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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LE7_john-houston-bills_Bolivar-TN.html
Born in Iredell County, North Carolina, Bills settled in Bolivar, or Hatchie Town, as it was then called, in 1821. A successful merchant, planter, real estate operator and politician, he was also an extensive traveler and a diarist. Bills purchase…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDO_bolivar_Bolivar-TN.html
Located midway between Memphis and Corinth, Mississippi, Bolivar's position on the Hatchie River (a navigable route to the Mississippi River) and its junction of north-south railroads made it a strategic location for both armies. By the fall of 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16V3_hardeman-county-fayette-county_Whiteville-TN.html
(obverse)Hardeman County Established 1823: named in honor ofThomas Jones HardemanCaptain in War of 1812; colonel of Tennessee militia in the fighting before New Orleans; quartermaster, Jackson's Natchez expedition, 1812. One of the commissioner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16FE_battle-of-davis-bridge_Pocahontas-TN.html
Front In memory of the men who fought here October 5, 1862BATTLE OF DAVIS BRIDGEPoor is the nation that has no heroesShameful is the nation that has them and forgets. CONFEDERATE Back Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120G_hell-on-the-hatchie_Pocahontas-TN.html
Here along the Hatchie River, Confederate and Union forces fought a short but brutal battle. Repulsed with devastating losses from an unsuccessful attempt to retake Corinth, the Confederates discovered their retreat blocked when Union troops from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1201_engagement-at-davis-bridge_Pocahontas-TN.html
By late spring 1862, United States forces in the West threatened to cut the Confederacy in two, having captured both New Orleans and Memphis on the Mississippi River, and the vital railroad hub at Corinth, Mississippi, thereby severing the Memphis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYY8_sassafras-mill_Hickory-Valley-TN.html
This is the boiler portion of the sassafras mill that operated in Hickory Valley. It took native sassafras roots and processed them into an aromatic oil used in medicine, perfume, and flavoring. A man with a mule regularly dug a ton of roots a day…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYXX_old-hatchie-town_Bolivar-TN.html
Here in early days was Fowler's Ferry, at the head of steamboat navigation on the Hatchie River. A town, named Hatchie, was established in 1819. In 1824, because of repeated floods, the town was moved about 2 miles south and named Bolivar, in hono…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYX0_st-james-episcopal-church_Bolivar-TN.html
Organized April 17, 1834. The Present edifice, completed 1870 and consecrated by Bishop Charles T. Quintard, replaced a brick building built in 1840. The memorial window for Gen. Otho F. Strahl and Lt. John Marst, both killed in the Battle of Fran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYWV_battle-of-middleburg_Bolivar-TN.html
Ordered to raid Federal supply lines in West Tennessee, Confederate General Frank C. Armstrong rode north from Holly Springs, Mississippi in August 1862, with a large force of cavalry. Near this spot on August 30, Armstrong engaged a Union brigade…
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