Catoosa County Veterans

Catoosa County Veterans. . Catoosa County holds the distinction of having more active servicemen die within its boundaries than any other county in America apart from Adams County, Pennsylvania, where the Battle of Gettysburg occurred in July of 1863. The total number of deaths at the Battle of Chickamauga and the Battle of Ringgold was almost 5,000. There were hundreds of deaths in Fort Oglethorpe from the typhoid epidemic in 1898 that spread through the American military. The flu epidemic of 1918 in Fort Oglethorpe also resulted in the deaths of hundreds of veterans. The Battle of Ringgold resulted in hundreds of Union deaths and approximately twenty Confederate deaths. The total number of casualties during the Battle of Chickamauga were Union 16,170 and Confederates 18,454. Many of Union and Confederate casualties that were not killed on the day of the Battle of Ringgold or the Battle of Chickamauga later died because of their wounds., The Battle of Ringgold Gap occurred in the gap of the mountain that lies due east of this memorial, approximately one mile from here. During that battle, many Union soldiers were returned to the Nathan Anderson home for medical treatment. Immediately north of this memorial are over 100 military style unmarked graves believed to be graves of Union soldiers who died on the day of the battle or immediately thereafter and civilians who were killed during the battle. In addition, there were approximately 135 Confederate soldiers who were initially buried in this cemetery who were later moved to a Confederate cemetery battlefield near Kennesaw. There are also hundreds of veterans of the U.S. military who are buried in this cemetery who served in wars beginning as early as the War of 18 12. This cemetery initially started as a family cemetery for the Anderson family but by the time of the Civil War it had grown into a community burial site. Due to the necessities of war, the cemetery became a military burial site.