Acknowledgements

Thank you to:

Dr. Erin N. Bush for creating this assignment and guidance along the way.

Dr. Jonathan Beall for the valuable resources he suggested.

Ms. Vicki Frye, great-granddaughter of John Lewis Tate for answering questions and providing family pictures and other guidance regarding the Tate family.

Mr. Jimmy and Mrs. Martha McConnell, co-presidents of the Forsyth County Historical Society for their assistance in my research of John Lewis Tate and early 20^th-century Cumming GA.

Mr. Jim Ogden, historian of the Chickamauga Battlefield and Fort Oglethorpe, GA for his assistance in research on Camp Greenleaf.

Emi J. for the inspiration from her research and work on John Lewis Tate in Dr. Melissa Schindler’s English class.

Selah, Ryan, and Will for their suggestions on how to improve this project, it’s been a lot of fun – thank you for your ideas.