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|  William Little House-Walker County, Ga
in U.S. Civil War Sites House located in rural north west Georgia. posted by: SearchN location: Georgia date approved: 04/13/2008 last visited: 12/29/2010 |
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|  Battle of Mattox Gap- Shipp's Gap - GA
in U.S. Civil War Sites This marker was placed by the Son's of Confederate Veterans, John B. Gordon Camp 599 and is located on Hwy. 136 at Forest Road 250. posted by: SearchN location: Georgia date approved: 04/20/2008 last visited: 06/30/2009 |
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|  John Henry Wisdom - Hokes Bluff, AL
in U.S. Civil War Sites The Paul Revere of the Confederacy posted by: YoSam. location: Alabama date approved: 04/13/2022 last visited: never |
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|  Battlefield Monuments-Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park - Fort Oglethorpe GA
in U.S. Civil War Sites More than 600 stone and bronze monuments were erected on the battlefields here between 1890 and 1930. Chickamauga and Chattanooga veterans designed and placed most of them, under the direction of the Park Commissioners. Funding was provided by the U.S. Government, the states, and veterans organizations. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/23/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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|  Historic Plaques and Markers - Fort Oglethorpe GA
in U.S. Civil War Sites On August 19, 1890, the U.S. Congress established the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park for the purpose of "preserving and suitably marking for historical and professional military study the fieldS. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/23/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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|  Field Artillery-Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park - Fort Oglethorpe GA
in U.S. Civil War Sites In front of you are examples of six types of muzzle-loading field guns used at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. The iron and bronze tubes are authentic Civil War pieces; the carriages are reproductions. More than 200 other cannon visible on the battlefield today were placed by veterans in the 1890s. These guns mark the positions of batteries during the fighting. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/23/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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|  John H. Wisdom
in U.S. Civil War Sites John H. Wisdom
His courageous ride of warning from Gadsden to Rome, GA on May 2, 1863 is unsurpassed in history. Erected by the Etowah County Historical Society June 1957. posted by: Thorny1 location: Alabama date approved: 07/08/2008 last visited: 03/21/2012 |
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|  Soldier Tourist - Point Park - Lookout Mountain, TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Marker between two cannon near the museum. posted by: YoSam. location: Tennessee date approved: 03/02/2023 last visited: 03/04/2023 |
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|  Point Park-Lookout Mountain, TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Chattanooga fell to the Union Army here. posted by: snfromky location: Tennessee date approved: 06/30/2007 last visited: 11/02/2022 |
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|  The Battles for Chattanooga - Lookout Mountain, TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Explaining the battle that took place here and all around this area in a time line of events. posted by: YoSam. location: Tennessee date approved: 01/26/2023 last visited: 01/29/2023 |
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|  Battle Above the Clouds - Lookout Mountain TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites On November 24, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander, ordered Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's forces to storm Lookout Mountain. Hooker's men swept up the western slope of the mountain from your left. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/02/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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|  Cleveland During the Civil War-Struggle for Control - Cleveland TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Union troops built Fort McPherson and Fort Sedgwick on the highest points here and successfully repelled Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s August 17, 1864, raid. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/12/2023 last visited: 05/12/2023 |
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|  Military History of Chattanooga - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites This city was first occupied by Confederate troops in the spring of 1862 under Generals Floyd, Maxey and Leadbetter. Union troops under General Mitchell shelled it June 7 and 8. Bragg's Army occupied it in August preparing for the Kentucky campaign. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/18/2020 last visited: 05/13/2023 |
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|  The Fight for Chattanooga - Tiftonia, TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Tennessee Welcome Center — I-24 EB - Tiftonia, Tennessee posted by: YoSam. location: Tennessee date approved: 06/02/2023 last visited: never |
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|  Crutchfield House Headquarters and Hospital - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites When Union troops occupied the town on September 9, 1863, the 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry planted its regimental colors “on the third story of the Crutchfield House, the first to float over the evacuated town.” posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/11/2023 last visited: 05/12/2023 |
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|  Military History of Chattanooga -- Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites A black US War Department tablet from the 1890s at a pocket park in downtown Chattanooga tells the Civil War military history of Chattanooga. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Tennessee date approved: 10/15/2017 last visited: 08/02/2017 |
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|  Battle of Chattanooga, 3d Day, Nov. 25. - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites During the night of Nov. 24, 1863, Bragg's forces withdrew from the plain and Lookout and joined those on Missionary Ridge, occupying it from Rossville to Tunnel Hill, and a spur thence eastward to the Chickamauga. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/19/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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|  Battle of Chattanooga, 2d Day, Nov. 24.- Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites During the night of Nov. 23, 1863, Gen. Sherman crossed the Tennessee at the mouth of the Chickamauga, under orders to carry the north end of Missionary Ridge to the railroad tunnel. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/19/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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|  Battle of Chattanooga, 1st Day, Nov. 23 - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites November 23d, 1863, under instructions from Gen. Grant to ascertain whether the Confederates still occupied the valley, Gen. Thomas disposed forces in front of Fort Wood, the site of which is now marked by the stand-pipe of the water works. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/19/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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|  Re-Opening the Tennessee River - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites After Chickamauga, the Confederates by holding Lookout Mountain and Valley, closed the river line of supplies. Rosecrans' plan for its re-opening was to move Hooker's force from Bridgeport into Lookout Valley. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/19/2020 last visited: 03/24/2023 |
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|  Negley's and Wilder's Demonstrations Against Chattanooga - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites On June 7 and 8, 1862, General Negley in command of a Union reconnoitering force appeared on Stringer's Ridge northwest of this point, and screened by the timber opened with artillery on the city and line of rifle pits. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/19/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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|  Hazen's Raid at Brown's Ferry - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Late in October, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered troops to march north and seize the valley. In the early morning of October 27, 1,150 soldiers under Gen. William B. Hazen boarded pontoons and set out for Brown’s Ferry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/11/2023 last visited: 05/12/2023 |
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|  Occupied Chattanooga-The Waterfront - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites When Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans army shelled Chattanooga in August 1863, three forts lined the riverfront from near the present-day Hunter Museum of Art on your left to Cameron Hill on your right across the river. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/11/2023 last visited: 05/12/2023 |
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|  Union Block House - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Block houses were built during the Civil War for use as defensive position to protect critical assets. The military bridge spanning the river located here was protected by a block house similar to the example pictured here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/19/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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|  1864 Military Bridge - Chattanooga TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites The first bridge crossing of the Tennessee River at Chattanooga was erected in 1864 under the order of Montgomery Meigs. This clearing highlights the alignment where the wooden bridge crossed the southern portions of Renaissance Park. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/19/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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