Martin Luther King in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Site of Lunette O'Meara
Photographed By Dale K. Benington
1. Site of Lunette O'Meara Marker
Of Lunette O'Meara
Center of Line
Of Fort Sherman
2 Siege - 6 Field Guns
(Marker Number MT-40.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 3.041′ N, 85° 18.214′ W. Marker was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It was in Martin Luther King. Marker was at the intersection of East 5th Street and Lindsay Street, on the right when traveling east on East 5th Street. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Chattanooga TN 37403, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location. Point in the Line of Fort Sherman (a few steps from this marker); Chancellor T. M. McConnell House (within shouting distance of this marker); Headquarters of Brigadier General George D. Wagner (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of General Bragg's Headquarters (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Frances Willard House (about 700 feet away); Chattanooga's First School (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Point in the Line of Fort Sherman (approx. 0.2 miles away); Swaim's Jail (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chattanooga.
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Regarding Site of Lunette O'Meara. 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 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
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018
2. Site of Lunette O'Meara Marker
View of the property where the address 502 East 5th Street would have located, when this tablet was once situated there.
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
3. Site of Lunette O'Meara Marker
View of the property, where this tablet was located, as it appeared in June of 2014, in a picture taken from Google Map.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018
4. Site of Lunette O'Meara Marker
Another view of the property where the address 502 East 5th Street would have located, when this tablet was once situated there.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington
5. Site of Lunette O'Meara Marker
View of the property, where this tablet was located, as it appeared in June of 2014, in a picture taken from Google Map.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018
6. Site of Lunette O'Meara Marker
View, looking east along East 5th Street, from the area near where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018
7. Site of Lunette O'Meara Marker
View, looking west along East 5th Street, from the area near where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
8. Site of Lunette O'Meara Marker
View of page 40 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.
9. Tablet Related Newspaper Article
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 28, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 255 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on August 28, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
