MARCHING THROUGH TIME WITH GEORGE MANEY AND HIS CONFEDERATES

On the way to find the men of George Maney deep in the forests of Chickamauga.
On the way to find the men of George Maney deep in the forests of Chickamauga.

If you start wandering about the battlefields of the American Civil War you might start noticing names appearing on more than one battlefield.  One such name is George Maney of Tennessee.  A recent trip took me out onto the fields of Chickamauga where our group, led by the indomitable David Powell and National Park historian James Ogden, wandered in the footsteps of Maney’s brigade on both 19 and 20 September 1863.  Maney’s brigade fought hard on those two days.  While they did not achieve greatness, turning the tide of the battle in one direction or the other, they stayed steady.

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