Born in NC, 1783; veteran of the War of 1812; early Bedford County manufacturer; Whig political leader. In 1810 Cannon provided 100 acres of land for the site of the "Town of Shelbyville" and in 1817 donated 5 acres to Dickson Academy and a lot to a . . . — — Map (db m26807) HM
In the cemetery north of the road are buried Confederate soldiers of the Army of Tennessee, who fell while opposing the advance of Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland through Liberty Gap and Guy's Gap, in late June, 1863. Also buried here are soldiers . . . — — Map (db m25864) HM
(preface)
After the Battle of Stones River ended on January 2, 1863, Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans occupied Murfreesboro. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew south to the Highland Rim to protect the rail junction at Tullahoma, Bragg's . . . — — Map (db m85714) HM
Born in a house which stood here. Enlisted in the 1st Tenn. Volunteers for the Mexican War; on graduation from US Military Academy in 1853, commissioned in Dragoons. Resigning for the Confederacy and rapidly promoted to colonel, he was captured at . . . — — Map (db m207913) HM
In memory of the
"Shelbyville Rebels" Co. F.
41st Tenn. Reg't. C.S.A. and
all soldiers from Bedford
County who fought for the
Confederacy in the War
Between the States 1861-1865
Erected and affectionately dedicated
by the Agnes L. . . . — — Map (db m85555) WM
Son of Michael, an immigrant from Frankfurt on Main, Germany in 1760. Migrated by covered wagon, horseback and afoot from North Carolina in 1808 with his family and settled this tract of land on Thompson's creek. The land was granted to him by the . . . — — Map (db m80313) HM
Dedicated to the Memory of the Thirteen Free and Accepted Masons Who Were Among the First Signers of the Constitution of the United States.
A.D. 1787 - A.D. 1987
Donated by Normandy Lodge No. 617 Shelbyville Lodge No. 122 of Free and . . . — — Map (db m207988) HM
Governor of Tennessee for three successive terms 1939-1945. A native of Bedford County and graduate of Webb School, Princeton and Harvard Law School, he was Attorney General of the 8th Judicial Circuit, a member of the 63rd and 70th General . . . — — Map (db m25868) HM
Shelbyville was established in 1810 on 100 acres of land donated by Clement Cannon (1783-1860), local manufacturer and veteran of the War of 1812. The city was named in honor of General Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), statesman and noted Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m85443) HM
This 90-acre tract is home of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration - "The World's Largest Walking Horse Show". On July 17, 1939, a non-profit association was chartered to conduct a national celebration to honor and exhibit the Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m25869) HM
[Side A]
Shelbyville — “Little Boston”
Shelbyville, Tennessee, better known as “Little Boston,” was a hotbed of Unionist sentiment throughout the war. When William Rosecrans' Union army captured the town, they were welcomed as . . . — — Map (db m191662) HM
Moore County Established 1871; named in honor of
Major Gen. William Moore
He settled in Tennessee in 1808, coming from Kentucky. Commanded a company in the Creek War; finished the War of 1812 as a Major General. Member of the State House . . . — — Map (db m61915) HM
By
Sergeant Major Larry E. & Mrs. Sheila M. Williams, US Army / Retired
Commander Camp #72 (Manchester), Starnes DBE., TN Div., SCV
10 December 2011 — — Map (db m152097) WM
Wartrace is located on a 5000-acre North Carolina grant acquired by General Andrew
Jackson at an 1802 marshal's sale in Nashville. In 1805, Jackson came to the area to establish his boundaries for the opening of the lands for settlement by the . . . — — Map (db m152096) HM
Hardee's Corps retired to the Wartrace-Fairfield defensive line, January, 1863. Here they remained until late June, when Rosecrans, moving the bulk of the Federal Army of the Cumberland around the right flank to Manchester, made Bragg withdraw from . . . — — Map (db m152093) HM
The Beechwood Plantation house, which formerly stood at this site, was an important Confederate headquarters during the Tullahoma Campaign. It was built for Col. Andrew Erwin, Jr. and family in 1826. The Erwins, who were southern sympathizers, . . . — — Map (db m25862) HM
In April 1862, Major James M. Shanklin with 197 men of the 42nd Indiana Infantry campedon the west bank of Wartrace Creek, near the end of Bridgeview Street, to secure the supply line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad by guarding two bridges . . . — — Map (db m152103) HM
