Martin Luther King in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
A point in the 2D Line of Works
Photographed by Dale K. Benington
1. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker
Connecting Battery Erwin
with Fort Jones.
(Marker Number MT-33.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 2.647′ N, 85° 18.426′ W. Marker was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It was in Martin Luther King. It was on East 10th Street east of Lindsay Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: 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: A Point in the 2d Line of Works (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Martin Hotel (about 400 feet away); The Impressions (about 400 feet away); Old Post Office (about 400 feet away); First Coca-Cola Bottling Company In The United States (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sit-in Movement of 1960 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (approx. 0.2 miles away); Looking Back (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chattanooga.
Other markers no longer nearby. Site of Redoubt Jones (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named A point in the 2D Line of Works (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been
this page online
More about this marker. According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the marker is a, “Cast iron tablet in brick wall at 219 East 10th 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 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
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
2. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker
View, from across the street, of the property lot area where the address 219 East 10th 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. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker
View, looking east along East 10th Street, from the area where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
4. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker
View, looking west along East 10th Street, from the area where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
5. A point in the 2D Line of Works Marker
View of page 33 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.
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 493 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 28, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
