| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — "Cherokee" |
| | May this sculpture serve to honor the countless generations of native Americans who for 10,000 years lived in this place.
"Among these people every man is a king unto himself and no man is above any other," (Jesuit Relations, c.1640)
"They are tall and straight, tread strong and clever and walk with a lofty chin."
(William Penn c. 1685) — Map (db m36276) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 181 — 100th Illinois 2nd Brigade - 2nd Division 4th Corps |
| | Illinois
100th Infantry
2d Brigade
2d Division
4th Corps
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m38721) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 182 — 103rd Illinois 2nd Brigade - 4th Division 15th Corps |
| | [Front Side]:
Illinois
103rd Infantry,
2nd Brigade - Corse,
4th Division - Ewing,
15th Army Corps - Blair.
[Back Side]:
The metal plaque is missing — Map (db m57889) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 108th Ohio Infantry John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division 14th Corps |
| | 108th Ohio Infantry John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps. Lieut. Col. Carlo Piepho. Nov. 25, 1863Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous to the arrival of General Sherman's forces. It covered the crossing of that command over the Tennessee on the night of Nov. 23, and forenoon of the 24th. It acted as a reserve to Sherman throughout the battle of the 25th, but its infantry was not . . . — Map (db m38611) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 329 — 109th Pennsylvania Infantry. 2d Brigade. 2d Division 12th Corps. |
| | [Front/South Side]
109th Pennsylvania Infantry.
2d Brigade.
2d Division 12th Corps.
[Right/East Side]
The regiment, under command of Captain
Frederick L. Gimber, was engaged at Wauhatchie, seven
miles from here, from 11.15 P.M. October 28th to
3 A.M. of the 29th, and at Lookout Mountain
November 24th, 1863.
[Back/North Side]
The State of Pennsylvania has erected this monument
in grateful remembrance of the officers and men of
the 109th . . . — Map (db m43287) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 212 — 10th Missouri |
| | 10th Mo. Infantry
U.S.A.
In Action Near Tunnel
Nov. 25, 1863
Co. E 24th Mo.
Infantry — Map (db m57780) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 10th Ohio Cavalry Long's Brigade - Crook's Division Stanley's Corps |
| | 10th Ohio Cavalry Long's Brig., Crook's Div., Stanley's Corps. Col. Charles C. Smith. Nov. 25, 1863.Crossing the Tennessee in the rear of Gen. Sherman's column on the 24th, the regiment advanced with its brigade 13 miles toward Cleveland. The next day the enemy was driven out of that place, and the railroad and cars in that quarter and toward Dalton were thoroughly disabled.
On the 27th the brigade in retiring to Chattanooga was sharply attacked by Gen. J.R. Kelly's Cavalry and followed . . . — Map (db m38675) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 10th Ohio Infantry Headquarters of General George H. Thomas |
| | 10th Ohio Infantry. Headquarters, Gen. George H. Thomas. Lieut. Col. William M. Ward. Nov. 25, 1863.This regiment was attached to the headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland, together with the First Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters, the Pioneer Brigade, the First Michigan Engineers, and the Signal Corps.
It was employed as guards, pickets, escorts, to trains, and the variety of emergency duties which active operations develop. — Map (db m24029) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 331 — 111th Regiment Pennsylvania Second Brigade - Second Division Twelfth Corps |
| | 111th Regiment Pennsylvania
Veteran Volunteer Infantry.
Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Walker, Commanding.
Cobham's 2nd Brigade. Geary's 2nd Division.
Slocum's 12th Corps.
The regiment occupied this position on the 25th day of November and in double column on centre, charged the summit, but the enemy had retreated and no loss occurred in the engagement. — Map (db m39095) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 113th Ohio Infantry John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division 14th Corps |
| | 113th Ohio Infantry. John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps. Maj. Lyne S. Sullivant. Nov. 25, 1863.Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous to the arrival of General Sherman's forces. It covered the crossing of that command over the Tennessee on the night of Nov. 23, and forenoon of the 24th. It acted as a reserve to Sherman throughout the battle of the 25th, but its infantry was not . . . — Map (db m38588) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 185 — 116th Illinois 1st Brigade - 2nd Division 15th Corps |
| | [Front Side]:
Illinois
116th Infantry,
1st Brigade - Giles A. Smith,
2nd Division - Morgan L. Smith,
15th Army Corps - Blair.
[Back Side]:
The metal plaque is missing — Map (db m57870) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 121st Ohio Infantry John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division 14th Corps |
| | 121st Ohio Infantry. John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps. Maj. John Yager. Nov. 25, 1863.Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's Crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous to the arrival of Gen. Sherman's forces. It covered the crossing of that command over the Tennessee on the night of Nov. 23, and forenoon of the 24th. It acted as a reserve to Sherman throughout the battle of the 25th, but its infantry was not engaged. On . . . — Map (db m38562) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 124th Ohio Infantry Hazen's Brigade - Wood's Division 4th Corps |
| | 124th Ohio Infantry. Hazen's Brigade, Wood's Division, 4th Corps. Lieut. Col. James Pickands. Nov. 25, 1863.The regiment participated in the brigade advance of Nov. 23 on Orchard Knob, losing 1 killed and 3 wounded. In the assault on Missionary Ridge, the regiment reached the summit at this point, captured several guns and turned one upon the enemy. Part of the regiment, commanded by Lieut. H.F. Proctor, captured two wagons loaded with arms and ammunition on the eastern slope of the ridge. . . . — Map (db m38504) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 125th Ohio Infantry. Harker's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps. Capt. Edward Bates. / Nov. 25, 1863. |
| | Col. Emerson Opdycke colonel of this regiment, being assigned to the command of half the brigade, Capt. Bates was given command of his regiment. It took part with its brigade in the preliminary movements of Nov. 23, and in the assault on Missionary Ridge, reaching the crest in this vicinity, and participating in the capture of guns near Bragg's headquarters. The regiment at once joined in the pursuit and became engaged at the next ridge to the east, during the night it followed to Bird's Mill . . . — Map (db m38812) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 186 — 127th Illinois 1st Brigade - 2nd Division 15th Corps |
| | [Front Side]:
Illinois
127th Infantry,
1st Brigade - Giles A. Smith,
2nd Division - Morgan L. Smith,
15th Army Corps - Blair.
[Back Side]:
The metal plaque is missing — Map (db m57874) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 213 — 12th Missouri |
| | 12th. Mo. INFTY.
U.S.A.
Near This Point
Night of Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m53318) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 151 — 13th Illinois 1st Brigade - 1st Division, 15th Corps. |
| | Illinois
13th Infantry,
1st Brigade,
1st Division,
15th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, Bivouac. — Map (db m43331) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 268 — 14th Ohio Infantry. Phelp's Brig., .Baird's Div., 14 Corps. Lieut. Col. Henry D. Kingsbury. |
| | 14th Ohio Infantry.
Phelp's Brig., .Baird's Div., 14 Corps.
Lieut. Col. Henry D. Kingsbury.
Nov. 25, 1863.
On the morning of the 25th, after marching to Tunnel Hill to support Gen. Sherman, the Division returned and formed the left of the line for assaulting Missionary Ridge. The 14th held the extreme left of the assault, with the 38th Ohio in front of it in the first line.
The regiment reached the crest at this point, and became successfully engaged with . . . — Map (db m44578) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 269 — 15th Ohio Infantry. Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., 4th Corps. Lieut. Col. Frank Askew. |
| | 15th Ohio Infantry
Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., 4th Corps.
Lieut. Col. Frank Askew.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Nov. 23, this Regiment with its Brigade took active part in the capture of Orchard Knob, being in the front line of attack.
It also held the front line in the assault on Missionary Ridge, and reached the crest about this point, and at once pursued the enemy down the eastern slope, capturing a number of prisoners and several guns. Casualties: Killed, 1 . . . — Map (db m45424) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 338 — 15th Wisconsin 1st Brigade - 3d Division 4th Corps. |
| | Wisconsin
15th Infantry
1st Brigade
3rd Division
4th Corps
Nov. 25th, 1863,
5 P.M. — Map (db m45517) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 1790 John Ross 1866 |
| | John Ross was the grandson of John McDonald and the son of Daniel Ross natives of Scotland and partners in a trading post established at Rosss Landing. He dedicated himself to the education of the Cherokee Nation. JOHN ROSS is called the greatest of the Cherokee chiefs, although only one–eighth Cherokee. He served as principal chief from 1828-1866.
He fought against the removal of the Cherokees from this region, ultimately leading them on the Trail of Tears journey to Oklahoma in 1838. — Map (db m36278) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 214 — 17th Missouri |
| | 17th. Mo. INFTY.
U.S.A.
Near This Point
Night of Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m53369) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 270 — 17th Ohio Infantry Turchin's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps. Maj. Benjamin F. Butterfield. |
| | 17th Ohio Infantry.
Turchin's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps.
Maj. Benjamin F. Butterfield.
Capt. Benjamin H. Showers.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The morning of Nov. 25th the 17th, with its Brigade and Division, marched to support Gen. Sherman at Tunnel Hill. Returning it formed with the Brigade on the left of Wood's Division. In the general assault on Missionary Ridge it reached the summit near this point. Major Butterfield was severely wounded at the foot of the . . . — Map (db m45303) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 18th Ohio Infantry Engineer Troops |
| | 18th Ohio Infantry. Engineer Troops, Gen. W. F. Smith. Col. Charles C. Smith. Nov. 25, 1863.During the Union occupation of Chattanooga preceding the battle, the 18th was attached to the Brigade of Engineers, and was actively engaged in building boats, warehouses, and hospitals.
It had prominent part in the preparation for seizing Brown's Ferry, and a large detachment of the regiment accompanied the boat expedition. — Map (db m38679) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 335 — 18th U.S. Infantry. |
| | 18th U.S. Infantry.
Capt. George W. Smith, Commanding.
1st Battalion.
Capt. George W. Smith.
2nd Battalion.
Capt. Henry Haymond.
Nov. 25, 1863
1 Killed; 28 Wounded — Map (db m57710) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 152 — 19th Illinois |
| | Illinois
19th Infantry,
2d Brigade,
1st Division,
14th Corps,
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m45306) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 153 — 19th Illinois Infantry |
| | [Front - Top of Marker]:
This regiment formed the extreme left of Jonson's Division, 14th A.C. and gained the crest of the ridge at this point. Their colors being the first over the Confederate works south of Bragg's Headquarters.
This Monument erected by the surviving members of the regiment and friends in memory of the brave comrades who fell during the war.
[Front - Bottom of Marker]:
John Young
Z. R. Winslow
Alva H. Mansur
H. S. Dietrich
Committee. . . . — Map (db m46593) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 1st Ohio Cavalry Long's Brigade - Crook's Division Stanley's Corps |
| | 1st Ohio Cavalry. Long's Brig., Crook's Div., Stanley's Corps. Maj. Thomas J. Patten. Nov. 25, 1863.This regiment, with its brigade, followed Gen. Sherman in crossing the Tennessee, and moving towards Cleveland advanced 13 miles on the 24th. The next day the regiment forced the 2nd Kentucky Confederate Cavalry out of Cleveland. On the 26th the 1st Ohio destroyed some ten miles of the railroad to Dalton. On the 27th the regiment, with the brigade, was attacked by Gen. J.H. Kelly's Brigade of . . . — Map (db m38627) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 257 — 1st Ohio Infantry. Hazen's Brigade, Wood's Division, 4th Corps. Lieut. Col. Bassett Langoon. |
| | 1st Ohio Infantry.
Hazen's Brigade, Wood's Division, 4th Corps.
Lieut. Col. Bassett Langoon.
Maj. Joab A. Stafford.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The Regiment took prominent part in the capture of the Orchard Knob Line Nov. 23d. It participated with its Brigade in the storming of Missionary Ridge. Near the summit Col. Langoon, leading the Regiment, was severely wounded. The crest was carried, and the command moved from this point to the right, capturing both guns and . . . — Map (db m45421) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 1st Ohio Sharpshooters Headquarters of General George H. Thomas |
| | 1st Ohio Sharpshooters. Headquarters Gen. George H. Thomas. Capt. Gershom M. Barber. Nov. 23, 1863.This command served at the Headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland.
It was composed of the Fifth Independent Company, Lieut. William N. Watson; the Sixth Independent Company, Lieut. James H. Reed; and the Seventh Independent Company, Capt. Watson C. Squire. — Map (db m38676) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 21st Ohio Infantry Starkweather's Brigade - Johnson's Division 14th Corps |
| | 21st Ohio Infantry. Starkweather's Brig., Johnson's Div., 14th Corps. Capt. Charles H. Vantine Nov. 5, 1863At the opening of the battle, this regiment, with its brigade, occupied the right of the line of earthworks in front of Chattanooga. The remainder of the Division formed the right of the assault on Missionary Ridge.
After this move was well developed, Gen. J.M. Palmer, commanding the 14th Corps, ordered the brigade to move forward in support of the division.
It marched promptly and . . . — Map (db m20036) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 154 — 22nd Illinois 3rd Brigade - 2rd Division. 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
22d Infantry,
3d Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m43416) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 24th Ohio Infantry Grose's Brig., Cruft's Div. 4th Corps. |
| | 24th Ohio Infantry
Grose's Brig., Cruft's Div., 4th Corps.
Capt. George M. Bacon.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The regiment participated with its brigade in the assault on Lookout Mountain, Nov. 24, advanced to Rossville Gap the 25th, and in connection with Grose's Brigade of Cruft's Division assaulted the south end of Missionary Ridge. It reached the summit at this point about 5 P.M., participating in turning the left flank of the confederate line and forcing it from . . . — Map (db m57711) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 338A — 24th Wisconsin 1st Brigade - 2nd Division 4th Corps. |
| | Wisconsin
24th Infantry
1st Brigade
2nd Division
4th Corps.
