An outdoor Civil War banquet will be held 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27 on the lawn at 850 Fort Wood Street, joining the list of special events commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Battles of Chattanooga. Tickets are $75 and are now on sale.
Music of the period and Civil War re-enactors will add to the ambiance. Following the dinner, Daryl Black, executive director of the Chattanooga History Center, will speak about Fort Wood’s role in the battles of the Civil War in a 20-minute program, “After Chickamauga.”
Free, self-guided historic walking tours of the neighborhood will be offered and prints of the original fort in Fort Wood will be available for purchase.
The original “fort” in Fort Wood was an earthwork stronghold constructed by Union forces in 1863 during their occupation of Chattanooga.
The Union Army of the Cumberland struggled with Confederate forces south of Chattanooga along the banks of Chickamauga Creek on Sept. 19 and 20, 1863. After an epic collapse on Sept. 20, Union troops retreated into Chattanooga demoralized and beaten. A mere two months later, the decisive attack on the Confederate forces on Missionary Ridge began when signal shots rang out from the Union artillery at Fort Wood. The victory gained that day assured the collapse of the Confederacy.
This event will benefit the Fort Wood Neighborhood Association, a 501(c)3 organization.
For more information, visit www.historicfortwood.org.
Source: Fort Wood Neighborhood Association