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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G62_fort-sanders-u-d-c-monument_Knoxville-TN.html
To the memory of the Confederate soldiers
Who fell in the assault on Fort Sanders
November 29, 1863.
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight
Nor Time's remorseless doom
Shall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
Erected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G60_the-assault-upon-fort-sanders_Knoxville-TN.html
Four brigades of infantry, Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps, emerging from the declivity to the north made a bayonet charge upon Federal Fort Sanders at this point, at dawn, Nov. 29, 1863. They were stopped with heavy casualties by a deep ditch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G56_james-white_Knoxville-TN.html
Erected the city's first dwelling in this block in 1786. White's Fort was later constructed to surround the house.
Knoxville was named for Henry Knox, Washington's Secretary of War, and was chosen by Governor William Blount as capitol of the terr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFJ_vinnies-italian-restaurant_Knoxville-TN.html
This Property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFI_the-southern-railway-station_Knoxville-TN.html
The Southern Railway Station at Knoxville Tennessee has been placed on the National Register of Historic Railroad Landmarks. 1903-2003 The two story buff brick station with its gables was designed by Frank P. Milburn and opened in 1903. An impress…
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.