Nov. 25th, 1863,
5 P.M. — Map (db m43303) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 155 — 25th Illinois 1st Brigade - 3d Division 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
25th Infantry,
1st Brigade,
3d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m45522) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 156 — 26th Illinois 1st Brigade - Loomis, 4th Division - Ewing, 15th Army Corps - Blair. |
| | [Front Side]
Illinois
26th Infantry,
1st Brigade - Loomis,
4th Division - Ewing,
15th Army Corps - Blair.
[Back Side]
Commanded By
Lieut. Col. R. A. Gillmore.
Passed to the right of this point
About 1 p.m. November 25, 1863, and
became engaged on or near the
railroad southwest of this.
Loss 93. — Map (db m43524) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 215 — 26th Missouri |
| | 26th Mo. Infantry
U.S.A.
On this line
Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m57911) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 26th Ohio Infantry Wagner's Brigade - Sheridan's Division 4th Corps |
| | 26th Ohio Infantry. Wagner's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps. Lieut. Col. William H. Young. Nov. 25, 1863.The regiment took part in the operation of November 23, against the enemy's central line in the plain.
With its Brigade it was prominent in the assault on Missionary Ridge, reaching the summit in this vicinity, and at once advanced in pursuit. Near the eastern base the regiment, under Major W.H. Squires, with the 15th Indiana, Major Frank White, both commanded by Lieut. Col. Young, . . . — Map (db m38739) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 157 — 27th Illinois 3rd Brigade - 2rd Division. 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
27th Infantry,
3d Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m43370) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 322 — 27th Regiment Pennsylvania Vol. Infantry. 1st Brigade - 2nd Division 11th Army Corps. |
| | [Front Side]
27th Regiment
Pennsylvania
Vol. Infantry
1st Brigade, 2nd Division
11th Army Corps.
This Regiment took active part at
Wauhatchie and Missionary Ridge.
[Back Side]
Number of officers and men in
action at Missionary Ridge 240.
One officer and 45 men killed
6 officers and 80 men wounded — Map (db m43329) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 217 — 29th Missouri |
| | 29th. Mo. INFTY.
U.S.A.
Near This Point
Night of Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m53376) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 324 — 29th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry |
| | 29th Regiment
Pennsylvania Infantry
Reached this point at 6 P.M.
Battle of Missionary Ridge
November 25, 1863 — Map (db m57700) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2nd Minnesota |
| | [Front/East Side of Monument]:
Erected
By
The State Of
Minnesota
1893
[Right/North Side of Monument]:
The Second Minnesota
Regiment of Veteran Volunteer
Infantry, deployed as skirmishers,
(Covering Van DerVeer's Brigade) attacked
and captured the line of breastworks
at the foot of this ridge, about 4
o'clock p.m., Nov. 25, 1863, and soon
afterwards participated with the
Brigade in the successful assault of
the main ridge . . . — Map (db m44375) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 218 — 31st Missouri |
| | 31st. Mo. INFTY.
U.S.A.
Near This Point
Night of Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m53377) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 187 — 32nd Indiana Infantry Col. Frank Erdelmeyer |
| | 32nd Indiana Infantry
Col. Frank Erdelmeyer.
Nov. 25, 1863.
9 Killed; 35 Wounded. — Map (db m45516) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 219 — 32nd Missouri |
| | 32nd. Mo. INFTY.
U.S.A.
Near This Point
Night of Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m53378) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 158 — 35th Illinois 1st Brigade - 3d Division 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
35th Infantry,
1st Brigade,
3d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m45494) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 159 — 36th Illinois 1st Brigade - 2nd Division 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
36th Infantry,
1st Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m43359) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 3d Ohio Cavalry Long's Brigade - Crook's Division Stanley's Corps |
| | 3d Ohio Cavalry. Long's Brig., Crook's Div., Stanley's Corps. Lieut. Col. Charles B. Seidel. Nov. 25, 1863.Crossing the Tennessee in the rear of Gen. Sherman's column on the 24th, the regiment advanced with its brigade 13 miles toward Cleveland. The next day the enemy was driven out of that place, and the railroad and cars in that quarter and toward Dalton were thoroughly disabled.
On the 27th the brigade in retiring to Chattanooga was sharply attacked by Gen. J.R. Kelly's Cavalry and . . . — Map (db m38667) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 3d Ohio Infantry John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division 14th Corps |
| | 3d Ohio Infantry. John Beattys Brig., Davis Div., 14th Corps. Capt. Leroy S. Bell. Nov. 25, 1863.This regiment was detached from its brigade during the Battle of Chattanooga, and stationed at Kelleys Ferry on the Tennessee River west of Raccoon Mountain.
There it was assigned to the very important duty of guarding the steamboat landing, and the supplies obtained as a result of the opening of the Browns Ferry line of communication. — Map (db m42256) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 208 — 3rd Missouri |
| | 3rd. Mo. INFTY.
U.S.A.
Near This Point
Night of Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m53265) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 160 — 40th Illinois 2nd Brigade - 4th Division 15th Corps |
| | [Front Side]:
Illinois
40th Infantry,
2nd Brigade - Corse,
4th Division - Ewing,
15th Army Corps - Blair.
[Back Side]:
The metal plaque is missing — Map (db m57834) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 40th Ohio Infantry. Whitaker's Brig., Cruft's Div. 4th Corps. |
| | 40th Ohio Infantry.
Whitaker's Brig., Cruft's Div., 4th Corps.
Col. Jacob E. Taylor.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The regiment participated with its brigade in the assault on Lookout Mountain, Nov. 24, advanced to Rossville Gap the 25th, and in connection with Grose's Brigade of Cruft's Division assaulted the south end of Missionary Ridge. It reached the summit at this point about 5 P.M., participating in turning the left flank of the confederate line and forcing it . . . — Map (db m57713) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 161 — 42nd Illinois 3rd Brigade - 2rd Division. 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
42d Infantry,
3d Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m43366) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 162 — 44th Illinois 1st Brigade - 2nd Division, 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
44th Infantry,
1st Brigade,
2nd Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m43343) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 326 — 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Knipes' Brigade - Williams' Division 12th Corps |
| | . . . — Map (db m15529) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 286 — 47th Ohio Infantry Lightburn's Brig., M.L. Smith's Div. 15th Corps |
| | 47th Ohio Infantry.
Lightburn's Brig., M.L. Smith's Div., 15th Corps.
Col. Augustus C. Parry.
Nov. 25, 1863.
About 4 P.M. Nov. 24th the 47th in advancing against this hill from the one to the north encountered the enemy in the ravine between these positions.
At 9 A.M. of the 25th the regiment supported the advance to this crest, holding position as a reserve and protection to the left flank throughout the day, and until the withdrawal of the enemy. . . . — Map (db m58191) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 49th Ohio Infantry Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., 4th Corps. Maj. Samuel F. Gray. |
| | 49th Ohio Infantry
Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., 4th Corps.
Maj. Samuel F. Gray.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Nov. 23, this Regiment with its Brigade took active part in the capture of Orchard Knob, being in the front line of attack.
It also held the front line in the assault on Missionary Ridge, and reached the crest about this point, and at once pursued the enemy down the eastern slope, capturing a number of prisoners and several guns. Casualties: Killed, 3 . . . — Map (db m45430) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 4th Ohio Cavalry (Battalion) Long's Brigade - Crook's Division Stanley's Corps |
| | 4th Ohio Cavalry Battalion. Long's Brig., Crook's Div., Stanley's Corps. Maj. George W. Cobb. Nov. 25, 1863.Crossing the Tennessee in the rear of Gen. Sherman's column on the 24th, the regiment advanced with its brigade 13 miles toward Cleveland. The next day the enemy was driven out of that place, and the railroad and cars in that quarter and toward Dalton were thoroughly disabled, the 4th Ohio destroying the railroad toward Chattanooga. On the 27th the brigade in retiring to Chattanooga . . . — Map (db m38674) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 163 — 51st Illinois 3rd Brigade - 2rd Division. 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
51st Infantry,
3d Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m43414) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 52d Ohio Infantry McCook's Brigade - Davis' Division 14th Corps |
| | 52d Ohio Infantry. McCook's Brig., Davi's Div., 14th Corps. Maj. James T. Holmes. Nov. 25, 1863.Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous to the arrival of General Sherman's forces. It covered the crossing of that command over the Tennessee on the night of Nov. 23, and forenoon of the 24th. It acted as a reserve to Sherman throughout the battle of the 25th, but its infantry was not engaged. On . . . — Map (db m38682) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 291 — 54th Ohio Infantry Lightburn's Brigade Maj. Robert Williams, Jr. |
| | 54th Ohio Infantry
Lightburn's Brigade
Maj. Robert Williams, Jr.
Nov. 25, 1863.
This regiment crossed the Tennessee River in the afternoon of the 25th, and was held in reserve. — Map (db m58184) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 164 — 55th Illinois 1st Brigade - 2nd Division 15th Corps |
| | [Front Side]:
Illinois
55th Infantry,
1st Brigade - Giles A. Smith,
2nd Division - Morgan L. Smith,
15th Army Corps - Blair.
[Back Side]:
The metal plaque is missing — Map (db m57852) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 165 — 56th Illinois 2nd Brigade - 2nd Division 17th Corps |
| | [Front Side]:
Illinois
56th Infantry
2nd Brigade - Raum,
2nd Division - John E. Smith,
17th Army Corps - McPherson.
[Back Side]:
The metal plaque is missing. — Map (db m57832) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 293 — 57th Ohio Infantry Giles A. Smith's Brigade. Lieut. Col. Samuel R. Mott |
| | 57th Ohio Infantry
Giles A. Smith's Brigade.
Lieut. Col. Samuel R. Mott
Nov. 25, 1863.
Reached this position about sunset.
November 25, 1863. — Map (db m57893) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 294 — 59th Ohio Infantry. S. Beatty's Brigade, Wood's Division, 4th Corps. Maj. Robert J. Vandsool. |
| | 59th Ohio Infantry
S. Beatty's Brigade, Wood's Division, 4th Corps.
Maj. Robert J. Vandsool.
Nov. 25, 1863
The 59th operated with the Brigade Nov. 23 in the advance on Orchard Knob. During the assault on Missionary Ridge it charged forward from the rear line to the front under heavy fire, and reached the crest with the advance about this point.
It then moved to the left on the crest and assisted in the capture of four guns.
Casualties: Wounded, 2 . . . — Map (db m45343) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 167 — 63rd Illinois 1st Brigade - 2nd Division 17th Corps |
| | [Front Side]:
Illinois
63rd Infantry,
1st Brigade - Alexander,
2nd Division - John E. Smith,
17th Army Corps - McPherson.
[Back Side]:
The metal plaque is missing — Map (db m57854) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 64th Ohio Infantry. Harker's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps. Col. Alexander McIlvain. / Nov. 25, 1863. |
| | The regiment took part with its Brigade in the operations of Nov. 23 and in the assault on Missionary Ridge on the 25th, reaching the summit at this point.
It immediately joined in the pursuit, advancing first to the next ridge on the east, from which the enemy was driven, and subsequently during the during the night to the Chickamauga River at Bird's Mill. From this latter point it returned during the afternoon of the 26th.
Casualties: Killed, 1 Officer, 1 Man: Wounded, 5 Officers, 25 Men; Total 32. — Map (db m38836) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 65th Ohio Infantry. Harker's Brigade. Lieut. Col. W.A. Bullitt 3rd KY. / Nov. 25, 1863. |
| | Killed 1, Wounded 13. — Map (db m38851) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 66th Ohio Infantry Candy's Brig., Geary's Div., 12th Corps. |
| | 66th Ohio Infantry.
Candy's Brig.,Geary's Div., 12th Corps.
Lieut. Col. Eugene Powell.
Capt. Thomas McConnell.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The regiment participated Nov. 24th in the movement against Lookout Mountain, but was not engaged.
It was in the movement against Missionary Ridge Nov. 25th bivouacking at the base.
It joined the pursuit to Ringgold, and was sharply engaged with its brigade in the assault on Taylor's Ridge. Casualties: Killed, 1 . . . — Map (db m57715) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 210 — 6th Missouri |
| | 6th Mo. Infty.
U.S.A.
In Action 100 Yds. N.E.
Of This Position
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m57912) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 209 — 6th Missouri Infantry |
| | 6th Missouri Infantry.
Sunset.
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m57891) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 168 — 73rd Illinois 1st Brigade - 2rd Division 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
73d Infantry,
1st Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m43347) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 327 — 73rd Regt. Penn. Vet. Vol. 1st Brigade - 2nd Division 11th Army Corps |
| | The 73d Regiment originally known as the 45th Pennsylvania was recruited in Philadelphia; organized August 8th, 1861, entered the service September 19th, 1861; and was attached to the Army of the Potomac. After participating in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was ordered to Chattanooga, Tennessee, September, 1863. On November 25th, 1863, assisted in the storming of these hills, then moved to this position. Losses in killed, wounded and captured, 181.
January 1864, re-enlisted as a . . . — Map (db m44231) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 169 — 74th Illinois 1st Brigade - 2d Division 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
74th Infantry,
1st Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m45512) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 74th Ohio Infantry Starkweather's Brigade - Johnson's Division 14th Corps |
| | 74th Ohio Infantry. Starkweather's Brig., Johnson's Div., 14th Corps. Maj. Michael H. Locher. Nov. 25, 1863.At the opening of the battle this regiment, with its brigade, occupied the right of the line of earthworks in front of Chattanooga. The remainder of the Division formed the right of the assault on Missionary Ridge.
After this move was well developed, Gen. J. M. Palmer, commanding the 14th Corps, ordered the Brigade to move forward in support of the Division.
It marched promptly, . . . — Map (db m38680) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 328 — 75th Pennsylvania Infantry 3rd Brigade - 2rd Division. 11th Corps. |
| | [Front-Bottom of Marker]
75th Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps.
[Front-Top of Marker]
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
To her Seventy Fifth Regiment
Infantry Volunteers.