Strolling Jim, the first World's Champion Tennessee Walking Horse, is buried in a pasture directly behind the Walking Horse Hotel. Foaled in 1936, this former work horse was ridden to the championship by Floyd Carothers at the first Walking Horse . . . — — Map (db m24165) HM
(side 1)
Anatomy of a Campaign
In late June of 1863, Union Major General William S. Rosecrans launched a massive offensive from his base in Murfreesboro in an attempt to drive Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s 43,000-man Army of . . . — — Map (db m152889) HM
In 1850, Rice Coffey gave eight acres to the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad on which the main line would run with a depot and freight house at the junction of the branch line to Shelbyville. In 1851, town lots were laid off. The following year, . . . — — Map (db m88407) HM
The 110th Field Artillery (FA), the Maryland National Guard's senior artillery organization, traces its origin to 28 December 1915, when Battery A, Maryland FA, was activated at Pikesville. Upon America's April 1917 entry into World War I, Battery A . . . — — Map (db m240656) HM WM
The 115th Infantry was organized on 29 September 1881 as the 1st Battalion of Infantry, Maryland National Guard, from existing independent companies, including those at Hagerstown and Frederick. It was expanded and redesignated on 1 May 1886 as the . . . — — Map (db m241025) HM WM
Raised in 1741, the militia that became the 116th Infantry Regiment campaigned from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley against the Indians, the French, and the British. In 1861, that antecedent force grew into the first Virginia Brigade, Army of the . . . — — Map (db m241028) HM WM
Constituted in May 1802 as the Columbian Brigade of the District of Columbia Militia, the 121st Engineers antecedents served with distinction as infantry in the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, war with Spain, and World War 1, In January 1921, . . . — — Map (db m241862) WM
A veteran regiment with service dating from the Civil War, the 12th Infantry was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division on 10 October 1941. After completing individual, unit, and maneuver training from 1942 through 1943, the Regiment deployed to . . . — — Map (db m240627) WM
Constituted on 3 May 1861, the 16th Infantry Regiment distinguished itself in the Civil War, Indian Wars, War with Spain, Philippine Insurrections, and World War I. Before Operation Overlord, the regiment had already served in the Big Red One's . . . — — Map (db m241634) HM WM
The 175th Infantry Regiment is one of the oldest military organizations in the United States. Founded on 3 December 1774 as the Baltimore Independent Cadets, it later became a component of the "Maryland Line" and fought in most of the major battles . . . — — Map (db m241018) HM WM
Constituted in May of 1861, the 18th Infantry Regiment served with distinction in twenty-three campaigns spanning the Civil War, Indian Wars, War with Spain, Philippine Insurrection, and World War 1. In World War II, the 18th Infantry took part in . . . — — Map (db m241678) HM WM
The 1st Engineer Special Brigade (ESB), which had served with distinction on Sicily under the command of Colonel Eugene Caffey, arrived in England in December of 1943 with the nucleus of its large organization. The 1st ESB headquarters brought with . . . — — Map (db m240748) WM
The 1st Special Service Brigade (SSB) established during World War II comprised elements of the Army and the Royal Marines (RM). Its separate units served in Norway and the disastrous pre-D-Day raid at Dieppe, France before coming together for . . . — — Map (db m241248) HM WM
Activated on 15 November 1942 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, as the 3rd battalion of the 510th Coast Artillery Regiment, the unit was redesignated the 225th Searchlight Battalion on 20 January 1943. Well trained and technically proficient, the 225th . . . — — Map (db m240177) WM
The 22nd Infantry Regiment served with distinction in a number of the nation's early conflicts before joining the 4th Infantry Division in 1923. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Regiment trained for two years before embarking for England in . . . — — Map (db m240622) HM WM
238th Engineer Combat Battalion
“Victoria per Construere”
Activated on 13 June 1942 as the Second Battalion of the 51st Engineer Combat Regiment, the 238th Engineer Combat Battalion (ECB) saw its first action of the Second World . . . — — Map (db m240386) HM WM
Constituted in 1901, the 26th Infantry Regiment served in the Philippine Islands, along the Mexican border, and in World War I. During the Second World War, the unit distinguished itself in the 1st Infantry Division’s amphibious assaults on and . . . — — Map (db m241940) HM WM
