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By Tom Gillard, October 17, 2009 | |
| | | 1. Army of Tennessee Marker | | |
Inscription. Here, and extending 2 miles S.W., occurred the last battle of the Middle Tennessee Campaign. Protecting Bragg's withdrawal, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, with Texas Rangers and the 4th Tenn. Cav., repulsed an attack by the 5th & 6th Ky. Cav., under Col. Lewis Watkins, screening advance of Rosecrans' Union forces.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 2E 21.)
Location. 35° 11.39′ N, 85° 55.4′ W. Marker is in Sewanee, Tennessee, in Franklin County. Marker is on Tennessee Route 64, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sewanee TN 37375, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Rebel's Rest (approx. 1.1 miles away); Edmund Kirby Smith (approx. 1.3 miles away); University of the South (approx. 1.3 miles away); Cowan Railroad Museum (approx. 5.2 miles away); Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 8.2 miles away); Peter Turney (approx. 9 miles away); Grundy County (approx. 9.3 miles away); The Blind Knight (approx. 10.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Sewanee.
Credits. This page originally submitted on November 7, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 93 times since then. Photo 1. Submitted on November 7, 2009, by Tom Gillard of Tullahoma, Tennessee. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page. |
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