Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP is in two states, Georgia and Tennessee. The Chickamauga Battlefield is just south of the Tennessee/Georgia border and lies within the boundaries of Fort Oglethorpe.

The Battle of Chickamauga in North Georgia, not far from Chattanooga, Tennessee, was the largest battle fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It is second only to the Battle of Gettysburg in the number of casualties.

If one desires to read more about the Battle of Chickamauga, I suggest going to: http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-chickamauga.

On the top of Lookout Mountain is a charming Park named Rock City. Rock City features a long, convoluted rock trail lined with gardens containing hundreds of labelled local trees and plants. The trail also leads through a variety of bizarre rock formations, including the 1000-ton Balanced Rock and the Fat Man's Squeeze. Two other sections, the Fairyland Caverns and Mother Goose Village, are rock caves decorated with blacklight-responsive sculptures.

Now it is time to head northeast, traveling through eastern Tennessee, (described in Galler #5) to southwestern VA.