Fort Sanders in Knoxville in Knox County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

79th New York Infantry (Highlanders) Monument

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

1. 79th New York Infantry (Highlanders) Monument

Lower part

Inscription.
The hands that once were raised in strife
now clasp a brother's hand;
and long as flows the tide of life —
in peace, in toil, when war is rife —
we shall as brother's stand,
one heart, one soul for our free land.
J. I. C. Clarke

79th N.Y. Infantry
(Highlanders)

First Brigade (Morrison's)
First Division (Ferrero's)
Ninth Corps (Potter's)
Burnside's Command Army of the Ohio

Commanded by Captain William S. Montgomery, the 79th N.Y. Vol. Inf. took a prominent part in the operations of the siege of Knoxville, and was strenuously engaged in the defense of Fort Sanders, holding the northwest bastion.
November 29, 1863

New York

Erected 1918 by 79th New York Veterans Organization.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 35° 57.543′ N, 83° 55.87′ W. Monument is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County. It is in Fort Sanders. It is at the intersection of Clinch Avenue and 16th Street, on the right when traveling east on Clinch Avenue. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 1547 16th St, Knoxville TN 37916, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in East Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds 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

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are within walking distance of this marker: Fort Sanders (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Sanders U.D.C. Monument (about 800 feet away); The Assault Upon Fort Sanders (approx. 0.2 miles away); General Clifton Bledsoe Cates (approx. 0.2 miles away); James Rufus Agee (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fort Byington (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wait Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); Desegregation of the University of Tennessee (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Knoxville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Fort Sanders (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Poem on 79th New York Infantry (Highlanders) Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark R. Henderson

2. Poem on 79th New York Infantry (Highlanders) Monument

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

3. 79th New York Infantry (Highlanders) Monument

Upper part

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

4. 79th New York Infantry (Highlanders) Monument

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

5. 79th New York Infantry (Highlanders) Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on July 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,240 times since then and 93 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 2, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on July 29, 2022, by Mark R. Henderson of Kaufman, Texas. 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 2, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.