Constituted from National Guard units of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington, DC, the 29th Infantry Division was activated on 25 August 1917 at Camp McClellan, Alabama. The Blue and Gray Division traces its antecedents to the . . . — — Map (db m241805) HM WM
In December 1942, Headquarters U.S. Army, European Theater of Operations, authorized the activation of the 2nd Provisional Ranger Battalion. That order was prompted by the void created among U.S. Army units in the British Isles by the departure of . . . — — Map (db m243036) HM WM
320th Anti-Aircraft Balloon Battalion
Very Low Altitude (VLA)
The 320th Coast Artillery Barrage Balloon Battalion (Colored) was activated at Camp Tyson, Tennessee, on 10 December 1942. All the enlisted men and seventeen of the . . . — — Map (db m240367) HM WM
Constituted in 1917, the 325th Infantry Regiment served as part of the 82nd Division during World War 1, earning campaign credits for hard-fought actions at St. Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne. Soon after the United States entered World War II, the . . . — — Map (db m240645) HM WM
Constituted in 1917, the 321th Infantry Regiment served as part of the 82nd Division during World War I, earning campaign credits for hard-fought actions in France. The 321th returned to active duty soon after America's entry into World War II. On . . . — — Map (db m240640) WM
Constituted in 1917, the 359th Infantry Regiment served in several hard-fought campaigns during World War I. Recalled to active service in March 1942, it was reorganized at Camp Barkeley, Texas, and assigned to the 90th Infantry Division. The . . . — — Map (db m240639) HM WM
Organized in September 1942, the 411th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion trained at Camp Davis, North Carolina before being dispatched overseas to the European Theater of Operations in January 1944. On D+2, the 411th landed with their 90mm guns . . . — — Map (db m240178) HM WM
Formed in March 1944 around a nucleus of well-trained units drawn from the Royal Marines (RM), the 4th Special Service Brigade (SSB) would land at Normandy on 6 June 1944 and later take part in the Battle of the Scheldt and the Walcheren Islands . . . — — Map (db m241310) HM WM
With Colonel Howard R. "Jumpy" Johnson commanding, the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) was constituted and activated at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, on 15 November 1942. Under Col. Johnson, the unit participated (with paratroopers crying out . . . — — Map (db m240647) HM WM
Activated on 1 July 1941, the 502nd Parachute Infantry Battalion became a three battalion parachute infantry regiment (PIR) on 2 March 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia, with Colonel George Van Horn Moseley Jr. commanding. Col. Moseley led the Regiment . . . — — Map (db m240597) WM
Constituted as the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1942, the Regiment became part of the 82nd Airborne Division (ABD) in February 1943. Led by Colonel James M. Gavin, the 505th PIR was reinforced by . . . — — Map (db m240537) HM WM
Activated on 20 July 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) came on line under the command of Colonel Robert F. Sink, who remained commander throughout its service. Early in its training near Currahee Mountain in . . . — — Map (db m240607) WM
Constituted as the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), the unit was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia, on 20 July 1942. After conducting basic and advanced airborne training in the United States as part of the 1st Airborne Brigade, the . . . — — Map (db m240525) HM WM
Constituted as the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) and activated at Camp Blanding, Florida, on 20 October 1942 with Colonel Roy E. Lindquist commanding, this unit completed basic training and moved to Ft. Benning, Georgia, for parachute . . . — — Map (db m240589) WM
A first-line Territorial Army Division peopled by miners and shipbuilders from the region of northeastern England bounded by the Rivers Tyne and Tees (hence the TT shoulder patch), the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was organized on 3 . . . — — Map (db m241601) HM WM
Organized in the United Kingdom in November 1943 from the 1119th Engineer Combat Group, the 5th Engineer Special Brigade (ESB) was composed primarily of three attached engineer combat battalions, the 37th, 336th, and 348th Enginers. Each of those . . . — — Map (db m241613) HM WM
The 6th Engineer Special Brigade (ESB) was formed in January of 1944 from the 1116th Engineer Combat Group (147th, 149th, and 203rd Engineer Combat Battalions). Colonel Paul Thompson assumed command of the 10,000-man unit soon thereafter. The . . . — — Map (db m240793) HM WM
