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U.S. Civil War SitesWilliam Little House-Walker County, Ga

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House located in rural north west Georgia.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SearchN

location: Georgia

date approved: 04/13/2008

last visited: 12/29/2010

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U.S. Civil War SitesBattle of Mattox Gap- Shipp's Gap - GA

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member SearchN

location: Georgia

date approved: 04/20/2008

last visited: 06/30/2009

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U.S. Civil War SitesJohn Henry Wisdom - Hokes Bluff, AL

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The Paul Revere of the Confederacy

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Alabama

date approved: 04/13/2022

last visited: never

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U.S. Civil War SitesBattlefield Monuments-Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park - Fort Oglethorpe GA

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Georgia

date approved: 09/23/2020

last visited: 10/02/2021

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U.S. Civil War SitesHistoric Plaques and Markers - Fort Oglethorpe GA

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Georgia

date approved: 09/23/2020

last visited: 10/02/2021

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U.S. Civil War SitesField Artillery-Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park - Fort Oglethorpe GA

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Georgia

date approved: 09/23/2020

last visited: 10/02/2021

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U.S. Civil War SitesJohn H. Wisdom

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Thorny1

location: Alabama

date approved: 07/08/2008

last visited: 03/21/2012

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U.S. Civil War SitesSoldier Tourist - Point Park - Lookout Mountain, TN

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Marker between two cannon near the museum.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Tennessee

date approved: 03/02/2023

last visited: 03/04/2023

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U.S. Civil War SitesPoint Park-Lookout Mountain, TN

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Chattanooga fell to the Union Army here.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member snfromky

location: Tennessee

date approved: 06/30/2007

last visited: 11/02/2022

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U.S. Civil War SitesThe Battles for Chattanooga - Lookout Mountain, TN

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Explaining the battle that took place here and all around this area in a time line of events.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Tennessee

date approved: 01/26/2023

last visited: 01/29/2023

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U.S. Civil War SitesBattle Above the Clouds - Lookout Mountain TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/02/2020

last visited: 10/01/2021

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U.S. Civil War SitesCleveland During the Civil War-Struggle for Control - Cleveland TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 05/12/2023

last visited: 05/12/2023

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U.S. Civil War SitesMilitary History of Chattanooga - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/18/2020

last visited: 05/13/2023

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U.S. Civil War SitesThe Fight for Chattanooga - Tiftonia, TN

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Tennessee Welcome Center — I-24 EB - Tiftonia, Tennessee

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Tennessee

date approved: 06/02/2023

last visited: never

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U.S. Civil War SitesCrutchfield House Headquarters and Hospital - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 05/11/2023

last visited: 05/12/2023

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U.S. Civil War SitesMilitary History of Chattanooga -- Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/15/2017

last visited: 08/02/2017

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U.S. Civil War SitesBattle of Chattanooga, 3d Day, Nov. 25. - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/19/2020

last visited: 10/01/2021

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U.S. Civil War SitesBattle of Chattanooga, 2d Day, Nov. 24.- Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/19/2020

last visited: 10/01/2021

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U.S. Civil War SitesBattle of Chattanooga, 1st Day, Nov. 23 - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/19/2020

last visited: 10/01/2021

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U.S. Civil War SitesRe-Opening the Tennessee River - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/19/2020

last visited: 03/24/2023

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U.S. Civil War SitesNegley's and Wilder's Demonstrations Against Chattanooga - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/19/2020

last visited: 10/01/2021

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U.S. Civil War SitesHazen's Raid at Brown's Ferry - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 05/11/2023

last visited: 05/12/2023

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U.S. Civil War SitesOccupied Chattanooga-The Waterfront - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 05/11/2023

last visited: 05/12/2023

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U.S. Civil War SitesUnion Block House - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/19/2020

last visited: 10/01/2021

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U.S. Civil War Sites1864 Military Bridge - Chattanooga TN

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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: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Tennessee

date approved: 10/19/2020

last visited: 10/01/2021

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