TRANSPORTATION TO CHICHAMAUGA
To all Compatiots of the First Texas Volunteer Infantry,
We have secured a bus to take the first forty men to sign-up from Houston to the reenactment site at Chichamauga, Georgia. The price for the trip is $115.00.
Round-trip bus ticket $85.00
One night hotel
(two to a room) $22.37
Ticket -Chichamauga Movie $ 1.50
Cokes, Snacks and Ice $ 6.13
TOTAL $115.00
The bus will leave Houston at 5:00PM, Wednesday, September the 15th. We will drive straight through to the Chichamauga Military Park. We will arrive approximately at 8:00 AM on Thursday, September the 16th. We will have breakfast before going inside the park. At 10:30AM we will be given a tour of the Chichamauga Battlefield by a park historian. The tour will last about 3 to 4 hours. When the tour is over we will stop and have lunch outside the park, then proceed to the reenactment site. After the battle the bus will pick us up on Sunday afternoon, September the 19th and we will drive to Gadsden, Alabama. We will stay at the Econo-Lodge in Gadsden, Alabama, about an hour and a half from the site. There we will be able to shower and regroup for the ride home. There are 8 resturants within walking distance from the hotel. We will leave early Monday, September 20th, about 7:30AM and drive to Houston. We will stop and eat Monday afternoon, then arrive in Houston approximately 8:00PM. Meals are not included in your bus fare.
If you are interested in going to the Chichamauga Reenactment by this mode of transportation, you must act quickly. Only the first 40 who send in their fee will get to go on the bus.
The first payment of $60.00 will be due August the 15th.
The final payment of $55.00 will be due September 1st.
If you have any questions, please call Les Pettigrew Home 409-548-6675
Office 409-548-6455
Mobil 409-236-3760
If you would like to sign up, then mail your fee to:
Les Pettigrew
P. O. Box 121
Sweeny, Texas 77480
Make checks payable to: Les Pettigrew-Chichamauga