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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B13_civil-war-in-charlotte_Charlotte-TN.html
In 1860, 300 people lived in Charlotte, the Dickson County seat. During the war, the residents witnessed considerable military activity, beginning February 17, 1862, when Confederate Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest, arrived here to reequip his men and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0I_frank-goad-clement_Dickson-TN.html
Born on this site, June 1920, Clement spent his childhood in Dickson. Famous as an orator, he was three times elected Governor of Tennessee, for a two-year term in 1952 and for four-year terms in 1954 and 1962. Among the programs inaugurated durin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0H_civil-war-railroad_Dickson-TN.html
Continued attacks by Confederate guerrillas destroying Union supply ships on the Cumberland River at Yellow Creek and Harpeth Shoals, as they attempted to supply Nashville, necessitated General U.S. Grant to authorize the construction of a safe me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0G_mile-post-42_Dickson-TN.html
The railroad in front of you was part of a vital transportation network for the Federal army during the Civil War. W.H.Crutcher had purchased 533 acres and constructed a sixteen-by-sixteen foot log structure here in December 1860. After occupying …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0F_first-national-bank_Dickson-TN.html
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B09_irish-shanty_Dickson-TN.html
On July 2, 1863, as Federal forces conducted a campaign to rid the Yellow Creek valley of Confederate guerrillas, a forward detachment of the 8th Kentucky Cavalry (US) rode up to a grocery store and tavern located about two miles to the west. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B08_camp-gillem_Dickson-TN.html
In 1864, just to your left, the Federal army established Camp Gillem to protect the locomotive yard here at Gillem Station. Both were named for Gen. Alvan C. Gillem, commander of the troops guarding and constructing the Nashville and Northwestern …