Ringgold in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Cherokee Springs Confederate Hospital

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, September 25, 2011

1. Cherokee Springs Confederate Hospital Marker

View of marker looking north.

Inscription. >>>>— ½ mile ——> One half mile east is the site of Cherokee Springs Confederate Hospital, located here in 1862-1863. Hundreds of sick and wounded Confederate soldiers were sent to the hospital to rest and recuperate, being benefited by the healing waters of the springs. General and Mrs. Braxton Bragg were patients in August 1863. Bishop Quintard preached the first sermon at the opening of the religious chapel at the hospital on August 21, 1863. Early September 1863 the hospital moved south out of the path of the invading Federals. Federals and Confederates skirmished here February 23, 1864.

Erected 1956 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 023-12.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is February 23, 1864.

Location. 34° 54.974′ N, 85° 5.177′ W. Marker is in Ringgold, Georgia, in Catoosa County. It is on Cherokee Valley Road (Georgia Route 2208) 0.3 miles north of Route 3, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ringgold GA 30736, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Trail of Tears Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Stone Church And Catoosa Station

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(approx. 0.9 miles away); Stone Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Old Stone Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Old Federal Road (approx. 0.9 miles away); Confederate General Patrick Cleburne's Emancipation Proposal (approx. one mile away); The Battle of Ringgold Gap (approx. one mile away); Atlanta Campaign (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ringgold.

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, September 25, 2011

2. Cherokee Springs Confederate Hospital Marker

View of marker looking south.

Cherokee Branch that feeds Cherokee Springs image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, November 21, 2006

3. Cherokee Branch that feeds Cherokee Springs

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,262 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 29, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.