January 2005

Battle Report

8th Edition

Military Report of Fort Attaway completed

Mr. David Chuber flew in from Ft. Leonard wood, Missouri to look at Fort Attaway the weekend of September 10-12th to make his determinations. Mr. Chuber has 22 years as an Infantry Officer, he is a US Army Historian with a BA in American History, a Masters in Military History and a Masters in Adult Education. His thesis was titled Field Fortifications in the Civil War. Mid October Mr. Chuber finished his report on Fort Attaway and our preservation lawyer, Jon Schwartz, sent a copy to Federal Highways and the GDOT along with a letter from Mark Snell supporting Chuber's report. Mark Snell is the director of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Mr. Chuber's report and Mark Snell's letter support the fact that Fort Attaway existed on DeSoto Hill during the Civil War, and that to move the railroad tracks further up the north face of DeSoto would "undoubtedly violate the historic boundary of Fort Attaway." (Snell)

Friday, January 15, 2005 on behalf of David Fowler and the Fort Attaway Preservation Society attorney Jonathon L. Schwartz filed a Civil Action suit against the Federal Highways Administration and Robert Callan, its southern division administrator. An article about it was featured in the Rome News Tribune, Possible Civil War site in way of road work, the actual document can be read from the link on our website. Go to www.fortattaway.com and click on the link "Civil Action suit filed January 15, 2005. Tuesday, February 22, 2005 a second Civil Action suit was filed against the Federal Highways Administration and Robert Callan. To view the Civil Action suit document, go to www.fortattaway.com and click on the link "Civil Action suit filed February 22, 2005."

D Chuber Evaluation of Ft. Attaway
Mark Snell Opinion Letter
Civil Action suit filed January 15, 2005
Civil Action suit filed February 22, 2005