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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM192L_hazens-raid-at-browns-ferry_Chattanooga-TN.html
First Insert:After the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans retreated to Federal-occupied Chattanooga, a strategically vital rail center, where Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg laid siege from Lookout Mountain and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143N_occupied-chattanooga_Chattanooga-TN.html
Chattanooga's Tennessee River waterfront underwent major changes during the Civil War. The Confederate troops who occupied the town in the spring of 1862 constructed forts and batteries near the river. When Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans army she…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143F_boynton-park_Chattanooga-TN.html
Boynton ParkHenry Van Ness BoyntonBorn West Stockbridge, Mass.July 22, 1835
Reared in Cincinnati, Ohio. GraduatedWoodward College, KY. Military InstituteLieut. Col. 35th Ohio Infantry. WoundedBattle Missionary Ridge.Brevt. Brigader-General - Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1439_battle-of-chattanooga-3d-day-nov-25_Chattanooga-TN.html
During the night of Nov. 24, 1863, Bragg's forces withdrew from the plain and Lookout and joined those on Missionary Ridge, occupying it from Rossville to Tunnel Hill, and a spur thence eastward to the Chickamauga. Sherman early on the 25th assaul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM142Z_battle-of-chattanooga-2d-day-nov-24_Chattanooga-TN.html
During the night of Nov. 23, 1863, Gen. Sherman crossed the Tennessee at the mouth of the Chickamauga, under orders to carry the north end of Missionary Ridge to the railroad tunnel. He seized the ground now known as Sherman Heights and held it du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM142G_battle-of-chattanooga-1st-day-nov-23_Chattanooga-TN.html
November 23d, 1863, under instructions from Gen. Grant to ascertain whether the Confederates still occupied the valley, Gen. Thomas disposed forces in front of Fort Wood, the site of which is now marked by the stand-pipe of the water works.
The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM142E_negleys-and-wilders-demonstrations-against-chattanooga_Chattanooga-TN.html
On June 7 and 8, 1862, General Negley in command of a Union reconnoitering force appeared on Stringer's Ridge northwest of this point, and screened by the timber opened with artillery on the city and line of rifle pits (then under command of Gen. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM142C_re-opening-the-tennessee-river_Chattanooga-TN.html
After Chickamauga, the Confederates by holding Lookout Mountain and Valley, closed the river line of supplies. Rosecrans' plan for its re-opening was to move Hooker's force from Bridgeport into Lookout Valley, Gen. W. F. Smith to co-operate from C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDS_william-uncle-bill-lewis_Chattanooga-TN.html
William Lewis was born in Winchester, Tennessee, in 1810 as a slave. When he was old enough, Lewis was taught the blacksmith trade. By working at odd times, he was able to save enough money to purchase the freedom of his wife so his children would…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQC_trail-of-tears_Chattanooga-TN.html
In May 1838 soldiers, under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott, began rounding up Cherokee Indians in this area who had refused to move to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). About 15,000 Cherokees were placed in stockades in TN and AL until there remova…