Southside Historic District in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

MISSING

SEE LOCATION SECTION

A point in the 2D Line of Works

Photographed by Dale K. Benington

1. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker

Inscription. A Point in the 2d Line of Works,
Connecting Fort Jones
with Fort Lytle.

(Marker Number MT-62B.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Civil.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 2.419′ N, 85° 18.885′ W. Marker was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It was in the Southside Historic District. It was on Carter Street near West 14th Street, on the left when traveling north. This tablet should be affixed to the side of a brick building located on the west side of the street. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 1307 Carter Street, Chattanooga TN 37402, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Crane Building (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named A point in the 2D Line of Works (about 700 feet away); Chattanooga Plow Power House (approx. ¼ mile away); The Chattanooga Brush Electric Light Company (approx. ¼ mile away); Military History of Chattanooga (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Union Depot (approx. 0.4 miles away); Looking Back (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Looking Back (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chattanooga.

Other markers no longer nearby.

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

A Point in the Line of Works (was about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing); Site of Headquarters, Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Site of College Building (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Point in the 2D Line of Works (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the marker is a, “Cast iron tablet in brick building, at 1307 Carter Street."

Regarding A point in the 2D Line of Works. With much help from Suzette Raney of the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Chattanooga Public Library, I have been able to put together some background information on these bronze and/or iron, Civil War related, tablets placed throughout the city of Chattanooga.

According to a newspaper article published in the Chattanooga Times on, December 1, 1893, there was a committee appointed from the chamber of commerce to identify historical points in connection with the occupancy of Chattanooga

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018

2. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker

View of the current brick building at 1307 Carter Street, where this tablet was once situated.

by federal and Confederate troops. These points were to later be marked by a bronze tablet bearing a description of the event which transpired at that point. According to a Battlefield Guide, published in 1897 by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, “For the 20th reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, September 18-20, 1889, the publisher of the Guide compiled the following list of historical points, which list, has since been revised and bronze tablets placed on or near the sites by the Government.” So it would appear that it was sometime between late 1893 and 1897 that these tablets were erected, by the government.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. A list of the tablets placed throughout the city of Chattanooga, in the mid-1890s, that identify historical points in connection with the occupancy of Chattanooga by Federal and Confederate troops.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018

3. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker

View, looking south along Carter Street, of the current brick building where this tablet was once situated.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018

4. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker

View, looking north along Carter Street, from the front of the current brick building, where this tablet was once situated.

List of Classified Structures image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017

5. List of Classified Structures

View of page 62B from the National Park Service’s record book on the Chattanooga - Chickamauga ”MT-numbered” listings of classified structures, which is kept in the Chickamauga Battlefield Park's Visitor Center.

Image courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library.

6. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker

View of a tablet related newspaper article published in the Chattanooga Times on, December 1, 1893.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 536 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 24, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.