battlefield Trust as he recounts the Battles of Chattanooga which took place on November 23–25, 1863. Follow the three day battle from Brig. Gen. William F. “Baldy” Smith’s daring plan to float rafts down the Tennessee River by night to the fighting at Missionary Ridge, in order to learn how Grant’s army finally opened up the gateway to the South.
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National Cemetery Staff Cares for Hallowed Ground
The fourteen member staff at the Chattanooga National Cemetery works hard to keep the grounds in excellent condition. All fourteen are veterans. They started preparing for Memorial Day the day after Veterans Day, but they say for them everyday is Memorial Day.
We've worked thousands of man hours, Head Groundskeeper Bill Catoe said.
On the Thursday before Memorial Day the staff puts out the Avenue of Flags.
They are donated flags that have been on the casket of veterans, Catoe told us. Any family can donate the flag to be placed as part of our Avenue of Flags.
More than 200 flags line the paths through the cemetery.
Catoe spent 4 years in the Marine Corps. He served 2 tours in Iraq. Catoe says some member of the staff has fought in every U.S. war since Vietnam.
These men and women who are here they've been in the trenches. Catoe said. They understand what it's like to be in combat to lose brothers and sisters.
You can see that bond and that level of respect all over these grounds. It's also evident to the people who come here to visit the loved ones they've lost.
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US Navy Missing Man Formation Flyover of the Chattanooga National Cemetery
On July 28, 2015, Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith was laid to rest at the Chattanooga National Cemetery after he died from his wounds by an attack on his installation on July 16, 2015 which gripped our city and our national. The US Navy performed the Missing Man Formation Flyover the Chattanooga National Cemetery n honor of his passing.
Randall Smith Laid to Rest
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (July 28, 2015) Pallbearers carry the casket of Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Randall Smith at Chattanooga National Cemetery. Then an honor guard folds the American flag during an interment ceremony before it is presented to his widow. (U.S. Navy video/Released)
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(HD) Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith funeral procession
Funeral procession for Randall Smith The funeral was at First Baptist Church in Fort Oglethorpe, with burial in the Chattanooga National Cemetery. It was touching to see the number of people who turned out in the heat to honor Petty Officer Second Class Randall Smith. Hundreds of strangers lined the streets near First Baptist Church of Fort Oglethorpe Tuesday.
Sometimes a date latches on to a life and just won't let go.
On a January 14, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith graduated from boot camp.
On a January 14, he married his wife, Angie Smith.
And on January 14, 2016, Randall Smith was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for his actions on July 16, 2015 — when he was mortally wounded during a terrorist attack at the U.S. Naval and Marine Reserve Center in Chattanooga. Shot three times, the bullets pierced his colon, liver, stomach and arm.
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The 26-year-old died two days later, the fifth person killed by the gunman.
He left three daughters behind.
On Thursday, his oldest daughter accepted the award on her father's behalf in a small, private ceremony, according to statement from the Navy.
Vice Admiral Robin Braun, chief of the Navy reserve, attended the ceremony with a handful of other Navy leaders. The entire Navy Reserve Force was deeply saddened at the passing of LS2 Randall S. Smith, Braun said in a statement. He was a dedicated sailor who cared deeply about his family, his community, and his country. His service and, indeed, his life will remain an inspiration for his shipmates and all who were fortunate enough to have known him.
Angie Smith remembered her husband during the ceremony and told a story about Jan. 14, the release said.She said Randall once commented that he would always remember the date.
Why? Angie had asked him. Because you married me? No, you big dummy, Randall joked. Because that's the day I graduated boot camp. A memo from Sen. Lamar alexander's office outlines the official request made to the Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Ray Mabus, to name a U.S. Navy vessel the U.S.S. Chattanooga to honor the Fallen Five servicemen killed in the July 16 attack.
WASHINGTON – In a letter today to Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus, U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Representatives Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Tom Graves (R-Ga.) asked the U.S. Navy to give “all due consideration to honoring the five servicemembers killed in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 16, 2015 by naming an appropriate naval vessel the USS Chattanooga.” “In the wake of this tragedy, we believe that it is appropriate for the U.S. Navy to honor the legacy of those who lost their lives,” wrote Alexander, Corker, Fleischmann and Graves. “We therefore ask that you give all due consideration to naming an appropriate vessel the USS Chattanooga.”
Full text of the letter is below and available online here.
Dear Secretary Mabus:
We are writing to ask that you give all due consideration to honoring the five servicemembers killed in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 16, 2015 by naming an appropriate naval vessel the USS Chattanooga. The Chattanooga City Council and the Tennessee General Assembly passed separate resolutions supporting naming the next eligible U.S. Navy ship in honor of the five servicemembers who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attack in Chattanooga. On July 16, 2015, a lone terrorist attacked both a United States Military Recruiting Station and a Navy and Marine Corps Operational Support Center, ultimately claiming the lives of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist, Lance Cpl. Squire “Skip” Wells, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith. Furthermore, the five servicemembers were awarded the Purple Heart on December 16, 2015 because the attacker was found to be inspired by propaganda from a foreign terrorist organization.
In the wake of this tragedy, we believe that it is appropriate for the U.S. Navy to honor the legacy of those who lost their lives. We therefore ask that you give all due consideration to naming an appropriate vessel the USS Chattanooga.