Near Sparta in White County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

WW II Tennessee Maneuvers

Phase I March - June, 1943

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 31, 2015

1. WW II Tennessee Maneuvers Marker

Inscription. The 81st Infantry Division (Red) was captured in western White County in the enveloping movement by the Fifth Armored Division (Blue). The 81st was dug in along a ridge between Peeled Chestnut and Cassville along State Highway 26 near here. Blues divided and moved in pincers eastward from Smithville north and south of the highway. This was the first time an entire division had been captured in the maneuvers, the largest war games ever conducted.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 35° 57.854′ N, 85° 38.282′ W. Marker is near Sparta, Tennessee, in White County. It is on U.S. 70 just west of Indian Mound Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sparta TN 38583, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

and in the Highland Rim.

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,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Eli Sims (Simms) (approx. 3.8 miles away); Evins' Old Mill (approx. 8.4 miles away); Bragg Invades Kentucky (approx. 9.3 miles away); Dekalb County (approx. 9.8 miles away); Darrin Vincent (approx. 9.8 miles away); DeKalb County in the Civil War (approx. 9.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial DeKalb County Tennessee (approx. 9.8 miles away); DeKalb County Confederate Monument (approx. 9.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sparta.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 31, 2015

2. WW II Tennessee Maneuvers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2015, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 775 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 12, 2015, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.