| Tennessee (Lake County), Tiptonville — 4B 28 — Capture of Island No. 10 | | | An incident in the systematic process of opening the great rivers which served the heart of the Confederacy to Federal control, this was performed by Pope's Army of the Mississippi, assisted by a naval task force under Commo. Andrew H. Foote. Federal troops present in reduction of Island No. 10 were over 20,000, all arms being represented including the "flotilla brigade," attached to the naval task force. Naval units present were six gunboats, mounting 15 guns each, except the flagship, 16 . . . — Map (db m18187) | | Tennessee (Lake County), Tiptonville — 4B 24 — Capture of Island No. 10 — Apr. 8. 1862 | | | Covered by Federal gunboats, Maj. Gen. John Pope landed part of his army of 25,000 on the west shore of Madrid Bend, outflanking Confederate defenses, causing abandonment of the island. Brig. Gen. W.W. Mackall, retreating south, finding himself cut off by gunboats and high water, surrendered the remnant of the Confederate force on the northern outskirts of Tiptonville. — Map (db m18262) | | Tennessee (Lake County), Tiptonville — 4B 25 — Confederate Burials | | | In this cemetery, following the siege and capture of Madrid Bend and Island No. 10, about 75 Confederate dead were interred. Others were buried on the island itself. Channel changes have now joined the island to Missouri. — Map (db m18260) | | Tennessee (Lake County), Tiptonville — 4B 23 — Confederate Forts & Batteries | | | About 1 1/4 mi. NE, now under water, a redoubt housed mainland defense headquarters for Island No. 10. It was flanked by Batteries 2, 3, 4 & 5. commanding the river. Successfully withstanding bombardment for two weeks, these and the island batteries interdicted the river until USS Carondelet and Pittsburg slipped past during darkness to cover Pope's crossing from New Madrid. — Map (db m18254) | | Tennessee (Lake County), Tiptonville — 4B 37 — General Clifton Bledsoe Cates — 1893 - 1970 — United States Marine Corps | | | (Front): Clifton B. Cates, born on August 31, 1893, in Cates Landing, Tennessee, attended school in Lake County and the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. A graduate of the University of Tennessee's School of Law, Cates served as a Marine in both the First and Second World Wars. His service included combat duty in five operations in World War I and four operations in World War II. After service in China with the fabled Fourth Marines, he commanded the Second Battalion, Sixth . . . — Map (db m18261) | | Tennessee (Lake County), Tiptonville — 4B 33 — Reelfoot Lake | | | (Front): In 1811-12 the greatest earthquakes in North American history enlarged existing bodies of water, blocking inflowing streams, and extended the boundaries of a cypress swamp to form Reelfoot Lake, a haven for fish and wildlife which attracted Davy Crockett and other hunters. Originally about 40,000 acres, siltation has shrunk the lake to about 14,000 acres. Conservation efforts seek to preserve the lake and protect its wildlife , which includes the American bald eagle. see . . . — Map (db m19196) | | Tennessee (Lake County), Tiptonville — 4B 31 — Tiptonville Presbyterian Church | | | Organized in October 1880 by Rev. J.E. Carne. Charter members were R.S. Bradford and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Arnett, Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Cook, Mrs. Emma Whitford Alexander, Richard Owen and wife, Nimmie Tipton Owen, daughter of William Tipton, early settler for whom Tiptonville was named. Present building was erected in 1892, Rev. William Thorne, pastor, Richard Owen, builder. — Map (db m18263) |
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