Martin Luther King in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Site of Camp
Photographed By Dale K. Benington
1. Site of Camp Marker
10th Ohio Volunteers, Colonel J. W. Burke
Where First Shell
From Lookout Exploded
(Marker Number MT-39.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 2.842′ N, 85° 18.228′ W. Marker was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It was in Martin Luther King. Marker was on Houston Street north of McCallie Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 654 Houston Street, Chattanooga TN 37402, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location. A Point in the Line of Works (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Medical Arts Building (about 600 feet away); Frances Willard House (about 700 feet away); First Presbyterian Church (about 700 feet away); Caleb Isbester House (about 800 feet away); The First Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Military History of Chattanooga (approx. 0.2 miles away); Walden Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chattanooga.
More about this marker. According to the description information provided by the National
this page online
Regarding Site of Camp. 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 these tablets were erected, by the government.
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Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
2. Site of Camp Marker
View, from across the street, of the property lot area where the address 654 Houston Street would have been located, where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
3. Site of Camp Marker
View, looking north along Houston Street, from near the area where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
4. Site of Camp Marker
View, looking south along Houston Street, from near the area where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
5. Site of Camp Marker
View of page 39 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. 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 304 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 28, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
