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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BF4_old-gray-cemetery_Knoxville-TN.html
Since the Civil War, the thirteen-acre Old Gray Cemetery has been the final resting place for Union and Confederateveterans. During the conflict, control of Knoxville shifted from Confederate to Union forces, so it is appropriate that both sides a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BF3_old-gray-cemetery_Knoxville-TN.html
Old Gray Cemetery, incorporated in 1850, is the resting place of William G. Brownlow, Tennessee Governor and U.S. Senator, as well as two other U.S. Senators, eight U.S. Congressmen, 26 mayors of Knoxville, and numerous ambassadors, judges, editor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BF2_war-on-the-home-front_Knoxville-TN.html
(preface)On November 4, 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's garrison at Knoxville. Burnside confronted Longstreet below Knoxville, then withdrew on Novemb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEV_fort-sanders_Knoxville-TN.html
(preface)On November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted Longstreet …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BET_fort-sanders_Knoxville-TN.html
Fort Sanders, a bastioned earthwork on the ridge two blocks north of here, was the scene of Gen. James Longstreet's unsuccessful assault upon the Federal defenses of Knoxville at dawn, Nov. 29, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEQ_bleak-house_Knoxville-TN.html
Bleak House, the home of Robert Houston Armstrong and Louisa Franklin Armstrong, is an Italianate-style mansion completed in 1858. During the Siege and Battle of Knoxville, November 17-December 4, 1863, the house was Confederate Gen. James Longstr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEO_longstreets-headquarters_Knoxville-TN.html
"Bleak House," the home of Robert Houston Armstrong, was used as the headquarters of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet and Major Gen. Lafayette McLaws, C.S.A., during the siege of Knoxville, November, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BE5_admiral-david-glasgow-farragut-monument_Knoxville-TN.html
Admiral David Glasgow FarragutBirthplace - Campbell Station in Knox County, Tennessee
* James Glasgow Farragut was born on 5 July 1801 in a log cabin at Stony Point just four miles southeast of the location referred to in 1801 as Campbell's Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDX_battle-of-campbells-station_Knoxville-TN.html
(preface)On November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted Longstreet …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16GR_treaty-of-the-holston_Knoxville-TN.html
250 yards east, near the mouth of First Creek, William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the River Ohio, on July 2, 1791, signed a treaty with 48 chiefs of the Cherokee. It ceded a tract of land east of Clinch River extending approximatel…