Major August Lesic Commanding
Wauhatchie
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Organized at Philadelphia
In August 1861 By
Colonel Henry Bohlen
Discharged at Murfreesboro Tennessee
September 1, 1865 — Map (db m43464) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 76th Ohio Infantry Wood's Brig., Osterhaus' Div. 15th Corps |
| | 76th Ohio Infantry
Wood's Brig., Osterhaus' Div., 15th Corps.
Maj. Willard Warner
Nov. 25, 1863
Nov. 24th this regiment, with its brigade, participated in the storming of Lookout Mountain.
The morning of the 25th the brigade forced its way through Rossville Gap, marched northward east of Missionary Ridge for a mile, and charged obliquely to the summit, assisting in the capture of guns and many prisoners. The 76th reached the crest about this point. . . . — Map (db m57724) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 171 — 79th Illinois 3rd Brigade - 2rd Division. 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
79th Infantry,
3d Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m43412) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 7th Ohio Infantry. Candy's Brig., Geary's Div., 12th Corps. |
| | 7th Ohio Infantry.
Candy's Brig.,Geary's Div., 12th Corps.
Col. Wm. R. Creighton. Lieut. Col. Orrin J. Crane.
Capt. Ernst J. Krieger.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Nov. 24th the regiment took part in the storming of Lookout Mountain. During the engagement Col. Creighton commanded the brigade, Col. Candy being disabled. Nov. 25th the regiment, with its brigade, participated in the assault on Missionary Ridge, reaching the summit about this point. Nov. 27th the regiment . . . — Map (db m57701) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 304 — 80th Ohio Infantry Raum's Brig., J.E. Smith's Div., 17th Corps. Lieut. Col. Pren Metham. |
| | 80th Ohio Infantry
Raum's Brig., J.E. Smith's Div., 17th Corps.
Lieut. Col. Pren Metham.
Nov. 25, 1863.
This regiment fought its way to this position in support of the lines of Matthies' Brigade.
After severe fighting, being vigorously attacked on its front and right flank, and its lines being enfiladed by a force advancing from the tunnel, it was forced from the hill.
Casualties: Killed, 2 Officers, 13 Men; Wounded, 33 Men; Missing, 2 Officers, . . . — Map (db m57900) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 174 — 88th Illinois 1st Brigade - 2d Division 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
88th Infantry,
1st Brigade,
2d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m45504) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 175 — 89th Illinois 1st Brigade - 3d Division 4th Corps. |
| | Illinois
89th Infantry,
1st Brigade,
3d Division,
4th Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. — Map (db m45495) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 306 — 89th Ohio Infantry Turchin's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps. Capt. John H. Jolly. |
| | 89th Ohio Infantry
Turchin's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps.
Capt. John H. Jolly.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The morning of Nov. 25 the 89th, with its Brigade and Division, marched to support Gen. Sherman at Tunnel Hill.
Returned, it formed with the Brigade on the left of Woods Division. During the battle the Regiment was consolidated with the 82d Indiana. In the general assault it carried the rifle pits in its front, and reached the crest near this point, . . . — Map (db m45433) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 211 — 8th Missouri |
| | 8th Mo. Infty.
U.S.A.
In Action 1000 Yds.
East Of This Position
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m57913) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 176 — 90th Illinois 1st Brigade - Loomis, 4th Division - Ewing, 15th Army Corps - Blair. |
| | [Front Side]
Illinois
90th Infantry,
1st Brigade - Loomis,
4th Division - Ewing,
15th Army Corps - Blair.
[Back Side]
Commanded By
Lieut. Col. Timothy O'Meara killed
Lieut. Col. Owen Stuart.
Passed to the right of this point
about 1 p.m. November 25, 1863, and
became engaged about 220 yards
southwest, between this and
the railroad.........Loss 117. — Map (db m43526) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 307 — 92d Ohio Infantry Turchin's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps. Lieut. Col. Douglas Putnam, Jr. |
| | 92d Ohio Infantry
Turchin's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps.
Lieut. Col. Douglas Putnam, Jr.
Capt. Edward Grosvendr.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The morning of Nov. 25th the 92d, with its Brigade and Division, marched to support Gen. Sherman at Tunnel Hill. Returning, it formed with the Brigade on the left of Wood's Division. In the general assault the Regiment gained the crest about this position. Near the summit Col. Putnam was severely wounded while leading his . . . — Map (db m45493) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 178 — 93rd Illinois 3rd Brigade - 2nd Division 17th Corps |
| | [Front Side]:
Illinois
93rd Infantry
3rd Brigade - Matthies,
2nd Division - John E. Smith,
17th Army Corps - McPherson.
[Back Side]:
The metal plaque is missing. — Map (db m58175) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 97th Ohio Infantry Wagner's Brig. - Sheridan's Div. 4th Corps. |
| | 97th Ohio Infantry
Wagner's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps.
Lieut. Col. Milton Barnes.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The Regiment participated in the advance of the 23d November on the enemy's central line, and with its brigade in the storming of Missionary Ridge, reaching the summit to the left of Gen. Bragg's Headquarters, capturing 150 prisoners, and immediately marching in pursuit of the enemy on the Bird's Mill Road, it took part in dislodging the enemy's rear-guard from the . . . — Map (db m44191) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 97th Ohio Vol. Inf't. |
| | This regiment of Wagner's Brigade, Wood's Division, was the first infantry regt. to cross Tennessee River at and occupy Chattanooga Sept. 9th, 1863. Nov. 25th, 1863 in Sheridan's Div. charged Missionary Ridge gaining the crest as shown by bronze tablet north end viaduct and pursuing the enemy to Chickamauga Creek, Loss 149 Killed and Wounded out of 434. — Map (db m38852) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 98th Ohio Infantry John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division 14th Corps |
| | 98th Ohio Infantry. John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps. Maj. James M. Shane. Nov. 25, 1863.Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous to the arrival of General Sherman's forces. It covered the crossing of that command over the Tennessee on the night of Nov. 23, and forenoon of the 24th. It acted as a reserve to Sherman throughout the battle of the 25th, but its infantry was not . . . — Map (db m38613) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 99th Ohio Infantry. Whitaker's Brig., Cruft's Div. 4th Corps. |
| | 24th Ohio Infantry
Grose's Brig., Cruft's Div., 4th Corps.
Lieut. Col. John E. Cummins.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The regiment participated with its brigade in the assault on Lookout Mountain, Nov. 24, advanced to Rossville Gap the 25th, and in connection with Grose's Brigade of Cruft's Division assaulted the south end of Missionary Ridge. It reached the summit at this point about 5 P.M., participating in turning the left flank of the confederate line and forcing it . . . — Map (db m57714) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 264 — 9th Ohio Infantry. Van Derveer's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps. Col. Gustave Kammerling. |
| | 9th Ohio Infantry
Van Derveer's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps.
Col. Gustave Kammerling.
Nov. 25, 1863.
During the forenoon of the 25th the Regiment marched with its Brigade and Division, to the assistance of Gen. Sherman at Tunnel Hill. The Division returned in time to take part in the storming of Missionary Ridge.
The 9th reached the summit at this point, and moving immediately to the front and left was engaged until the close of the battle at dark. . . . — Map (db m45338) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Adams' Brigade. Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Col. Randall Lee Gibson. |
| | Adams' Brigade.
Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Col. Randall Lee Gibson.
Nov. 25, 1863.
13th and 20th Louisiana - Col. Leon von Zinken.
16th and 25th Louisiana - Col. Daniel Gober.
19th Louisiana - Col. Wesley P. Winans.
4th Louisiana Battalion - Lieut. Col. John McEnery.
14th La. Batln. Sharpshooters - Maj. John E. Austin.
This brigade on Nov. 24th occupied the left of Stewart's Division in the works extending across the plain from the . . . — Map (db m45533) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 101 — Alexander's Brigade John E. Smith's Division. 17th Corps. |
| | Alexander's Brigade.
John E. Smith's Division. - 17th Corps.
Col. Jesse I. Alexander.
Nov. 25th 1863.
63rd Illinois, - Col. Joseph B. McCown.
48th Indiana, - Lieut. Col. Edward J. Wood.
59th Indiana, - Capt. Wilford H. Wolman.
4th Minnesota, - Lieut. Col. John E. Tourtellotte.
18th Wisconsin, - Col. Gabriel Bouck.
About 1 P.M. November 24th the Brigade advanced from the Tennessee River, the 4th Minnesota in front as skirmishers, . . . — Map (db m58209) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Anderson's Brigade Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps. Col. W. F. Tucker. |
| | Anderson's Brigade
Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Col. W. F. Tucker.
Nov. 25, 1863.
7th Mississippi - Col. William H. Bishop.
9th Mississippi - Maj. Thomas H. Lyman.
10th Mississippi - Capt. Robert A. Bell.
41st Mississippi - Col. W. F. Tucker.
44th Mississippi - Lieut. Col. R. G. Kelsey.
9th Mississippi - Batt'n S. S. - Capt. W. W. Tucker.
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November 23rd this brigade held the . . . — Map (db m45595) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Andrews Raiders Ohio's Tribute |
| | Front of the Monument
Ohio's Tribute
To The Andrews Raiders
1862
Erected 1890.
Right side of the Monument
Escaped
21st Ohio Vol. Inf.
J. Alfred Wilson, Co. C
Mark Wood, " "
Wm. J. Knight, " E
Wilson W. Brown, " F
John R. Porter, " G
33rd Ohio Vol. Inf.
Martin J. Hawkins, Co. A
John Wollam, " C
Daniel Allen Dorsey, " H
Back side of the Monument
Executed
James J. Andrews, Flemingsburg, KY.
Marion A. Ross, Co. A, . . . — Map (db m56807) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 68 & 69 — Army of the Tennessee Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman. November 24 - 25, 1863. |
| | [Text on the 1st Tablet]:
Army of the Tennessee
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman.
November 24 - 25, 1863.
1st Division, 15th Corps. Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus.
2nd Division, 15th Corps. Brig. Gen. Morgan L. Smith.
4th Division, 15th Corps. Brig. Gen. Hugh Ewing.
2nd Division, 17th Corps. Brig. Gen. John E. Smith.
General Sherman's forces, excepting Osterhaus' Division, which engaged with Hooker at Lookout Mountain and . . . — Map (db m58220) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Baird's Division |
| | U.S.A.
Baird's Division.
Right of Assault.
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m57048) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Baird's Division, Palmer's Corps Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird. Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. |
| | Baird's Division, Palmer's Corps
Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
1st Brigade, Brig. Gen. John B. Turchin.
2nd Brigade, Col. Ferdinand Van Derveer.
3rd Brigade, Col. E. H. Phelps.
3rd Brigade, Col. William H. Hayes
On the 23rg of November this division supported the right of Granger's corps in its advance on Orchard Knob. At 11 a.m. Nov. 25th it was ordered to General Sherman and reported to him near Tunnel Hill thence it returned immediately to the . . . — Map (db m45799) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 416 — Barret's Battery |
| | Barret's Battery
C.S.A.
Commanded By
Isaac Lightner
Mortally Wounded
On Crest Of Hill
Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m56131) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 415 — Barret's Missouri Battery Maj. Felix H. Robertson's Reserve Artillery. Army of Tennessee. |
| | Barret's Missouri Battery
Two 6-pdr. Bronze: Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.
Maj. Felix H. Robertson's Reserve Artillery.
Army of Tennessee.
Capt. Overton W. Barret, Commanding,
1st Lieut. Wm. Brown
2d Lieut. Isaiah Lightner,
2d Lieut. G. W. Orear.
Nov. 25th, 1863 11 a.m.
One section of the battery, under Lieut. Isaiah Lightner, came into position on this ground during the morning, and on the appearance of the enemy's advance, took an active . . . — Map (db m44566) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 215A — Battery D, 1st Missouri |
| | Battery D. 1st Mo.
Light Artillery
U.S.A.
Was In Action 1200 Yds.
Northwest Of This Point
Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m57853) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Battery E, PA, Vol. - Knap's - Geary's Div. Hooker's Com. |
| | [Front Side]
Battery E, PA, Vol.
- Knap's -
Geary's Div. Hooker's Com.
[Right Side]
1861
to
1865
[Back Side]
Wauhatchie - Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain - Ringgold
[Left Side]
Erected
1895 — Map (db m43265) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Battle of Chattanooga, 1st Day, Nov. 23 |
| | November 23d, 1863, under instructions from Gen. Grant to ascertain whether the Confederates still occupied the valley, Gen. Thomas disposed forces in front of Fort Wood, the site of which is now marked by the stand-pipe of the water works.
The movement was directed against Orchard Knob, which was the right of the Confederate advanced line, and the low range running south from it.
The center of Gen. Thomas' line was T. J. Wood's Division with Sheridan's on its right.
Baird's was . . . — Map (db m58999) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Battle of Chattanooga, 2d Day, Nov. 24. |
| | During the night of Nov. 23, 1863, Gen. Sherman crossed the Tennessee at the mouth of the Chickamauga, under orders to carry the north end of Missionary Ridge to the railroad tunnel. He seized the ground now known as Sherman Heights and held it during the night.
Gen. Thomas having obtained permission for Gen. Hooker to make a demonstration against Lookout Mountain, the latter having Geary's, Cruft's and Osterhaus' Divisions, the latter of Sherman's Army, crossed Lookout Creek at Light's . . . — Map (db m59018) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Battle of Chattanooga, 3d Day, Nov. 25. |
| | During the night of Nov. 24, 1863, Bragg's forces withdrew from the plain and Lookout and joined those on Missionary Ridge, occupying it from Rossville to Tunnel Hill, and a spur thence eastward to the Chickamauga. Sherman early on the 25th assaulted Tunnel Hill, continuing his operations until 3 P.M. but failed to carry it.
The burnt of the defense fell upon Cleburne's Division, supported by troops from Stevenson's and Walker's.
Hooker's forces descended Lookout and marched for . . . — Map (db m59028) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Battle of Chattanooga. Nov. 23 - 25, 1863. |
| | [First Tablet]
Battle of Chattanooga.