On 15 March 1942, the War Department activated the 761st Tank Battalion (Light) at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. The battalion's 36 officers and 593 enlisted men moved to Camp Hood, Texas, to train and convert to M4A3 Sherman tanks. On 10 October 1944, . . . — — Map (db m240462) HM WM
Constituted on 5 July 1838, the 8th Infantry Regiment had distinguished itself long before its assignment to the 4th Division on 24 March 1923. On D-Day the constricted landing area on Utah Beach compelled the division to attack in a column of . . . — — Map (db m240613) HM WM
Activated on 15 February 1944 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, as the 91st Chemical Battalion Motorized, the battalion was redesignated the 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion on 22 February 1944. Lt. Col. Roy Muth assumed command on that day and . . . — — Map (db m240470) HM WM
By the mid-1800s, the village of Mons, which is Latin for mountain, had grown up around the Peaks of Otter. There was a church, a school, two mills, and a hotel. The small community provided services to tourists who had discovered the Peaks of Otter . . . — — Map (db m134491) HM
The first resident landscape architect and planner of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was his vision, imagination, and creative talents in the Parkway's formative stages that made the Blue Ridge Parkway unique. — — Map (db m9743) HM
Though not used in connection with the D-Day landing in France, the restored L-3 "Grasshopper" (thus nicknamed for its similarity to the insect) displayed here does bear the variegated markings of the Allied Air Forces. Alluded to in the granite . . . — — Map (db m242020) HM WM
Annie J. Bronson was born in Kansas, the daughter of a Union Army Officer. Her father was in Abraham Lincoln's Army during the Civil War. She was not politically active in Massachusetts and had never been to Virginia, but was "fiercely patriotic," a . . . — — Map (db m241706) HM WM
The parkway reaches its highest elevation in Virginia - - 3950 - - on Apple Orchard Mountain. Wind, ice and snow of raging winter storms have pruned this mountaintop forest, giving it an “Old Apple Orchard” appearance. This . . . — — Map (db m95966) HM
William Arthur Tedder
11 July 1890 - 3 June 1967
Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF)
While reading history at Cambridge (1913), Arthur Tedder secured a commission in the Dorsetshire Regiment. Injured . . . — — Map (db m240287) HM WM
Most of the 1,100 officers and men of the Royal Australian Volunteer Naval Reserve who took part in Operation Neptune on D-Day did so aboard British ships. Some also served as commanders of one of several landing flotillas or motor torpedo boats. . . . — — Map (db m240076) HM WM
(preface)
On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid was part of . . . — — Map (db m42844) HM
On the evening of June 15, 1864, the lead element of Union Gen. David Hunter’s 18,000-man army arrived here and cam near Avenel. The main force arrived the following morning and started destroying the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad tracks, burning . . . — — Map (db m41408) HM
This place became the county seat of Bedford when it was moved from New London in 1782. First called Liberty (incorporated in 1839), the town changed its name to Bedford City in 1890 and to Bedford in 1912. A third courthouse, built in 1834, was . . . — — Map (db m42879) HM
Deo Vindice
To the Confederate
Soldiers and Sailors of
Bedford County. 1861-1865
Bedford honors her heroes;
proudly rejoicing with the living;
sincerely mourning the dead.
Their history is it's brightest page,
exhibiting the . . . — — Map (db m43042) HM
June 6 1944
Erected by the Parker-Hoback Post, 29th Division Association, in memory of the Bedford County men of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, who gave their lives in the preparation for and the participation in the Normandy . . . — — Map (db m52054) HM
Oct. 10, 1774
In memory of
Bedford’s Volunteer Company
which fought in
The Battle of Point Pleasant
Thomas Buford, Captain
Thomas Dooley, Lieut.
Sergeants
Jonathan Cundiff, Ensign
Nicholas Mead • William Kennedy • John . . . — — Map (db m43717) HM
The Belgian Section of the Royal Air Force was
officially recognized as a Belgian Force on June 4, 1942. On D-Day, some two years later, Belgium's 350th Squadron took part in the aerial defense of both Gold and Sword Beaches. In the hours . . . — — Map (db m240072) HM WM
Bernard Law “Monty” Montgomery
17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976
Commander, 21st Army Group
Bernard Montgomery attended the King's School, Canterbury; St.
