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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AOA_cragfont_Castalian-Springs-TN.html
Cragfont was the home of Confederate Maj. George W. Winchester (1822-1878), his mother, Susan Winchester, his wife, Malvina H. Gaines, and their children. Their surviving letters and diaries describe life during Union occupation.
George Winche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AO8_cragfont_Castalian-Springs-TN.html
0.7 mile north, the home of James Winchester, built by artisans from his home state of Maryland and completed in 1802. He was a War of 1812 brigadier general, and in association with General Andrew Jackson and Judge John Overton was one of Memphis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AO6_zieglers-station_Gallatin-TN.html
This station was built in 1790 near Bledsoe Creek by Joseph Ziegler to protect early settlers. In 1791, it was attacked by a war party of Creek, Cherokee, and Chickamauga Indians, killing ten persons and taking eighteen prisoners. A forced march w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AO2_in-memory-of-all-american-veterans_Gallatin-TN.html
This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common undeniable goal - - to valiantly protect our country's freedoms.
The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANP_the-clark-house_Gallatin-TN.html
This is the home of four brothers who served in the Confederate army, as did many of Sumner County's young men. Their father, William F. Clark, a Protestant minister, died in 1847 at the age of forty-one, leaving his wife, Emma Douglass Clark, to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANN_randys-record-shop_Gallatin-TN.html
Randy's Record Shop (1946-1991) was the world's largest mail-order record company. Founder Randy Wood began advertising his mail-order business in the late 40s on clear channel WLAC in Nashville, a broadcast that could be heard throughout most of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANM_tennessees-first-african-american-civil-war-volunteers_Gallatin-TN.html
Among the first ex-slaves in the Union Army were 200 local volunteers who enlisted here on the Public Square in July, 1863. They became a part of the Thirteenth United States Colored Infantry at Nashville. Two months later the army recruited addit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AN0_first-presbyterian-church_Gallatin-TN.html
The oldest church building in Gallatin in continuous existence, this church was organized October 25, 1828. The building was erected in 1836-37 and is an example of early Greek Revival architecture. The sanctuary was used as a hospital for Federal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AMZ_trousdale-place_Gallatin-TN.html
This was the home of William Trousdale (1790-1872), governor of Tennessee (1849-1851) and U.S. minister to Brazil (1853-1857). During the Union army's occupation of Gallatin from 1862 to 1870, its commanders regarded former governor Trousdale as t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AMY_trousdale-place_Gallatin-TN.html
Built by John Bowen prior to 1820 and purchased in 1822 by William Trousdale, Governor of Tennessee, 1849-1851. He fought in the War of 1812, and the Creek, Seminole, and Mexican Wars, and was brevetted brigadier-general by President Polk in 1848.…