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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DD_neyland-stadium_Knoxville-TN.html
Neyland Stadium, one of the largest stadiums in North America, is named for General Robert Neyland (1892-1962). This football coach who, in his 21 seasons at U.T., led the Vols through nine undefeated seasons and brought the Vols a National Champi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM285W_land-grant-university_Knoxville-TN.html
In 1867, by resolution of the U.S. Congress, Tennessee became eligible to designate an institution to teach areas of learning related to agriculture and the mechanic arts and to receive the proceeds from the sale of federal land as prescribed by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM285L_desegregation-of-the-university-of-tennessee_Knoxville-TN.html
During a federal lawsuit in 1952, the University of Tennessee opened enrollment in the graduate and law programs of the institution to African Americans. Gene Mitchell Gray enrolled in graduate school, and Lincoln Blakeney enrolled in the College …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6B_general-clifton-bledsoe-cates-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
Side ABorn in Cates Landing, Tennessee, on August 31, 1893, Clifton B. Cates attended school in Tiptonville and the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. While excelling in varsity football and baseball, he received his law degree from th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X5K_fort-byington-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
"The Hill", dear to University of Tennessee alumni, was protected by a battery of Federal cannon and a brigade of infantry during Longstreet's siege of Knoxville, in Nov., 1863. A line of entrenchments ran across the west and south slopes of the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X5J_west-wing-of-federal-lines-historical_Knoxville-TN.html
The west wing of Burnside's entrenchments in the Federal defense of Knoxville, Nov. 17 - Dec. 4, 1863 was anchored here on the river. His line ran northeast to the site of Melrose Hall, University of Tennessee, then north to Ft. Sanders (17th St. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G62_fort-sanders-u-d-c-monument_Knoxville-TN.html
To the memory of the Confederate soldiers
Who fell in the assault on Fort Sanders
November 29, 1863.
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight
Nor Time's remorseless doom
Shall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
Erected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G60_the-assault-upon-fort-sanders_Knoxville-TN.html
Four brigades of infantry, Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps, emerging from the declivity to the north made a bayonet charge upon Federal Fort Sanders at this point, at dawn, Nov. 29, 1863. They were stopped with heavy casualties by a deep ditch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEX_the-lone-sailor_San-Francisco-CA.html
This is a memorial to every one who ever sailed out of the Golden Gate in the service of their country - in the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Merchant Marine.
A ship heading for sea passes directly by this spot at the northern en…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BEV_fort-sanders_Knoxville-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 …