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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGGX_locomotive-4501_Chattanooga-TN.html
Locomotive 4501 (Class M2s, Baldwin No. 37085, built in 1911) was the first 2-8-2 type engine to operate on the Southern Railway System and saw active service until 1948, at which time the Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad of Stearns, Kentucky bought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXL_10th-ohio-infantry_Chattanooga-TN.html
10th Ohio Infantry.Headquarters, Gen. George H. Thomas.Lieut. Col. William M. Ward. Nov. 25, 1863.This regiment was attached to the headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland, together with the First Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters, the Pioneer Briga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD6X_ohio-at-chattanooga_Chattanooga-TN.html
The battle of Chattanooga occupied three days; the first, Nov. 23d, Orchard Knob; the second, Lookout Mountain; the third, Missionary Ridge.
Gen. Rosecrans who commanded the Army of the Cumberland until relieved before the battle by Gen. Thoma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD6V_21st-ohio-infantry_Chattanooga-TN.html
21st Ohio Infantry.Starkweather's Brig., Johnson's Div., 14th Corps.Capt. Charles H. VantineNov. 5, 1863At the opening of the battle, this regiment, with its brigade, occupied the right of the line of earthworks in front of Chattanooga. The remain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAIH_first-presbyterian-church_Chattanooga-TN.html
(Obverse)This church, founded June 21, 1840, by missionaries to the Cherokee Indians from the brainerd Mission and others, is Chattanooga's oldest with record of its founding date. During the Civil War, its building at 7th and Market streets was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA7V_first-coca-cola-bottling-company-in-the-united-states_Chattanooga-TN.html
On July 21, 1899, two Chattanooga lawyers, Benjamin Franklin Thomas and Joseph Brown Whitehead, signed a contract with the Coca-Cola Company granting them the exclusive rights to bottle Coca-Cola in most of the United States. Another Chattanooga c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA6I_martin-hotel_Chattanooga-TN.html
For sixty-one years the Martin Hotel was located at this site. Established in 1924 by Robert Martin with 50 rooms it became the largest African-American hotel in the South. Many celebrities and entertainers such as: Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA5U_william-uncle-bill-lewis_Chattanooga-TN.html
Born a slave in Winchester, Tennessee, William Lewis came to Chattanooga in 1837, when it was Ross' Landing. After building a thriving blacksmith business, Lewis purchased his and his wife's freedom. In 1851, he purchased the freedom of his mother…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA3F_46th-pennsylvania-infantry_Chattanooga-TN.html
(Front):46th Pennsylvania Infantry1st. Brigade [Knipes]1st. Division [Williams]12th. Corps [Slocum]Joe Hooker's command.(Back):This regiment rendered important service as rear guard inthe movements and actions of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corpsin o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91M_chattanooga-howard-school_Chattanooga-TN.html
Founded as a church school about 1865, Howard School was the first free public school, black or white, established in Hamilton County. Incorporated into the city school system in 1873, Howard School was established by the Rev. E. O. Tade, a black …