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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90N_ships-gap_LaFayette-GA.html
May 7, 1864. Col. J.W. Sprague's (2nd) brigade, Veatch's (4th) Div., 16th A.C., having camped with the corps on the little Chickamauga (near Catlett 4 mi. N.), pushed forward in a surprise move and seized this gap in Taylor's Ridge at 9p.m.
Thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KR_old-tavern-road_Rock-Spring-GA.html
May 7, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee (US)(15th & 16th A.C.), having marched by Lee & Gordon's Mill turned S.E. at this point & via Rock Springs Ch. on the old Tavern Road (State Highway 95), marched to its intersection with State Highway…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KE_peavine-church_Ringgold-GA.html
The majority of the people who came into the area to establish Walker County were deeply religious. Soon after establishing their farms, the residents of most areas usually built a church that also served as a community and social center for the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8JM_headquarters_Chickamauga-GA.html
Field Headquarters21st Army CorpsMaj. Gen. Thomas L Crittenden,Daylight, Sept. 19, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8J5_lee-and-gordons-mill_Chickamauga-GA.html
Lee and Gordon's Mill was built by James Gordon shortly after he came to this region from Gwinnett County in 1836. He rebuilt the grist mill in 1857, adding a saw mill and the first general store in this section.
At the outbreak of the War Bet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IT_the-battle-of-lafayette_LaFayette-GA.html
On June 18, 1864, during Gen. Sherman's campaign for Atlanta, Col. Louis D. Watkins, commanding the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (US), occupied LaFayette with about 450 men of the 4th, 6th and 7th Kentucky cavalry regiments (US) "to endeavor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IS_headquarters-army-of-tennessee_LaFayette-GA.html
Gen. Braxton Bragg, Comd'g. in this city Sept. 10th to 17th 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IR_john-b-gordon-hall_LaFayette-GA.html
This old academy, built in 1836, was in the line of fire during the Battle of Lafayette in the War Between the States. General Braxton Bragg (CS) who had his headquarters in LaFayette, planned the Battle of Chickamauga under an old oak tree that s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IP_marsh-warthen-house_LaFayette-GA.html
The Marsh-Warthen House, circa 1836, was built by Spencer Stewart Marsh, a prominent and influential merchant and statesman who donated land for JohnB. Gordon Hall. Marsh, with two other businessmen, founded Trion Factory, a major cotton mill. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IN_the-army-of-tennessee_LaFayette-GA.html
Late in August, 1863, the Army of the Cumberland (US), Maj. Gen. Wm. B. Rosecrans, USA, crossed the Tennessee River near Bridgeport and threatened Chattanooga. On Sept. 7th, learning that Rosecrans was moving toward his rear in the direction of Ro…