Dunlap in Sequatchie County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Wheeler's Raid

Oct. 2, 1863

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, May 10, 2009

1. Wheeler's Raid Marker

Inscription. This road, then part of the Anderson Turnpike, was used by Federal wagon trains between the base at Bridgeport, Ala., and the besieged army in Chattanooga. West of here, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, raiding northwestward with his cavalry, intercepted a train, estimates from between 800 and 1000 wagons, burned it and captured a number of mules.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 2A18.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 35° 17.508′ N, 85° 22.892′ W. Marker was in Dunlap, Tennessee, in Sequatchie County. It was on Taft Highway (U.S. 127). Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Dunlap TN 37327, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau.

It was also 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 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 12 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Chapel Hill United Methodist Church (approx. 1½ miles away); Thunder in the Valley (approx. 4½ miles away); Dunlap Community Building (approx. 5½ miles away); Corral Road (approx. 7.4 miles away); Judge M.M. Allison

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(approx. 8.1 miles away); Old Madison (approx. 10½ miles away); Poe's Tavern (approx. 11.3 miles away); a different marker also named Poe's Tavern (approx. 11.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dunlap.

Additional keywords. Wheeler's Raid Sequatchie Valley

May 10, 2009

2. Wheeler's Raid Marker

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