Nov. 23 - 25, 1863.
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Gen. Grant had under his command for the Battle of Chattanooga the Army of the Cumberland, Gen. George H. Thomas; the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, Army of the Potomac, Gen. Joseph Hooker, and four divisions of the Army of the Tennessee, Gen. W. T. Sherman. Gen. Hooker's command was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. On the . . . — Map (db m43472) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Battle of Missionary Ridge Without orders, the Federals charged up the mountain |
| | On the morning of November 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union army began its attack against Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederates who occupied this ridge and the slopes below. After unsuccessful attacks on the northern end of the ridge, and the slow march of Hooker's troops from the south, Grant ordered Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' troops in the center to seize the Confederate rifle-pits at the base of the ridge.
The Federals stormed the rifle-pits, forcing Confederates to retreat up . . . — Map (db m38954) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Baxter's Tennessee Battery W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion. Stevenson's Division. |
| | Baxter's Tennessee Battery
4 - 3 inch rifles
W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.
Stevenson's Division.
Capt. Edmund D. Baxter, Commanding.
November 25th, 1863, 2 P.M.
The battery, with its battalion, withdrew from its position west of Chattanooga Creek during the night of the 24th, and under the direction of General Hardee came into action on the crest of the elevation in rear of this position about 10 A.M. of the 25th, . . . — Map (db m57740) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 75 — Bessie Smith 1894-1937 |
| | Born in Chattanooga to black parents, her great talent and determination earned her the title "Empress of the Blues." Death came in a tragic automobile accident in Clarksdale, Miss. In her memory, Columbia Records erected a tombstone with the epitaph
"The Greatest Blues Singer In The World Will Never Stop Singing." — Map (db m13895) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery Maj. Robert Martin's Battalion. Walker's Division, Hardee's Corps. |
| | Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery.
4-3 inch Rifles.
Maj. Robert Martin's Battalion.
Capt. Hiram M. Bledsoe, Commanding.
1st Lieut. R. L. Wood.
1st Lieut. C. W. Higgins.
2d Lieut. E. W. Anderson.
2d Lieut. L. L. Maughas.
2d Lieut. J. S. Wheatley.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The battery came into action on the crown of the ridge, in rear of this position on the morning of Nov. 25th, 1863, and opened fire on the advancing lines of the enemy assaulting . . . — Map (db m45837) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Bonny Oaks School |
| | A Hamilton County Institution
Founded 1896
Authorized by Act of the General Assembly, 1895. The first Board of Trustees met March 7th 1896. Present were the Reverend J.W. Bachman, President: Major Charles D. McGuffy, Secretary: J.S. Bell, Treasurer; Judge Seth M. Walker; and Squire L.W. Bates.
On January 4th, 1898 the Col. Jarrett G. Dent plantation, later known as “Bonnie Oaks Farm at Jersey,” was purchased. J.C. Kalleen was engaged as first superintendent. The . . . — Map (db m4494) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Boynton Park Henry Van Ness Boynton |
| | Boynton Park
Henry Van Ness Boynton
Born West Stockbridge, Mass.
July 22, 1835
Reared in Cincinnati, Ohio. Graduated
Woodward College, KY. Military Institute
Lieut. Col. 35th Ohio Infantry. Wounded
Battle Missionary Ridge.Brevt. Brigader-
General - Congressional Medal for Gallantry
Founder of Chickamauga Chattanooga National
Military Park - President Park Commission
and Chief Promoter National Park Commission
Camp Thomas Commander 1898.
Died . . . — Map (db m59035) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 55 — Brainerd Mission |
| | Established 1817 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, it played an important part in the educational development and Christianizing of the Cherokee. Brainerd Cemetery contains graves of whites and Indians who died at the Mission, which was discontinued in 1838, at the time of the Cherokee Removal. — Map (db m1986) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 344 — Breckinridge's Division Breckinridge's Corps |
| | Breckinridge's Division-Breckinridge's Corps. Brig. Gen. William B. Bate. Nov. 25, 1863. Lewis' Brigade - Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis.
Bate's Brigade - Col. R. C. Tyler.
Finley's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Jesse J. Finley.
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The artillery of the Division, commanded by Capt. Robert Cobb, consisted of Cobb's Kentucky Battery, Lieut. Frank P. Gracey; Slocomb's Louisiana Battery, Capt. C. H. Slocomb; and Mebane's Tennessee Battery, . . . — Map (db m38801) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light Art'y. 2 Napoleons, 4 - 3" Rifles. Capt. Cullen Bradley's Artillery Battalion. |
| | Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light Art'y.
2 Napoleons, 4 - 3" Rifles.
Capt. Cullen Bradley's Artillery Battalion
Wood's Division, Granger's Corps.
Nov. 23 to 25, 1863.
Capt. Lyman Bridges, Commanding.
1st Lieut. Morris D. Temple.
2nd Lieut. Lyman A. White.
2nd Lieut. Franklin Seborn.
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The battery occupied this position from midnight of the 23rd till the close of the battle Nov. . . . — Map (db m43511) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 367 — Brown 's Brigade. Stevenson's Division - Hardee's Corps. Brig. Gen. John C. Brown. |
| | Brown 's Brigade.
Stevenson's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Brig. Gen. John C. Brown.
Nov. 25, 1863
3d Tennessee - Col. Calvin H. Walker.
18th and 26th Tennessee - Lieut. Col. W. R. Butler.
32d Tennessee - Maj. Jno. P. McGuire.
45th Tenn. and 23d Tenn. Batt'n - Col. Anderson Searcy.
This Brigade withdrew from the top of Lookout at 7 p.m., Nov. 24th, reaching Tunnel Hill soon after sunrise. The 18th and 26th Tennessee which held the extreme left ten . . . — Map (db m44563) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 103 — Buschbeck's Brigade Steinwehr's Division. Howard's Corps. |
| | Buschbeck's Brigade
Steinwehr's Division - Howard's Corps.
Col. Adolphus Buschbeck
Nov. 25, 1863
33d New Jersey - Col. G. W. Mindil.
134th New York - Lieut. Col. A. H. Jackson.
154th New York - Col. Patrick H. Jones.
27th Pennsylvania - Maj. Peter A. McAldon.(Mortally Wounded)
27th Pennsylvania - Capt. August Riedt.
73d Pennsylvania - Lieut. Col. Joseph B. Taft.
73d Pennsylvania - Capt. Daniel F. Kelley.
73d Pennsylvania - Lieut. Samuel . . . — Map (db m44193) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 104 — Buschbeck's Brigade Steinwer's Division Howard's Corps. |
| | Buschbeck's Brigade
Steinwer's Division - Howard's Corps.
Col. Adolphus Buschbeck
Nov. 25, 1863
33d New Jersey - Col. G. W. Mindil.
134th New York - Lieut. Col. A. H. Jackson.
154th New York - Col. Patrick H. Jones.
27th Pennsylvania - Maj. Peter A. McAldon.
73d Pennsylvania - Lieut. Col. Joseph B. Taft.
73d Pennsylvania - Capt. Daniel F. Kelley.
73d Pennsylvania - Lieut. Samuel D. Miller. . . . — Map (db m58270) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion. Cleburne's Division |
| | Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery
2-6 pdr. guns -- 2-12 pdr. Howitzers.
Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.
Cleburne's Division
1st Lieut. Thomas J. Key, Commanding,
1st Lieut. R. Fitzpatrick,
1st Lieut. W. M. Hopwood,
2d Lieut. J. G. Marshall.
Nov. 25, 1863, Morning
The battery occupied a position immediately over the Tunnel in rear of this point during the fighting of the morning, and with its rapid and accurate firing, aided in . . . — Map (db m45712) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 401 — Calvert's Arkansas Battery Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion. Cleburne's Division. |
| | Calvert's Arkansas Battery
Two 6 pdrs., Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.
Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.
Cleburne's Division.
1st Lieut. Thomas J. Key Commanding.
1st Lieuts. R. Fitzpatrick and W. M. Hopwood.
2d Lieut. J. G. Marshall.
Nov. 25th, 1863. Noon
The battery occupied a position over the railroad tunnel during the fighting of the morning, and with its rapid and accurate firing aided in keeping its front . . . — Map (db m58274) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 5 — Camp Ross |
| | To the east, at the mouth of Chattanooga Creek, was this supply base for Tennessee troops during the Creek War of 1812-13. The river here forms Moccasin Bend in its efforts to break through the mountains. — Map (db m4495) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Carlin's Brigade Johnson' Division - Palmers' Corps. Brig. Gen. William P. Carlin. |
| | Carlin's Brigade
Johnson' Division - Palmers' Corps.
Brig. Gen. William P. Carlin.
Nov. 25, 1863
104th Illinois - Lieut. Col. D. Hapeman,
38th Indiana - Lieut. Col. D. F. Griffin,
42nd Indiana - Lieut. Col. Wm. T. B. McIntire,
88th Indiana - Col. Cyrus E. Briant,
2nd Ohio - Col. Anson G. McCook,
33rd Ohio - Capt. J. H. M. Montgomery,
94th Ohio - Maj. Rue P. Hutchins,
10th Wisconsin - Capt. Jacob W. Roby. . . . — Map (db m57783) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 94 — Carver Memorial Hospital |
| | Carver Memorial, a hospital for Negroes, opened on June 18, 1947, in the Old West Ellis Hospital Building. Named for George Washington Carver, this health-care facility is said to have been the first municipally-owned, tax-supported hospital in America which was staffed by Negro doctors, nurses and other personnel for the care of Negro patients. Carver Memorial closed in 1962. — Map (db m4478) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Chattanooga Creek Picket Lines Soldier's Truces Chattanooga Campaign |
| | (Sidebar): After the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans retreated to Federal-occupied Chattanooga, a strategically vital rail center, where Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg laid siege from Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant took command in October and began his efforts to break the siege. Bragg detached forces under Gen. James Longstreet to attack Knoxville as a diversion. After Gen. William T. Sherman reinforced Grant . . . — Map (db m43877) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 34 — Chattanooga Daily Rebel |
| | Established on this site, Aug. 2, 1862, by Franc M. Paul, it was published in three states, five towns and, for several months, in a boxcar traveling with Confederate armies. Later editors were Henry Watterson and Albert Roberts. Usually, it was the only news source for Confederate soldiers in the deep South. Its last issue was at Selma, Alabama, April 11, 1865. — Map (db m13779) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 83 — Chattanooga Howard School |
| | Founded as a church school about 1865, Howard School was the first free public school, black or white, established in Hamilton County. Incorporated into the city school system in 1873, Howard School was established by the Rev. E. O. Tade, a black Congregational minister. Tade served as Hamilton County's first superintendent of education. The school was named after Gen. O. O. Howard commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. — Map (db m13934) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Chattanooga's First Citizens |
| | In June, 1837 the fifty-three householders living on the two hundred forty acres bounded by Tennessee River. Georgia Avenue, Ninth Street and Cameron Hill elected commissioner to represent them in securing legal title to their individual parcels of land, thus becoming the First Citizens of Chattanooga.
Residing in the Northeast Quarter Section were:
COMMISSIONERS
John P Long
Aaron M Rawlings
George W. Williams
CITIZENS:
Isaac Baldwin
George W. Cherry
Arsley Cope . . . — Map (db m36279) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 76 — Chattanooga's First School |
| | In 1835 a log structure near the corner of Fifth and Lookout Sts, served this area as schoolhouse, church, and community center. Community leaders met here in 1838 and selected "Chattanooga" as the name for the Future city. The official act was passed by the Tennessee General Assembly on Dec. 20, 1839. — Map (db m13896) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Cheatham's Division |
| | C.S.A.
Right of
Cheatham's Division,
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m55903) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 348 — Cheatham's Division |
| | Left of
Cheatham's Division — Map (db m58137) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 347A, 347B — Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps. Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham. Nov. 25, 1863. |
| | [First Tablet of Historical Marker]:
No. 26.................................................C.
Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Jackson's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson.
Moore's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Moore.
Walthall's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Edward Cary Walthall.
Wright's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Marcus J. Wright.
Wright's Brigade - Col. John H. Anderson.
The Artillery . . . — Map (db m46092) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Civil War in Tennessee Controlling the River and Rails |
| | Controlling the river and railroad junction at Chattanooga was important to both North and South during the war. As a Confederate general noted, Chattanooga "commands important passes into Georgia and Alabama, and would enable the enemy ... to cut off completely the communications between eastern and western parts of this State."
Union forces advanced from Middle Tennessee in the summer of 1863, took control of Chattanooga, and marched into Georgia in September. Defeated at the Battle of . . . — Map (db m48198) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Clayton's Brigade Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Col. J. T. Holtzclaw. |
| | Clayton's Brigade
Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Col. J. T. Holtzclaw.
Nov. 25, 1863.
18th Alabama - Maj. Shop Ruffin.
32nd Alabama - Capt. John W. Bell.
36th Alabama - Col. Lewis T. Woodruff.
38th Alabama - Col. Charles T. Ketchun.
58th Alabama - Lieut. Col. John W. Inzer.
During Nov. 24th Stewart's Division held its earthworks reaching from the foot of Missionary Ridge near Fort Cheatham to Chattanooga Creek beyond the Watkins' place. . . . — Map (db m45771) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 350 & 351 — Cleburne's Division Breckinridge's Corps. Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne. |
| | [Text from the first tablet]:
Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Govan's Brigade, - Col. Daniel C. Govan.
Smith's Brigade, - Brig. Gen. James A. Smith.
Polk's Brigade, - Brig. Gen. Lucius E. Polk.
Lowrey's Brigade, - Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey.
The artillery battalion, commanded by Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss, was composed of Calvert's Arkansas Battery, Lieut. Thomas J. Key, . . . — Map (db m58339) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne. |
| | Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne.
Liddell's Brigade - Col. Daniel C. Govan.
Smith's Brigade - Brig. Gen. James A. Smith.
Smith's Brigade - Col. Henry B. Granbury.
