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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4N_sam-davis-gravesite_Smyrna-TN.html
In November 1863, while carrying intelligence on Union troop movements, Sam was captured near the Alabama border and jailed in Pulaski, Tennessee.
Interrogated by General Grenville Dodge and others, he was told that if information were not fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4L_sam-davis-home_Smyrna-TN.html
In the mid-19th century, the Greek Revival style dominated Southern architecture. The plain design created clarity, order, and simplicity reflecting a touch of refinement. Upper middle class farmers were able to add Greek Revival details such as c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B45_sam-davis-home_Smyrna-TN.html
This is the Sam Davis Home, one of Tennessee's most significant Confederate memorial properties. Samuel ("Sam") Davis, born here in 1842, enlisted in the Rutherford Rifles (Co. I, 1st Tennessee Infantry) in 1861 and fought in western Virginia. Aft…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B41_dewitt-smith-jobe_Smyrna-TN.html
Rutherford County native DeWitt Smith Jobe was a member of Capt. Henry B. Shaw's Coleman's Scouts, a Confederate cavalry unit and spy network that served the Army of Tennessee. The men operated behind Union lines, remaining out of sight in the day…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18SP_sheridan-saves-the-day_Murfreesboro-TN.html
By the middle of the night before the battle, General Sheridan saw signs that the Confederates might attack near here. By 4 a.m., Sheridan had visited all three of his brigade commanders. He gave orders for his men to be fed an early breakfast and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16TZ_boys-you-must-get-out-of-here-you-are-surrounded_Murfreesboro-TN.html
-James Negley, brigadier general, commanding 2nd Division, Center Wing
The jumbled rocks you see here sheltered the four Union regiments of Miller's brigade during a hard two-hour-long fight. Rebel bullets whined and ricocheted, wounding many. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1623_army-of-the-cumberland_Christiana-TN.html
Reynolds' Division of the XIV Corps forced Hoover's Gap, driving a task force of Bate's & Bushrod Johnson's Brigades back to Fairfield, 5 mi. S.W., whence it had come. The XIV Corps reunited with other units of Rosecrans' army at Manchester, thus …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11JE_morgans-wedding_Murfreesboro-TN.html
In a home which stood here, Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, CSA, was married to Miss Martha Ready December 14, 1862, by Bishop (also Lt. Gen. CSA) Leonidas Polk. Col. Basil Duke was best man. Among the groomsmen were Gen. Braxton Bragg, Lt. Gen. W.J. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11JD_battle-of-milton_Milton-TN.html
On March 20, 1863, a brigade of Union infantry took a position on this ridge and held off repeated attacks by General John H. Morgan's Confederate cavalry. The 1500 Federals, under the command of Colonel Hall, inflicted heavy casualties on the 200…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR54_james-m-buchanan_Murfreesboro-TN.html
James M. Buchanan, economist and author, received the 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Grandson of a former governor, he attended Middle Tennessee State Teachers College, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Chicago. B…