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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GV_militia-springs_Greenback-TN.html
300 yards southeast was this muster-ground for militia in the 1790's. It was selected as a "call" on the Indian boundary at the Treaty of Tellico in 1798; it later became a turning point on the Monroe-Loudon County boundary and was at one time a p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GU_norwood-inn_Greenback-TN.html
Built by John Norwood in 1820, this was a stage stop on the line from Washington, D.C., to Marietta, Ga. The Old Federal Road was 200 yards south. After operation by three generations of Norwoods, it was dismantled in 1937.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BBY_national-campground_Greenback-TN.html
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet besieged Knoxville and Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's force there. Late in the month, after the Federal victory at Chattanooga, Gen. William T. Sherman led his corps north through largely Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BBW_morganton-crossing_Greenback-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/HM13Y8_sam-houston-american-giant-homesite_Greenback-TN.html
In 1807, Sam Houston arrived at this 419-acre site with his widowed mother and eight brothers and sisters. The homesite was located just above the spring on the hill. Sam Houston served as general, President of Texas, Governor of Tennessee and Tex…