Polk's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Lucius E. Polk.
Lowrey's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey.
Nov. 24, 1863, 2 p.m.
The Artillery Battalion commanded by Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss, was composed of the Arkansas Battery (Calvert's) Lieut. Thomas J. Key; Texas . . . — Map (db m46234) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 205 — Co F 2nd Missouri Light Artillery |
| | CO. "F" 2nd MO.
Light Artillery
U.S.A. — Map (db m56081) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Cobb's Kentucky Battery. Cobb's Artillery Battalion Breckinridge's Division - Breckinridge's Corps |
| | Cobb's Kentucky Battery.
Four 12 Pounder Napoleon.
Capt. Robert Cobb's Artillery Battalion.
Breckinridge's (Bate's) Div., Breckinridge's Corps.
Lieut. Frank P. Gracey, Commanding.
1st Lieut. R.B. Mathews, 2d Lieut. B.A. James.
Nov. 25th, 1863. 4 P.M.
Th battery was detached from the battalion on the morning of the 25th and occupied this position during the assault on the ridge by the enemy in the line of Adams' Brigade of Stewart's Div. The advance of the enemy in two and . . . — Map (db m38888) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Cobham's Brigade Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps. Col. George A. Cogham, Jr. |
| | Cobham's Brigade
Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps.
Col. George A. Cogham, Jr.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
29th Pennsylvania - Col. W. Rickards, Jr.
109th Pennsylvania - Capt. F. L. Gimber.
111th Pennsylvania - Col. Thomas M. Walker.
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This brigade, 109th Pennsylvania being left as camp guard west of Lookout, descended Lookout Mountain at 11 A.M. It reached Rossville about 4 P.M. and thence . . . — Map (db m57786) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 110 — Cockerill's Brigade Hugh Ewing's Division 15th Corps |
| | Cockerill's Brigade
Hugh Ewing's Division, 15th Corps.
Col. Joseph R. Cockerill.
Nov. 25, 1863.
48th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. Lucien Greathouse.
97th Indiana, - Col. Robert F. Catterson.
99th Indiana, - Col. Alexander Fowler.
53rd Ohio, - Col. Wells S. Jones.
70th Ohio, - Maj. William B. Brown.
The brigade crossed the Tennessee River on the morning of November 24th, advanced about 1 P.M., and late in the afternoon occupies the ridge . . . — Map (db m58238) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 125 — Col. E. H. Phelps |
| | Col. E. H. Phelps
Mortally Wounded
Near This Spot
About 5.20 P.M.
November 25th
1863. — Map (db m44192) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Confederate Casualties Battle of Chattanooga November 23 - 27, 1863 |
| | Confederate Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga. Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863. The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.
Longstreet's Corps (McLaw's and Hood's Divisions) was not engaged, having been dispatched to Knoxville Nov. 4th. Bushrod Johnson's Division was on its way to Knoxville. Its rear Brigade (Reynolds) was recalled in time for the third day's battle, but made no report of . . . — Map (db m44300) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Confederate Casualties Battle of Chattanooga November 23 - 27, 1863 |
| | Confederate Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga. Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863. The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.
Longstreet's Corps (McLaw's and Hood's Divisions) was not engaged, having been dispatched to Knoxville Nov. 4th. Bushrod Johnson's Division was on its way to Knoxville. Its rear Brigade (Reynolds) was recalled in time for the third day's battle, but made no report of . . . — Map (db m44575) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Confederate Casualties Battle of Chattanooga November 23 - 27, 1863 |
| | Confederate Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga. Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863. The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.
Longstreet's Corps (McLaw's and Hood's Divisions) was not engaged, having been dispatched to Knoxville Nov. 4th. Bushrod Johnson's Division was on its way to Knoxville. Its rear Brigade (Reynolds) was recalled in time for the third day's battle, but made no report of . . . — Map (db m57902) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 35 — Confederate Cemetery |
| | Here are buried 155 soldiers of the Army of Tennessee who died in hospitals during the mobilization for Bragg's Kentucky campaign of Sept. - Oct., 1862. Their graves, formerly distinguished by wooden markers giving name, rank and organization, are now unidentified. — Map (db m28771) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 111 — Corse's Brigade Hugh Ewing's Division Blair's Corps |
| | Corse's Brigade
Hugh Ewing's Division - Blair's Corps.
Brig. Gen. John M. Corse. - Col. Charles C. Walcutt.
Nov. 25, 1863
40th Illinois - Maj. Hiram W. Hall.
103rd Illinois - Col. Willard Dickerman.
6th Iowa - Lieut. Col. A.J. Miller.
15th Michigan - Lieut. Col. A.E. Jaquith (Detached)
46th Ohio - Col. Chas. C. Walcutt. - Capt. Isaac N. Alexander.
About 7 A.M. the Brigade, 920 men, moved from the high ridge northwest, formed in the . . . — Map (db m58255) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Creighton's Brigade Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps. Col. William R. Creighton. |
| | Creighton's Brigade
Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps.
Col. William R. Creighton.
Nov. 25, 1863, 6 p.m.
5th Ohio - Col. John H. Patrick.
7th Ohio - Lieut. Col. Orrin J. Crane.
29th Ohio - Col. William T. Fitch.
66th Ohio - Capt. Thomas McConnell.
28th Pennsylvania - Col. Thomas J. Ahl.
147th Pennsylvania - Lieut. Col. A. Pardee, Jr.
————————
This Brigade, the 5th and 29th Ohio being left west of . . . — Map (db m45745) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Cruft's Division |
| | U.S.A.
Cruft's Division
Center of Assault.
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m57774) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Cruft's Division - Granger's Corps Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft |
| | Cruft's Division - Granger's Corps
Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
2nd Brigade - Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker.
3rd Brigade - Col. William Grose.
——————
This division followed Osterhaus's in the march of Hooker's column from Lookout Mountain, and at 4 P.M. had penetrated Rossville Gap until its center was on the prolongation of the enemy's line on the crest of Missionary Ridge. Here it . . . — Map (db m57746) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 370 — Cumming's Brigade Stevenson's Division Breckinridge's Corps. |
| | Cumming's Brigade
Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.
Nov. 25, 1863
34th Georgia - Col. J. A. W. Johnson (wounded).
38th Georgia - Lieut. Col. A. E. Wallace (wounded).
39th Georgia - Col. J. T. McConnell (killed).
56th Georgia - Lieut. Col. J. T. Slaughter (wounded).
——————————
At 2:30 a.m. of the 25th the brigade was ordered from the line . . . — Map (db m45850) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 369 — Cumming's Brigade Stevenson's Division Breckinridge's Corps. |
| | Cumming's Brigade
Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.
Nov. 25, 1863, Afternoon.
34th Georgia - Col. J. A. W. Johnson, Wounded.
38th Georgia - Lieut. Col. A. E. Wallace, Wounded.
39th Georgia - Col. J. T. McConnell, Killed.
56th Georgia - Lieut. Col. J. T. Slaughter, Wounded.
About 1 P.M. the regiments of the Brigade were sent in succession to Gen. Cleburne's line on Tunnel Hill. Col. McConnell was killed and Lieut. Col. . . . — Map (db m58323) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 29 — Daniel Ross |
| | The home of this early trader and pioneer stood about 250 yards east. Born in Scotland, 1760, coming to this area in 1785, he shortly after married a daughter of John McDonald, trader, who lived at the site of Rossville, Ga. His eldest son, John, became a famous chief of the Cherokee. First school in the Cherokee Nation was at the Ross home, about 1800. — Map (db m4497) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Dawson's Georgia Battery. Eldridge's Artillery Battalion. Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. |
| | Dawson's Georgia Battery.
Two 12-PDR. Napoleons; Two 12-PDR. Howitzers.
Maj. J.W. Eldridge's Artillery Battalion.
Stewart's Div. Breckinridges's Corps.
1st Lieut. R.W. Anderson, Commanding,
1st Lieut. Henry S. Greaves,
2nd Lieut. R.H. Brown, 2d Lieut. W.G. Allen.
Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 P.M.
The battery came into position in rear of Adams' Brigade of Stewart's Div. after the general advance of the enemy had commenced about 3:45 P.M., and without defensive works of any character, . . . — Map (db m38926) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Deas' Brigade Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps. Brig. Gen. Zack C. Deas. |
| | Deas' Brigade
Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Zack C. Deas.
Nov. 25, 1863.
19th Alabama - Col. Samuel K. McSpadden.
22nd Alabama - Capt. Harry T. Toulmin.
25th Alabama - Col. George T. Johnson.
39th Alabama - Col. Whitfield Clark.
50th Alabama - Col. J.G. Coltart.
17th Alabama Batt'n S.S. - Capt. James F. Nabers.
Previous to the occupation of the crest of Missionary Ridge by Bragg's Army on the night of November 24th, Hindman's division held . . . — Map (db m45525) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — DeLong Reservation |
| | National Park Service
DeLong
Reservation
Chickamauga & Chattanooga
National Military Park
Department of the Interior — Map (db m44333) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Dent's Alabama Battery. Six 12-pdr. Napoleons. Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion. |
| | Dent's Alabama Battery.
Six 12-pdr. Napoleons.
Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.
Hindman's (Anderson's) Division.
Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 p.m.
Capt. S. H. Dent, Commanding.
1st Lieut. W. T. Stockton.
2nd Lieut. D. L. Southwick, (wounded and captured).
2nd Lieut. G. B. Zeigler.
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The battery came into position with one section posted on the summit of the elevation . . . — Map (db m43518) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 422 — Douglas' (Texas) Battery Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion. Cleburne's Division |
| | Douglas' (Texas) Battery.
2 - 12 PDR. Howitzers, 2 - 6 PDRS.
Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.
Cleburne's Division.
1st Lieut. Jno. H. Bingham, Commanding.
1st Lieut. Benjamin Hardin.
2nd Lieut. F. L. Fleishl.
2nd Lieut. W. J. Sanders.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The battery took position late in the evening of the 24th, on the crest of the detached spur northeast of this point, and north of the railroad, where, during the repeated . . . — Map (db m44457) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Earthworks |
| | Earthworks
Thrown up by G.A. Smith's
Brigade, night of
Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m57892) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Eleventh Michigan Infantry |
| | Eleventh Michigan
Infantry
Nov. 25, 1863
Major B.G. Bennett
Commanding was killed on the
Slope below this position. — Map (db m57695) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Erected by the State of Connecticut |
| | Erected by the State of Connecticut
to her
Fifth and Twentieth Infantry Regiments
Chattanooga Campaign
1863 - 1864 — Map (db m43286) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 98 — Ernest Walter Holmes, Sr. |
| | 1883–1945. Born in 1883, Ernest Walter Holmes, Sr., opened Chattanoogas first independent auto-repair garage at 318 Market Street. Here in 1916 he invented the twin-boom wrecker. Holmes pioneered and patented numerous improvements in the towing and recovery industry. He expanded his company into an international enterprise. Manufacturer of the first military wrecker during World War II, he supplied thousands of twin-boom wreckers to the allied forces from 1941 through 1945. — Map (db m1984) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 82 — Ewing's Division |
| | U.S.A.
Ewing's Division.
Left of Assault.
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m58194) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery. Maj. Robert Martin's Battalion. Walker's Division, Hardee's Corps. |
| | Ferguson's (South Carolina) Battery.
4 - 12 pdr. Napoleons.
Maj. Robert Martin's Battalion.
Walker's Division, Hardee's Corps.
1st Lieut. R. T. Beauregard, Commanding.
1st Lieut. M. D. Calhoun.
2d Lieut. J. A. Aulston.
Nov. 25th, 1863.
The battery came into position on the crest of the ridge in rear of this point on the morning of the 25th Nov. 1863, and under the direction of General Hardee rendered efficient service during the day . . . — Map (db m46236) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Field Headquarters of the Union Armies. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Nov. 25th, 1863. |
| | No. 9......................................U.
Field Headquarters of the Union Armies.
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Nov. 25th, 1863.
General Grant was assigned to the Military Division of the Mississippi, comprising the Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, and the Tennessee, October 16th, 1863. He arrived at Chattanooga on the 23d.
He had under his command for the Battle of Chattanooga the Army of the Cumberland, General George H. . . . — Map (db m43425) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Fifth Company Battalion Washington Artillery Cobb's Artillery Battalion Breckinridge's Division - Breckinridge's Corps |
| | Fifth Company Battalion Washington Artillery Four 12-PDR. Napoleons, Two James Rifles Capt. Robert Cobb's Artillery Battalion. Breckinridge's (Bate's) Div. Breckinridge's Corps.
Capt. C.H. Slocomb, Commanding,
1st Lieut. W.C.D. Vaught, 2d Lieut. A.J. Leverich.
1st Lieut. J.A. Chalaron, 2d Lieut. C.G. Johnsen.
Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 P.M.
This battery moved from the valley at 3:30 A.M., via. Rossville: Three guns under Lieut. Chalaron took position on this ground; three . . . — Map (db m38720) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Finley's Brigade Breckinridge's (Bate's) Division - Breckinridge's Corps |
| | Finley's (Florida) Brigade Breckinridge's (Bate's) Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Brig. Gen. Jesse J. Finley. Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M. 1st and 3rd Florida - Capt. W. T. Saxon.
4th Florida - Lieut. Col. E. Badger.
6th Florida - Lieut. Col. A. D. McLean.
7th Florida - Lieut. Col. Tillman Ingram
1st Florida Cav. (Dismounted) - Col. G. T. Maxwell.
