City Center in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington
1. Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V. Marker
Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V.
Chief of Artillery
Department of the Cumberland
(Marker Number MT-28.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 3.197′ N, 85° 18.448′ W. Marker was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It was in City Center. It was on Walnut Street south of East 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 302 Walnut Street, Chattanooga TN 37403, 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: Ernest Walter Holmes, Sr. (about 600 feet away); Swaim's Jail (about 700 feet away); Site of Battery Smartt (approx. 0.2 miles away); Point in the Line of Fort Sherman (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hunter Museum of American Art (approx. 0.2 miles away); Headquarters Row (approx. 0.2 miles away); Chattanooga's First School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ed Johnson Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chattanooga.
Other markers no longer nearby. Headquarters of General James A. Garfield (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing); Signal Hill (was approx. 0.2 miles away
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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 302 Walnut Street."
Regarding Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V.. 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,
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
2. Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V. Marker
View, from across the street, of the property lot area where the address 302 Walnut Street would have been located, where this tablet was once situated.
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 14, 2018
3. Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V. Marker
View, looking east along East 3rd Street, of the area that is near where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
4. Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V. Marker
View, looking south along Walnut Street, from the area where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
5. Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V. Marker
View, looking north along Walnut Street, from the area where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
6. Headquarters of Brigadier General John M. Brannan, U.S.V. Marker
View of page 28 from the National Park Services 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.
7. Tablet Related Newspaper Article
View of a tablet related newspaper article published in the Chattanooga Times on, December 1, 1893.
Library of Congress
8. Portrait of Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan
Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries
Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 353 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 28, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 8. submitted on March 23, 2024, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
