| Georgia (Catoosa County), Beaumont — Leet's Spring and Tanyard — Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail |
| | Arthur I. Leet was a Methodist clergyman who also had widespread commercial interests. He established a mill and large tanyard near the spring before the war.
These facilities were widely used by local citizens, and the site became a landmark that was used by both armies during the Chickamauga Campaign..
Confederate cavalry under General John Pegram camped at the site on September 12, 1863. During the night they came under a surprise attack from Colonel John T. Wilder’s Mounted . . . — Map (db m13215) |
| Georgia (Catoosa County), Ringgold — Actions At Ringgold — Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail |
| | On September 11, 1863 Federal forces from Van Cleve’s Division of the 21st Army Corps of the Army of the Cumberland invaded Ringgold from the west. At the same time, Colonel John T. Wilder’s Mounted Infantry Brigade invaded from the north. A few Confederate cavalrymen made a token resistance and fell back through Ringgold Gap. As Van Cleve’s men rushed into Ringgold, they encountered civilians who were attempting to get out of the town ahead of the advancing army. Many of the people had placed . . . — Map (db m12020) |
| Georgia (Catoosa County), Ringgold — Stone Church And Catoosa Station — Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail |
| | Organized in 1837, the Chickamauga Presbyterian Church, commonly call "The Old Stone Church," was a landmark in the Ringgold area at the time of the war.
The coming of the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the construction of an impressive stone depot in 1849 had a great influence on the growing economy of Ringgold and the surrounding area. A second station or platform was constructed just south of the gap named "Catoosa Station," to serve the nearby summer resorts of Catoosa Springs and . . . — Map (db m12310) |
| Georgia (Catoosa County), Rinngold — The Evans House — Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail |
| | The Evans house was a double-pen log structure located on the corner of Guyler and Nashville Streets in Ringgold. Before the war the widow Evans took in boarders at the house to provide an income for her family. Two of these were nurses from the local Confederate hospitals.
Fannie A. Beers was a young woman from Pensacola, Florida, whose husband was serving in the Confederate Army. Fannie had strong feeling for the Confederacy and early in the war offered her services as a nurse. She went . . . — Map (db m12311) |
| Georgia (Walker County), Chickamauga — Crawfish Spring — A "Magnificent" Respite from Carnage |
| | Crawfish Spring was the first name given to the modern community Chickamauga, Georgia. Cherokees lived in this area before their forced removal in 1838, with their Chickamauga District courthouse located near the spring. In the 1840s an early white settler, James Gordon used enslaved African craftsmen to build an imposing two-story brick plantation house west of the spring, located today just across this highway. James Gordon's son, Clark stood on a large rock between the spring and the house . . . — Map (db m12314) |
| Georgia (Walker County), La Fayette — Catlett’s Gap — Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail |
| | Pigeon Mountain is a rugged spur of Lookout Mountain, extending in a northeasterly direction into Walker County. The space between it and Lookout Mountain is McLemore’s Cove. During the war, wagon roads passed from east to west through the mountains in a series of natural gaps. These gaps, located from north to south, were called Worthens’ Gap, Catlett’s Gap, Dug Gap, and Blue Bird Gap. During the Confederate withdrawal from Chattanooga, it became apparent that Pigeon Mountain would have . . . — Map (db m11985) |
| Georgia (Walker County), Pond Spring — Gowan’s (Gower’s) Ford And Widow Glenn’s Grave — Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail |
| | In mid-September 1863, General John M. Palmer’s division of the 21st Army Corps was assigned to the duty of guarding the fords on West Chickamauga Creek. A primary Federal objective was keeping the Confederates on the east side of the creek while the federal army moved up to position. Two of the most important of these crossing places were Owen’s and Gower’s Fords. “On September 15, [I] started at daylight for Chickamauga Valley,” General Palmer reported. “Marched by way of . . . — Map (db m11986) |
| Georgia (Walker County), Rock Spring — Peavine Church — Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail |
| | The majority of the people who came into the area to establish Walker County were deeply religious. Soon after establishing their farms, the residents of most areas usually built a church that also served as a community and social center for the surrounding area. One such church was the Peavine Church located on Peavine Creek. During the war this facility consisted of a small frame church building with an adjacent cemetery.
During the years before the war a large farming community grew up . . . — Map (db m13238) |
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