Except the 1st Florida Dismounted Cavalry and 4th Florida Infantry, this Brigade was brought up from the trenches early the night of Nov. . . . — Map (db m38773) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — First · Michigan · Engineers Army · of · the · Cumberland William P. Innes Colonel Commanding |
| | [Front Side]
First Michigan Engineers
Army of the Cumberland
William P. Innes Colonel Commanding
[Back Side]
A detachment of this regiment, Captain Perrin V. Fox Commanding, prepared the materials and constructed the Pontoon Bridges crossing the Tennessee River at this City and Brown's Ferry, and the South Chickamauga River, near the north end of Missionary Ridge. Other detachments of the Regiment were engaged during the Campaigns along the railroad from Chattanooga . . . — Map (db m43321) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 99 — First Coca-Cola Bottling Company In The United States |
| | On July 21, 1899, two Chattanooga lawyers, Benjamin Franklin Thomas and Joseph Brown Whitehead, signed a contract with the Coca-Cola Company granting them the exclusive rights to bottle Coca-Cola in most of the United States. Another Chattanooga citizen, John Thomas Lupton, provided financial backing for the future development of the bottling business. The first Coca-Cola Bottling Company began operations at this site in November 1899. — Map (db m15703) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 100 — First Presbyterian Church |
| | (Obverse) This church, founded June 21, 1840, by missionaries to the Cherokee Indians from the brainerd Mission and others, is Chattanooga's oldest with record of its founding date. During the Civil War, its building at 7th and Market streets was shelled by the Union Army and used as a hospital. During that time, the Reverend Thomas H. McCallie, pastor, ministered from his home one block west of here. Completed in 1910, this church building at the church's fifth location was designed by . . . — Map (db m16122) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Fort Wood |
| | S.W. Angle of Fort Wood
(Creighton),
East Salient of Outer Line. — Map (db m58773) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Fourteenth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer. Nov. 19-25th, 1863. |
| | Fourteenth Army Corps.
Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer.
Nov. 19-25, 1863
Johnson's Division - Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson.
Davis' Division - Brig. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis.
Baird's Division - Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird.
Nov. 19th Davis Division was detached and ordered four miles above Chattanooga to cover the crossing of Sherman's column. It crossed the pontoon bridge in the rear of this force at noon November 24th, and continued to act as a reserve for . . . — Map (db m43455) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Fourth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger. Nov. 25th, 1863. |
| | No. 11...........................................................U.
Fourth Army Corps.
Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger.
Nov. 25th, 1863.
1st Division-Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft.
2d Division-Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan
3d Division-Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood.
This corps was organized at Chattanooga after the battle of Chickamauga, by consolidating the Twentieth and Twenty-First Corps and adding a portion of the Reserve Corps. In the battle, . . . — Map (db m43429) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 96 — G. W. Franklin |
| | 1865-1928 G. W. Franklin was born in Quitman, Georgia. He operated four businesses: blacksmithing, a hack line, a wood and coal yard, and an undertaking establishment. In 1894 Franklin moved his undertaking business to Chattanooga. He was a member of the National Negro Business League and president of the National Negro Funeral Directors Association. In 1915 Franklin served as an honorary pallbearer for his friend, Dr. Booker T. Washington. Thirteen years later, Franklin conducted the . . . — Map (db m4481) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Garrity's Alabama Battery Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion. Hindman's (Anderson's) Div., Hardee's Corps. |
| | Garrity's Alabama Battery.
Two 10-pdr. Parrotts: Two 12-pdr. Napoleons.
Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.
Hindman's (Anderson's) Div., Hardee's Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 4 p.m.
Capt. James Garrity, Commanding.
1st Lieut. Philip Bond.
1st Lieut. Maynard A. Hassel.
2nd Lieut. Henry F. Carroll.
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The section of Napoleon guns supported by the left of Anderson's Brigade of Hindman's . . . — Map (db m45582) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Geary's Division |
| | U.S.A.
Geary's Division.
Right of Assault.
Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m46606) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Geary's Division |
| | U.S.A.
Geary's Division.
Left of Assault,
Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m57778) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 128 — Giles A. Smith's Brigade Morgan L. Smith's Division 15th Corps |
| | Giles A. Smith's Brigade
Morgan L. Smith's Division, - 15th Corps.
Col. Nathan W, Tupper.
Nov. 25, 1863.
55th Illinois, - Col. Oscar Malmborg.
116th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. James P. Boyd.
127th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. Frank S. Curtiss.
6th Missouri, - Lieut. Col. Ira Boutell.
8th Missouri, - Lieut. Col. David C. Coleman.
57th Ohio, - Lieut. Col. Samuel R. Mott.
13th U.S., 1st Battn. - Capt. C.C. Smith.
On the morning of the . . . — Map (db m58217) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Gist's Brigade Walker's Division - Hardee's Corps. Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist. |
| | Gist's Brigade
Walker's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist.
Nov. 25, 1863
46th Georgia - Lieut. Col. William A. Daniel.
8th Georgia Batt'n - Lieut. Col. Leroy Napier.
16th South Carolina - Col. James McCullough.
24th South Carolina - Col. Clement H. Stevens.
This Brigade had been stationed with its Division in the trenches westward of Chattanooga Creek to the base of Lookout Mountain from Nov. 14th to the 23d. On the afternoon of . . . — Map (db m45820) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Grose's Brigade Cruft's Division - Granger's Corps. Col. William Grose. |
| | Grose's Brigade
Cruft's Division - Granger's Corps.
Col. William Grose.
Nov. 25th, 1863
59th Illinois - Maj. Clayton Hale,
75th Illinois - Col. John E. Bennett,
84th Illinois - Col. Louis H. Waters,
9th Indiana - Col. Isaac C. B. Suman,
36th Indiana - Maj. Gilbert Trusler,
24th Ohio - Capt. George M. Bacon.
The Brigade left Lookout Mountain with Hooker's column about 10 o'clock A.M., reaching Rossville about 4 P.M., having been . . . — Map (db m57757) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 342 — Hardee's Corps Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee. Nov. 23 - 25, 1863. |
| |
Cheatham's Division, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham.
Hindman's Division, Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson.
Walker's Division, Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist.
Nov. 23ed Cheatham's and Walker's divisions held the left of the Confederate line from Chattanooga Creek to the base of Lookout and the north slope of the mountain. Walker's division was withdrawn from the eastern base of Lookout Mountain to the extreme right of the army the evening of Nov. 23rd. After the loss of the mountain . . . — Map (db m44403) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Harker's Brigade Sheridan's Division Granger's Corps |
| | Harker's Brigade.
Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps.
Col. Charles G. Harker.
Nov. 25th, 1863.
22d Illinois - Lieut. Col. Francis Swanwick.
27th Illinois - Col. Jonathan R. Miles.
42d Illinois - Col. N. Walworth.
42d Illinois - Capt. Albert M. Tilton.
51st Illinois - Maj. Charles W. Davis
51st Illinois - Capt. Albert M. Tilton
79th Illinois - Col. Allen Buckner.
3d Kentucky - Col. Henry C. Dunlap.
64th Ohio - Col. Alexander McIlvain.
65th Ohio - Lieut. Col. . . . — Map (db m38873) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Hazen's Brigade Wood's Division - Granger's Corps. Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen. |
| | Hazen's Brigade.
Wood's Division Granger's Corps.
Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
6th Indiana - Maj. Calvin D. Campbell.
5th Kentucky - Col. William W. Berry.
5th Kentucky - Lieut. Col. John L. Treanor.
6th Kentucky - Maj. Richard T. Whitaker.
23d Kentucky - Lieut. Col. James C. Foy.
1st Ohio - Lieut. Col. Bassett Langdon.
1st Ohio - Maj. Joab A. Stafford.
6th Ohio - Lieut. Col Alexander C. Christopher.
41st Ohio - Col. Aquila . . . — Map (db m45547) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Headquarters Army of Tennessee November 23-25, 1863 |
| | CSA
Headquarters, Army of Tennessee
Gen. Braxton Bragg, Commanding
November 23-26, 1863
Hardee's Army Corps.....Lieut.Gen. W.J. Hardee
Breckinridge's Army Corps.....Maj. Gen. J.C. Breckinridge
Reynold's Brigade.....Col. A.W. Reynolds
Cavalry Corps.....Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler
Reserve Artillery.....Maj. Felix H. Robertson
———— ————
At or near this position General Bragg directed the movements of his command . . . — Map (db m38861) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Headquarters Row Generals and Ghosts |
| | Beginning in 1862, Confederate Gens. Braxton Bragg, Daniel Ledbetter, and Joseph E. Johnston, followed by Union Gens. William S. Rosecrans and George H. Thomas, occupied the Greek Revival-style Richardson house, which stood nearby at 320 Walnut Street. When Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant arrived in Chattanooga on October 23, 1863, he first made his headquarters there. Grant soon moved to the nearby T.J. Lattner house here at the corner of 1st and Walnut Streets. Lattner served in the Confederate . . . — Map (db m59043) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 356 — Hindman's Division |
| | Right of
Hindman's Division — Map (db m53383) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps. Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson. Nov. 25, 1863. |
| | Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Anderson's Brigade - Col. William F. Tucker.
Deas' Brigade - Brig. Gen. Zach C. Deas.
Manigault's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Arthur M. Manigault.
Vaughn's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Vaughn.
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The artillery battalion of this division was commanded by Maj. Alfred R. Courtney, and was composed of the Alabama batteries of . . . — Map (db m45998) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Howell's Georgia Battery Maj. Robert Martin's Artillery Battalion Walker's (Gist's) Div., Hardee's Corps. |
| | Howell's Georgia Battery
Two 6-pdr., Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.
Maj. Robert Martin's Artillery Battalion
Walker's (Gist's) Div., Hardee's Corps.
Capt. Evan P. Howell, Commanding.
1st Lieut. W.G. Robson.
2d Lieuts. T.J. Gilmore and R.T. Gibson.
Nov. 25th, 1863, 11 A.M.
A section of 6-pdr. guns under Lieut. R.T. Gibson at the Cravens House on the slope of Lookout Mountain Nov. 24th, 1863, was abandoned for want of horses to remove the guns, . . . — Map (db m45543) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Illinois |
| | [North Side of Marker]
The Commands Inscribed on This Monument Were Engaged in the Assault on Missionary Ridge, November 25th, 1863.
Willich's Brigade:
25th Infantry,
Col. Richard N. Nodine,
Loss 67;
35th Infantry,
Lieut. Col. William P. Chandler,
Loss 54;
89th Infantry,
Lieut. Col. William D. Williams,
Loss 34.
Wagner's Brigade:
100th Infantry,
Maj. Chas. M. Hammond,
Loss 32.
Grose's Brigade:
59th Infantry,
Maj. . . . — Map (db m38966) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Illinois |
| | [Text on South Side of Monument]
The Commands inscribed here were
engaged in campaign, but not in
the assault on Missionary Ridge,
November 25th, 1863.
Morgan's Brigade:
10th Infantry,
Col. John Tillson;
16th Infantry,
Lieut. Col. James B. Cahill;
60th Infantry,
Col. Wm. B. Anderson.
——————
Starkweather's Brigade:
24th Infantry,
Col. Geza Mihalotzy.
—————— . . . — Map (db m43632) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 191 — Iowa State Monument |
| | [Text on the Upper Front (South) Side of Monument]:
Iowa dedicates this monument
In honor of her sons
Who on this and other fields
Proved themselves worthy sons
of Patriotic Sires
[Text on the Lower Front (South) Side of Monument]:
You have made it a high privilege
to be
A citizen of Iowa
[Text on the Right (East) Side of Monument]:
This monument marks the position
carried by the 6th Iowa
in the assault of Corse's Brigade . . . — Map (db m58402) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Ireland's Third Brigade Second Division Twelfth Corps |
| | [Front Side of Marker]
80th New York Infantry
102nd New York Infantry
137th New York Infantry
149th New York Infantry
Ireland's - Third Brigade
Geary's - Second Division
Slocum's - Twelfth Corps
Hooker's Command
11th and 12th Corps
Army of the Potomac
November 25, 1863
[Reverse Side of Marker]
The New York Infantry Regiments of Ireland's Brigade suporting Landgraeber's Battery on west side of Missionary Ridge on afternoon of November 25, . . . — Map (db m39105) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 386A — J. A. Smith's Brigade Cleburne's Division |
| | J. A. Smith's Brigade
Cleburne's Division
Brig. Gen. James A. Smith.
Col. Hiram B. Granbury.
Nov. 25, 1863.
6th and 10th Texas Infantry - Col. Roger Q. Mills.
15th Texas (Dismounted) Cavalry - Col. Roger Q. Mills.
7th Texas - Col. Hiram B. Granbury.
17th, 18th, 24th and 25th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) - Maj. William A. Taylor.
The Brigade, being the head of Cleburne's Division, arrived on this ground, from a point on the Ridge south . . . — Map (db m58290) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 375 — Jackson's Brigade. Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps. Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson. |
| | Jackson's Brigade.
Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 p.m.
1st Georgia (Confederate) - Maj. J. C. Gordon.
5th Georgia - Col. Charles P. Daniel.
47th Georgia - Capt. J. J. Harper.
65th Georgia - Lieut. Col. Jacob W. Pearcy.
2nd Georgia Batt'n S.S. - Lieut. Col. R. H. Whiteley.
5th Mississippi - Maj. John B. Herring.
8th Mississippi - Maj. John F. Smith. . . . — Map (db m45879) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Johnson's Division |
| | U.S.A.
Johnson's Division.
Left of Assault.
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m46636) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Johnson's Division Palmer's Corps. Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson. |
| | Johnson's Division Palmer's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
1st Brigade - Brig. Gen. William P. Carlin.
2nd Brigade - Col. William L. Stoughton.
3rd Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Starkweather.
——————
Carlin's brigade ascended Lookout at dusk Nov. 24th and relieved the right of General Hooker's line under the palisades east of the Craven's house. During the morning of the 25th . . . — Map (db m57787) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 376 — Lewis' Brigade Breckinridge's Division Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis |
| | Lewis' Brigade, Breckinridge's Division.
Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis.
Nov. 25th 1863.
2nd Kentucky - Lieut. Col. James W. Moss.
4th Kentucky - Maj. Thomas W. Thompson.
5th Kentucky - Col. H. Hawkins.
6th Kentucky - Lieut. Col. W. L. Clarke, (Detached).
