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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27VK_parkers-crossroads_Holladay-TN.html
Late in 1862, the Union army Gen. Ulysses S. Grant threatened Vicksburg, Mississippi. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg ordered Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest to sever Grant's West Tennessee supply line, which extended from Columbus, Kentucky, via the M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2268_tranquility_Camden-TN.html
An early post office of this name was opened Sept. 28, 1835, in the home of William H.H. Burton, which stood at this site. It remained here until Aug. 27, 1837, when it was moved to the public square of Camden and the name changed to "Camden." Sam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2267_senator-mildred-jolly-lashlee_Camden-TN.html
Mildred Jolly Lashlee was the first woman elected to the Tennessee Senate for a full "regular" term. Elected in November 1944, she represented the 26th Senatorial District. Before her election she was appointed to complete the term of he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM225O_gunboats-and-cavalry_Camden-TN.html
8½ miles east, at Johnsonville Landing, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, after blocking river approaches from both directions with captured Federal vessels and gunfire, destroyed the Federal base at Johnsonville. Losses were 4 gunboats, 14 steamboats…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM225N_irish-csa-soldiers-a-war-memorial_Camden-TN.html
U.D.C. Marker to eight Irish CSA soldiers
probably worked on railroad
1860-1861
Erected by
Captain Nathaniel A. Wesson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
1992
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TL9_fort-johnson-historical_Holladay-TN.html
Take Exit 133, State Route 191, and drive north to visit two state parks associated with the struggle to control the Tennessee River during the Civil War.
In 1861, the Confederates built Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River and Fort He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EYQ_fighting-on-the-tennessee-river_Camden-TN.html
During the Civil War, several engagements occurred along the strategically important Tennessee River within about five miles of here. In each one, cavalrymen engaged naval forces.
On April 26, 1863 near the mouth of the Duck River east of here,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EY1_mary-cordelia-beasley-hudson_Camden-TN.html
Mary Cordelia Beasley-Hudson, a life-long resident of Benton County, was an advocated for women's suffrage. The Tennessee General Assembly approved an amendment to the state constitution to allow women's suffrage on April 15, 1919. Seven days late…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXZ_david-benton_Camden-TN.html
Born 1779, South Carolina, died 1860, Benton County Tenn. Citizen soldier, War of 1812, member of Benton County's first quarterly court February 1836. Patriot for whom Benton County was named. Presented to the Citizens of Benton.(Base monument) Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXY_thomas-clark-rye_Camden-TN.html
Born June 2, 1863, in a log cabin, about 1/2 mile N., he studied law at Charlotte, later began practice at Camden. Attorney General of the 13th Judicial District, 1908-12, he was the last Tennessee governor to be elected by a convention. Inaugurat…