Riverfront in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Headquarters of Major General U. S. Grant, U.S.A.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington
1. Headquarters of Major General U. S. Grant, U.S.A. Marker
Major General U. S. Grant, U. S. A.
Commanding Military Division
Of the Mississippi
And of His Successor
Major General W. T. Sherman, U. S. V.
(Marker Number MT-36.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 3.34′ N, 85° 18.55′ W. Marker was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It was in Riverfront. It was on East 1st Street east of Market Street (Tennessee Route 8), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 110 East 1st 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: Headquarters Row (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Welcome to Chattanooga (about 400 feet away); Ross's Landing (about 400 feet away); Trail of Tears (about 400 feet away); Ed Johnson Memorial (about 400 feet away); Stickball / Seven Sisters (about 500 feet away); Ross's Landing: River Crossing and Port (about 500 feet away); Bluff Furnace Historic Site (about 500 feet 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 Park Service, the marker is a, “Bronze
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Regarding Headquarters of Major General U. S. Grant, U.S.A.. 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.”
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
2. Headquarters of Major General U. S. Grant, U.S.A. Marker
View, from across the street, of the property lot area where the address 110 East 1st 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 Major General U. S. Grant, U.S.A. Marker
View, looking east along East 1st Street, from near the area where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018
4. Headquarters of Major General U. S. Grant, U.S.A. Marker
View, looking west along East 1st Street, from near the area where this tablet was once situated.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
5. Headquarters of Major General U. S. Grant, U.S.A. Marker
View of page 36 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 486 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 28, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