9th Kentucky - Lieut. Col. John C. Wickliffe.
John H. Morgan's - dismounted men.
The Brigade reached this position from near Bragg's Headquarters in the early morning of the 25th. . . . — Map (db m58276) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 121 — Lightburn's Brigade Morgan L. Smith's Division 15th Corps |
| | Lightburn's Brigade.
Morgan L. Smith's Division, 15th Corps.
Brig. Gen. Joseph A.J. Lightburn.
Nov. 25, 1863.
83rd Indiana, - Col. Benjamin J. Spooner.
30th Ohio, - Col. Theodore Jones.
37th Ohio, - Lieut. Col. Louis Von Blessingh.
47th Ohio, - Col. Augustus C. Parry.
54th Ohio, - Maj. Robert Williams, Jr.
4th West Virginia, - Col. James H. Dayton.
The Brigade advanced from the Tennessee River about 2 P.M. of November 24th, seized the high . . . — Map (db m58208) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Locomotive 4501 |
| | Locomotive 4501 (Class M2s, Baldwin No. 37085, built in 1911) was the first 2-8-2 type engine to operate on the Southern Railway System and saw active service until 1948, at which time the Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad of Stearns, Kentucky bought and re-numbered her to K&T 12. Used in drag coal service on this 7-mile shortline until 1964. "The 12" was then sold to P. H. Merriman of Sewanee, Tennessee, following which the 4501 was returned to its original appearance and leased to the Southern . . . — Map (db m24804) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 122 — Loomis' Brigade Ewing's Division - 15th Corps. Col. John M. Loomis |
| | Loomis' Brigade
Ewing's Division, 15th Corps.
Col. John M. Loomis.
Nov. 25, 1863.
26th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. R. A. Gillmore.
90th Illinois, - Col. Timothy O'Meara.
90th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. Owen Stuart.
12th Indiana, - Col. Reuben Williams.
100th Indiana, - Lieut. Col. Albert Heath.
The brigade at 10:30 a.m. took position to the right of Corse's brigade and co-operates with it till the termination of its assault. About 1 p.m. with its left . . . — Map (db m43528) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 377 — Lowrey's Brigade Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey. |
| | Lowrey's Brigade
Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey.
Nov. 24 and 25, 1863.
16th Alabama - Maj. Frederick A. Ashford.
33rd Alabama - Col. Samuel Adams.
45th Alabama - Lieut. Col. M.O. Lampley.
32nd and 45th Mississippi - Lieut. Col. A. Charlton.
15th Miss. Battalion Sharpshooters - Capt. Daniel Coleman.
In the afternoon of the 24th, the Brigade extended Cleburne's Division line on the ridge south of the Tunnel. Late in the . . . — Map (db m58200) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 378 — Maney's Brigade Walker's Division. Hardee's Corps. |
| | Maney's Brigade.
Walker's Division. - Hardee's Corps.
Brig. Gen. George Maney.
Nov. 25, 1863.
1st and 27th Tennessee - Col Hume R. Field.
4th Tenn. (Provisional Army) - Capt. Joseph Bostick.
6th and 9th Tennessee - Lieut. Col. J. W. Buford.
41st Tennessee - Col. Robert Farquharson.
50th Tennessee - Col. Cyrus A. Sugg (Mortally Wounded).
24th Tennessee Batt'n S.S. - Maj. Frank Maney.
This Brigade was dispatched with its Division . . . — Map (db m58279) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 89 — Martin Hotel 1924-1985 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| | For sixty-one years the Martin Hotel was located at this site. Established in 1924 by Robert Martin with 50 rooms it became the largest African-American hotel in the South. Many celebrities and entertainers such as: Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, J. Ernest Wilkins (Former Assistant Secretary of Labor), Cab Calloway, the Platters, Nat "King" Cole, Lena Horne, Willie Mays, Satchel Paige and the "original" Harlem Globetrotters were guests at the hotel. The Martin Hotel closed November 30, 1985. — Map (db m15648) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Massachusetts |
| | Massachusetts
to her
Second and
Thirtythird
Infantry
in the Campaigns of
Chattanooga — Map (db m43284) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Massenburg's Georgia Battery. 2 - 12 pdr. Napoleons; 2 - 10 pdr. Parrotts. Maj. Felix H. Robertson's Reserve Artillery. |
| | Massenburg's Georgia Battery.
2 - 12 pdr. Napoleons; 2 - 10 pdr. Parrotts.
Maj. Felix H. Robertson's Reserve Artillery.
Nov. 25, 1863, 4 p.m.
Capt. Thomas L. Massenburg, Commanding.
1st Lieut. J. F. Greer.
2d Lieut. George B. Forester.
2d Lieut. R. G. Burgess.
During the union attack on the ridge the battery occupied this position in the line of Finley's Brigade of Breckinridge's Division; kept up a continual and effective fire, aiding in holding . . . — Map (db m44553) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 123 — Matthies' Brigade John E. Smith's Division. Smith's Corps. |
| | Matthies' Brigade
John E. Smith's Division - Smith's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Charles L. Matthies.
Col. Benjamin D. Dean.
Col. Jabez Banbury.
Nov. 25, 1863.
93d Illinois - Col. Holden Putnam (Killed).
93d Illinois - Lieut. Col. N.C. Buswell.
5th Iowa - Col. Jabez Banbury.
5th Iowa - Lieut. Col. E.S. Sampson.
10th Iowa - Lieut. Col. P.P. Henderson.
26th Missouri - Col. Benjamin D. Dean.
——————
About . . . — Map (db m58268) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 403 — McCants' Florida Battery. Maj. Melancthon Smith's Artillery Battalion. Cheatham's Division, Hardee's Corps. |
| | McCants' Florida Battery.
1 10-pdr. parrott, 3 6-pdr. S.B.
Maj. Melancthon Smith's Artillery Battalion.
Cheatham's Division, Hardee's Corps.
Nov. 25, 1863, 4 p.m.
Capt. Robert P. McCants, Commanding
1st Lieut. Thomas J. Perry.
1st Lieut. Andrew J. Neal
2nd Lieut. James C. Davis.
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On the afternoon of November 25th, 1863, at the time of the advance of the enemy on the ridge, . . . — Map (db m46015) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Mebane's Tennessee Battery Cobb's Artillery Battalion Breckinridge's Division - Breckinridge's Corps |
| | Mebane's Tennessee Battery. Four 12 Pounder Howitzers. Capt. Robert Cobb's Artillery Battalion. Breckinridge's (Bate's) Div. Breckinridge's Corps.Capt. Jno. W. Mebane, Commanding,
1st Lieut. J. W. Phillips,
2d Lieut. J. C. Grant, 2d Lieut. Luke E. Wright.
Nov.25th, 1863, 4 P. M.
The battery held this position during the assault on the ridge in the line of Bate's (Tyler's) Brigade of Breckinridge's Div., commanded by Gen. Bate, and opened on the enemy's advancing lines about 3.45 P. . . . — Map (db m38744) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — A US — Military History of Chattanooga |
| | This city was first occupied by Confederate troops in the spring of 1862 under Generals Floyd, Maxey and Leadbetter. Union troops under General Mitchell Shelled it June 7 and 8. Bragg's Army occupied it in August preparing for the Kentucky campaign, again in the fall on its return from Kentucky, and in the summer of 1863 when retiring before Rosecrans from Middle Tennessee. Wilder shelled the city from Stringer's Ridge August 21. Bragg evacuated it Sept. 7 and 8, and a small Union force took . . . — Map (db m4303) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 68 — Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863 |
| | So called from its nearness to the Brainerd Mission to the Cherokee, this ridge was the scene of the final and conclusive action in the series of battles which drove the Confederates from the Chattanooga area. After first clearing a line of riflepits at the foot. Federal troops charged up the slopes of the ridge, driving the Confederates from their entrenchments at the top. — Map (db m13928) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Missionary Ridge Historic District |
| | Missionary Ridge
Historic District
Has been placed on the
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Listed September 5, 1996 — Map (db m46592) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 206 — Missouri |
| |
[West Side of Marker]
To her 6th 8th 10th and 26th Infty. Battery F.
Engaged on the north end of Missionary Ridge.
[East Side of Marker]
To her 2nd and 15th Infty.
U.S.A.
Who reached this position in the assault
Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m38949) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 207 — Missouri |
| | Missouri
To Her 3rd, 12th, 17th, 27th, 29th, 31st and 32nd Infty.
And Battery F. 2nd Mo. U.S.A.
Who Occupied a Position Near This Point Nov. 25, 1863. — Map (db m45798) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Moore's Brigade Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps. Brig. Gen. John C. Moore. |
| | Moore's Brigade
Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Brig. Gen. John C. Moore.
Nov. 25, 1863.
37th Alabama - Col. James F. Dowdell.
40th Alabama - Col. John H. Higley.
42nd Alabama - Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Lanier.
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This brigade withdrew about 2 a.m. Nov. 25th from Lookout Mountain near the Cravens house, and bivouacked at Rossville. Early on the 25th, with its division, it marched north on . . . — Map (db m45872) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Negley's and Wilder's Demonstrations Against Chattanooga |
| | On June 7 and 8, 1862, General Negley in command of a Union reconnoitering force appeared on Stringer's Ridge northwest of this point, and screened by the timber opened with artillery on the city and line of rifle pits (then under command of Gen. Leadbetter), creating some confusion among citizens and troops. Negley's artillery was replied to by Capt. Put. Darden's Mississippi battery from this position and, from the eastern spur of this elevation known as Reservoir Hill, by Capt. R. L. Barry's . . . — Map (db m58997) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — New Jersey |
| | [Front/East Side]
New Jersey
[Right/North Side]
33d.
N.J. Infantry
1st. Brigade
2d. Division
11th. Corps
[Back/West Side]
Erected
by
The State Of
New Jersey
1896
[Left/South Side]
13th.
N.J. Infantry
3d. Brigade
1st. Division
12th. Corps — Map (db m43462) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Occupied Chattanooga The Waterfront |
| | Chattanooga's Tennessee River waterfront underwent major changes during the Civil War. The Confederate troops who occupied the town in the spring of 1862 constructed forts and batteries near the river. When Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans army shelled Chattanooga in August 1863, three forts lined the riverfront from near the present-day Hunter Museum of Art on your left to Cameron Hill on your right across the river.
During the Union army's occupation of Chattanooga (Sept. 9, 1863 - Summer . . . — Map (db m59048) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Ohio Artillery |
| | Ohio Artillery. Nov. 23-25, 1863.During the engagements, the Ohio Batteries operated as indicated below:
Battery A Capt. Wilbur F. Goodspeed / Guarding fords of the Tennessee River.
Battery B Lieut. Norman A. Baldwin / Supporting General Sherman's crossing.
Battery C Capt. Marco B. Gary / Supporting General Sherman's crossing.
Battery E Lieut. Albert G. Ransom / Guarding ford at Dallas, Tennessee.
Battery F Lieut. Giles J. Cockerill / On outer earthworks of the Union Line. . . . — Map (db m38712) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Ohio at Chattanooga November 23-25, 1863 |
| | The battle of Chattanooga occupied three days; the first, Nov. 23d, Orchard Knob; the second, Lookout Mountain; the third, Missionary Ridge.
Gen. Rosecrans who commanded the Army of the Cumberland until relieved before the battle by Gen. Thomas, and Gen. Sherman, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, were from Ohio. Gen. Grant, commanding the combined forces, was born in Ohio and appointed thence to West Point. Three of the 15 Divisions, ten of 38 Brigades were commanded by Ohio officers. . . . — Map (db m20038) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Ohio at Chickamauga. September 18 - 21, 1863. |
| | The preliminary movements of both armies for position occurred the 18th September; the battle was the 19th and 20th; the army was established at Rossville the night of the 20th, and occupied Chattanooga the morning of the 22d.
Rosecrans the commander of the Union Army, and Garfield his Chief of Staff, were from Ohio. Two of the 5 Corps; Four of the 13 Divisions; and Twelve of the 31 Brigades engaged, were commanded by Ohio officers. Of the 36 Batteries, Ohio furnished ten. There were 188 . . . — Map (db m38683) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Osterhaus' Division - Blair's Corps. Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus. |
| | No. 4....................................................U.
Osterhaus' Division - Blair's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus.
Nov. 25, 1863, 6 P.M.
1st Brigade - Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods.
2nd Brigade - Col. James A. Williamson.
The Division, being the head of Gen. Hooker's Column, reached Rossville from Lookout Mountain at 3 P.M. Nov. 25th. It pushed through the gap which was defended by a small force of infantry and artillery and turned . . . — Map (db m43421) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Pennsylvania Reservation |
| | National Park Service
Pennsylvania
Reservation
Chickamauga & Chattanooga
National Military Park
Department of the Interior — Map (db m44198) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Pettus' Brigade Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus |
| | Pettus' Brigade
Stevenson's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus
Nov. 25, 1863
20th Alabama - Capt. John W. Davis.
23rd Alabama - Lieut. Col. J. B. Bibb.
30th Alabama - Col. Charles M. Shelley.
31st Alabama - Col. D. R. Hundley.
48th Alabama - Capt. George E. Brewer.
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During the night of Nov. 24th Pettus' Brigade was ordered from Lookout Mountain to the extreme right on . . . — Map (db m57744) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 124 — Phelps' Brigade Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps. Col. Edward H. Phelp's. |
| | Phelps' Brigade
Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.
Col. Edward H. Phelp's.
Col. William H. Hays.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 p.m.
10th Indiana - Lieut. Col. Marsh B. Taylor.
74th Indiana - Lieut. Col. Myron Baker.
4th Kentucky - Maj. Robert M. Kelly.
10th Kentucky - Col. William H. Hays.
10th Kentucky - Lieut. Col. Gabriel C. Wharton.
18th Kentucky - Lieut. Col Hubbard K. Milward.
14th Ohio - Lieut. Col. Henry D. Kingsbury.
