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10 Chickamauga Battlefield Hunt Cemetery Loop

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Distance 2.7 miles, loop

Hiking Time 1 hour

Difficulty Easy

Elevation +/–260'

Trail Use Leashed dogs and good for kids

Best Times Spring, fall, and winter

Agency National Park Service, Chickamauga Battlefield

Recommended Maps Chickamauga Battlefield Trail Guide and Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (both available in the visitor center)

HIGHLIGHTS During the War of 1812, Helm Hunt served in the South Carolina Militia and fought against the Creek Indians in what is now Alabama. For his service he received 280 acres of land on what is now part of the Chickamauga Battlefield. Hunt and several of his family members are buried in a small cemetery in the southernmost part of the battlefield; their graves date back to the late 1800s. During the battle of Chickamauga, Helm Hunt’s home was used as a hospital. Nurse Kate Cumming wrote in her journal that “there had been fighting in Mr. Hunt’s yard, and many killed there.” Helm, who was born in 1789—the same year the US Constitution was adopted—was buried in the cemetery in 1870.