38th Ohio - Maj. Charles . . . — Map (db m45883) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 126 — Raum's Brigade John E. Smith's Division. Seventeenth Corps |
| | Raum's Brigade.
John E. Smith's Division - Seventeenth Corps.
Col. Green B. Raum.
Col. Francis C. Deimling.
Col. Clark R. Wever.
Nov. 25, 1863
56th Illinois - Maj. Pinckney J. Welsh.
17th Iowa - Col. Clark R. Wever.
17th Iowa - Maj. John F. Walden.
10th Missouri - Col. Francis C. Deimling.
10th Missouri - Lieut. Col. Christian Happel.
24th Missouri Co. E. - Capt. W.W. McCammon.
80th Ohio - Lieut. Col. Pren Metham. . . . — Map (db m58256) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Re-Opening the Tennessee River |
| | After Chickamauga, the Confederates by holding Lookout Mountain and Valley, closed the river line of supplies. Rosecrans' plan for its re-opening was to move Hooker's force from Bridgeport into Lookout Valley, Gen. W. F. Smith to co-operate from Chattanooga by seizing Brown's Ferry, on the Tennessee River.
At 3 A.M. Oct. 27, 1863, fifty boats carrying 1500 men of Hazen's Brigade, started from Chattanooga, floated undiscovered past the Confederate pickets, landed at Brown's Ferry about 5 . . . — Map (db m58994) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Reynolds' Brigade - Buckner's Division. Brig. Gen. A. W. Reynolds. Nov. 25, 1863. |
| | Reynolds' Brigade - Buckner's Division.
Brig. Gen. A. W. Reynolds.
Nov. 25, 1863.
58th North Carolina - Col. John B. Palmer.
60th North Carolina - Capt. James T. Weaver.
54th Virginia - Lieut. Col. John J. Wade
63rd Virginia - Maj.James M. French.
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On the morning of Nov. 23rd this brigade was with its division at Chickamauga Station ready to leave by train for Knoxville when it was recalled by order . . . — Map (db m44554) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Road of Remembrance |
| | East Column Upper plaque To the American Soldiers who in three wars have marched along this road. The American Legion Auxiliary, Davis King Summers Post No. 14 dedicates this road in loving memory. August 1930. Lower plaque World War II 1941-45 Summers Whitehead Unit No. 14 October 1948 West Column Four American Armies have marched over this road: two opposing armies in the Civil War 1861-1865 One in the Spanish American War 1898 and the last in the World War 1917-18 — Map (db m47086) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 72 — Ross's Landing |
| | Established about 1816 by John Ross some 370 yards east of this point, it consisted of a ferry, warehouse, and landing. With the organization of Hamilton County in 1819 north of the river, it served not only the Cherokee trade but also as a convenient business center for the country. Cherokee parties left from the landing for the West in 1838, the same year the growing community took the name Chattanooga. — Map (db m13894) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Rowan's GA, formerly 3d Maryland Battery Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion. Stevenson's Div. |
| | Rowan's GA, formerly 3d Maryland Battery
Four 12 pounder Napoleons.
Capt. W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.
Stevenson's Div.,
Nov. 25th, 1863, 11 A.M.
Capt. Jno. B.Rowan, Commanding,
1st Lieut. William L. Ritter,
2d Lieut. Thomas D. Giles,
2d Lieut. James W. Doncaster.
This battery with its battalion moved from its position west of Chattanooga Creek at 2.30 A.M., and after several changes came into position . . . — Map (db m57737) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2 A 86 — Sallie A Crenshaw 1900 - 1986 |
| | Ordained in 1936, Sallie Crenshaw was the first black female minister in the East Tennessee Methodist Conference. Returning to Chattanooga after working as a missionary among Negro miners in West Virginia, she was appalled by the number of black children left alone without day care. In 1947, she established the St. Elmo Mission, which was renamed in her honor in 1983. In 1986, the Bethlehem Center was renamed the Sallie Crenshaw Bethlehem Center. — Map (db m51691) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Samuel Beatty's Brigade Wood's Division - Granger's Corps. Brig. Gen. Samuel Beatty |
| | Samuel Beatty's Brigade
Wood's Division - Granger's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Samuel Beatty.
Nov. 25, 1863, P.M.
79th Indiana - Col. Frederick Knefler.
86th Indiana - Col. George F. Dick.
9th Kentucky - Col. George H. Cram.
17th Kentucky - Col. Alexander M. Stout.
13th Ohio - Col. Dwight Jarvis,Jr.
19th Ohio - Col. Charles F. Manderson.
59th Ohio - Maj. Robert J. Vandsool.
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In the . . . — Map (db m44262) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Scott's Tennessee Battery Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion. Hindman's Division, Hardee's Corps. |
| | Scott's Tennessee Battery
2 6-pdr., 2 12-pdr. Howitzers.
Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.
Hindman's Division, Hardee's Corps.
Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 p.m.
Lieut. John Doscher, Commanding.
2nd Lieut. A. T. Watson
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During the assault of the Army of the Cumberland on the ridge the afternoon of November 25, 1863, one section of the battery occupied the crest of the ridge in rear of this . . . — Map (db m46000) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Sheridan's Division Granger's Corps. Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan |
| |
No. 6...........................................................................U.
Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan.
Nov. 25, 1863, P.M.
1st Brigade - Col. Francis T. Sherman.
2d Brigade - Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner.
3d Brigade - Col. Charles G. Harker.
On the morning of Nov. 25th Gen. Sheridan advanced his line to the right of and in prolongation of the line of Wood's Division of Granger's Corps which occupied Orchard's Knob. . . . — Map (db m38880) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Sherman's Brigade Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps. Col. Francis T. Sherman. |
| | Sherman's Brigade
Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps.
Col. Francis T. Sherman.
Nov. 25, 1863
36th Illinois - Col. Silas Miller
36th Illinois - Lieut. Col. Porter C. Olson.
44th Illinois - Col. Wallace W. Barrett.
73d Illinois - Col. James F. Jaquess.
74th Illinois - Col. Jason Marsh.
88th Illinois - Lieut. Col. G. W. Chandler.
22d Indiana - Col. Michael Gooding.
2d Missouri - Col. Bernard Laiboldt.
2d Missouri - Lieut. Col. Arnold Beck. . . . — Map (db m46174) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Stevenson's Division Breckinridge's Corps. Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson. |
| | Stevenson's Division.
Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.
Nov. 25, 1863
Brown's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Brown.
Cumming's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.
Pettus's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus.
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The Artillery Battalion, commanded by Capt. William W. Carnes, consisted of the Tennessee Battery, Capt. Edmund O. Baxter; Carnes' Tennessee Battery; Georgia . . . — Map (db m45653) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Stewart's Division. Breckinridge's Corps. Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart. Nov. 25, 1863. |
| | Stewart's Division. Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Adams' Brigade, Col. Randall L. Gibson.
Clayton's Brigade, Brig. Gen. Henry D. Clayton.
Strahl's Brigade, Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl.
Stoval's Brigade, Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall.
The artillery battalion of this division was commanded by Captain Henry C. Semple, and composed of the Georgia battery (Dawson's), Lieut. R. W. Anderson; Arkansas battery (Humphrey's), . . . — Map (db m45870) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Stoughton's Brigade Johnson' Division - Palmers' Corps. Col. William L. Stoughton |
| | Stoughton's Brigade
Johnson' Division - Palmers' Corps.
Col. William L. Stoughton
Nov. 25, 1863.
19th Illinois - Lieut. Col. Alexander W. Raffen.
11th Michigan - Maj. B.G. Bennet.
11th Michigan - Capt. Patrick H. Keegan.
69th Ohio - Col. Marshall F. Moore.
69th Ohio - Maj. James J. Manna.
15th U.S., 1st Batt'n - Capt. Henry Keteltas.
15th U.S., 2nd Batt'n - Capt. William S. McManus.
16th U.S., 1st Batt'n - Capt. Robert E.A. Crofton. . . . — Map (db m57788) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Stovall's Brigade Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall. |
| | Stovall's Brigade
Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall.
Nov. 25, 1863.
40th Georgia - Col. Abda Johnson.
41st Georgia - Col. William E. Curtiss.
42d Georgia - Col. R. J. Henderson.
43d Georgia - Col. Hiram P. Bell.
52d Georgia - Maj. John J. Moore.
During Nov. 24th this brigade held its position in Stewart's line of earthworks. Its left rested on the Rossville road opposite the Watkins' place, . . . — Map (db m57793) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Strahl's Brigade. Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl. |
| | Strahl's Brigade
Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl.
Nov. 25, 1863.
4th and 5th Tennessee - Col. J. J. Lamb.
19th Tennessee - Col. Francis M. Walker.
24th Tennessee - Col. John A. Wilson.
31st Tennessee - Col. Egbert E. Tansil.
33rd Tennessee - Lieut. Col. Henry C. McNeill.
This brigade on Nov. 24th held the right of the line of earthworks which diverged from the line at the foot of Missionary Ridge, near a heavy . . . — Map (db m45611) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 64 — Stringer's Ridge |
| | Named for Capt. William Stringer, a pioneer. From there, Federal artillery in Brig. Gen. James S. Negley's task force bombarded Chattanooga, June 7 & 8, 1862, then retired. On Aug. 21, 1863, Capt. Eli Lilley's 18th Indiana Battery, of Wilder's Brigade, again fired on Chattanooga from this ridge and opened the Chickamauga Campaign. — Map (db m13891) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Swaim's Jail Confining Andrew's Raiders |
| | Swaims Jail, a small two-story brick building set into the side of the slope and surrounded by a high board fence, stood across the street. Confederate authorities held Andrews Raiders there after their capture in April 1862. James J. Andrews, 22 soldiers from three Ohio infantry regiments, and a civilian names William Gunter Campbell stole a locomotive called The General of Big Shanty (present day Kennesaw), Georgia and traveled toward Chattanooga. They planned to disrupt Confederate . . . — Map (db m51690) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 414 — Swett's Mississippi Battery Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion. Cleburne's Division. |
| | Swett's Mississippi Battery
Four 12-pdr. Napoleons.
Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.
Cleburne's Division.
Nov. 25th, 1863.
1st Lieut. H. Shannon, Commanding (Wounded).
<1st Lieut. Joseph Ashton, (Mortally Wounded).
2nd Lieut. H. N. Steele.
Corporal F. M. Williams.
The battery, excepting two guns sent to report to Colonel Govan about noon, occupied this position during the days action. It was . . . — Map (db m58306) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — T. J. Wood's Division. |
| | U.S.A.
T. J. Wood's Division.
Right of Assault
Nov. 25, 1863 — Map (db m38558) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 79 — Tennessee Valley Railroad And Museum |
| | Operates over 3 miles near original East Tennessee, Virgina & Georgia Railroad right of way, using pre-1930 equipment, to East Chattanooga terminus. Line passes through 984 foot long Missionary Ridge Tunnel built in 1852-54, the only “Horseshoe” railway tunnel in State.
Official Tennessee State Railroad Museum. — Map (db m43069) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — Tenth Michigan Infantry Morgan's Brigade, Davis' Division, Palmer's Corps. |
| | [Front Side]
Tenth Michigan Infantry
Morgan's Brigade, Davis' Division,
Palmer's Corps.
[Back Side]
Michigan
To her Tenth Regiment of Infantry
Commanded
By Lieut. Colonel Christopher J. Dickerson,
Morgan's Brigade, Davis' Division, Palmer's Corps.
The regiment crossed the Tennessee River with its brigade November 24th, 1863, after a forced march of 58 miles and bivouacked in line of battle at the base of Missionary Ridge until 2 o'clock A.M. of the 26th; . . . — Map (db m43326) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 194 — The 8th. Kansas Vol. Infty., Col. John A. Martin Commanding, |
| | The 8th. Kansas Vol. Infty.,
Col. John A. Martin Commanding,
1st. Brig. Gen. August Willich,
3rd. Div. Gen. T.J. Wood,
4th. A.C. Gen. Gordon Granger.
November 23rd, 1863.
Moved on this point at 2:00 o'clock p.m. from the railroad track in front of Fort Wood as skirmishers for the brigade, and, supported by the brigade, captured this knob and line of works without much resistance and before the main line arrived. The regiment remained in this position until 3 o'clock in the . . . — Map (db m43467) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 195 — The 8th. Kansas Vol. Infty., Col. John A. Martin Commanding, Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., Granger's Corps. |
| | The 8th. Kansas Vol. Infty.,
Col. John A. Martin Commanding,
Willich's Brig., Wood's Div., Granger's Corps.
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November 25th, 1863
Advanced from Orchard Knob at 3:00 p.m. and with the
Brigade carried the works at the foot of the ridge
and continued the assault up its face. The regiment
broke through the opposing line on the crest at
this point and a portion of it pursued the enemy
200 yards beyond, and . . . — Map (db m44030) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — 2A 81 — The McCallie School |
| | A boarding and day day school preparing more than 6,300 boys for college in its first 75 years. McCallie was established on this former Missionary Ridge battlefield in 1905. The founder, the Rev. Thomas Hooke McCallie, Civil War pastor of First Presbyterian Church, gave the land to his sons, Prof. Spencer Jarnagin McCallie and Dr. James Park McCallie co-headmasters for 42 years. They were followed by their sons who continued to make McCallie a respected name in independent education. — Map (db m13931) HM |
| Tennessee (Hamilton County), Chattanooga — The New York Troops in Howard's Eleventh Corps of Hooker's Command 11th and 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge Nov. 23, 24, 25, 1863. |
| | [Front/East side of Marker]
To the New York Troops in Howard's Eleventh Corps of Hooker's Command, 11th and 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, Nov. 23, 24, 25, 1863.
Steinwehr's - 2nd Division
Buschbeck's - 1st Brigade
134th N.Y. Infantry - Lt. Col. A.H. Jackson,
154th N.Y. Infantry - Col. P.H. Jones
Orland Smith's - 2nd Brigade
136th N.Y. Infantry - Col. Jas. Wood Jr.
Schurz's . . . — Map (db m44236) HM |
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