Paul's School, London; and Royal Military Academy. He joined the Royal . . . — — Map (db m240257) HM
20 January 1883 ~ 2 January 1945
Naval Commander, in Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force
Entering the Royal Navy from Colchester Royal Grammar School in 1898, Bertram Ramsay rose to midshipman a year later. His first . . . — — Map (db m240289) WM
Designed and patented in 1917 by Army Captain Robert L. Queissner of the 5th Ohio Infantry, whose two sons were at the front, the Blue Star Banner was displayed in thousands of homes across the nation before World War I ended the next year. Today it . . . — — Map (db m247092) HM WM
The WWII generation grew to appreciate the practical nature of Quonset huts, or Q huts, as they were called by the millions acquainted with them. These pre-fabricated buildings of WWII, seen on military bases across the nation and in both theaters . . . — — Map (db m241558) HM WM
Quonset huts met a critical need for the WWII generation. With millions returning home from service after the war, the country faced the worst housing shortage in its history. According to an article printed in 1946 by Popular Science . . . — — Map (db m243139) HM WM
On D-Day 15,000 troops in Canada's 3rd Infantry
Division landed on Juno Beach under the operational control of the British 1st Corps. The Royal Canadian Air Force committed 39 strategic and tactical squadrons on D-Day, flying 230 sorties of the . . . — — Map (db m240071) HM WM
Around 1820, Anthony Bunn Johnson established a printing and book-binding business at Birmingham, England. The firm prospered under Johnson and his heirs, relocating to Harborne in 1897 as Johnson Brothers Ltd. Sited near a small stream called Chad, . . . — — Map (db m240332) HM WM
January 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill accompanied by their senior military-poltical advisors, gathered at Casablanca, Morocco, to settle on a strategy for the defeat of Germany. Despite profound . . . — — Map (db m240308) WM
Clement Richard Attlee
3 January 1883 - 8 October 1967
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1945 - 1951
Clement Attlee, read history at University College, Oxford, graduating in 1904. He joined the Independent Labor Party in 1908 and . . . — — Map (db m240672) HM WM
Medics in World War II were the front line of battlefield medicine. Typically a battalion of some 400 to 500 men would have about thirty medics or aidmen; although later in the campaign, attrition often made that number much smaller. Their job was . . . — — Map (db m241201) WM
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Dedicated To The Recipients Of The Nation's Oldest Military Decoration "The Purple Heart" Combat Wounded Veterans Military Order of the Purple Heart 1782 - 1932 My stone is red for the blood they . . . — — Map (db m241800) WM
One of twelve letter companies of the 29th Infantry Division's 116 Infantry Regiment, Company A, under the command of Captain Taylor N. Fellers, landed in gray dawn at H-Hour, 0630, on the Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach. One of the six assault . . . — — Map (db m241472) HM WM
Called up from Lynchburg, Virgina, to become another of the twelve letter companies in the 29th Infantry Division's 116th Infantry Regiment, Company B, under the command of Captain Ettore V. Zappacosta, was scheduled to land on the Dog Green sector . . . — — Map (db m241478) HM WM
Inducted into federal service at its Virginia National Guard armory in Harrisonburg on 3 February 1941, Company C, 116th Infantry, trained in England for twenty months to prepare for its pivotal role on Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Commanded . . . — — Map (db m240893) HM WM
Presidential Unit Citation, French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Formed at Roanoke, Virginia, Company D of the 116th Infantry Regiment, under the command of Captain Walter O. Schilling, was one of four infantry companies in the 116th Regiment . . . — — Map (db m241452) HM WM
Federalized at Chase City, Virginia, on 3 February 1941, Company E, 116th Infantry, moved to Ft. Meade, Maryland, for training then sailed for Great Britain on HMS Queen Mary in October 1942 to continue training and begin preparing for its . . . — — Map (db m240914) HM WM
Activated in South Boston, Virginia, Company F, under the command of Captain William R. Callahan, was one of four infantry companies to land at H-Hour, 0630, in the 116th Infantry's first-wave assault on Omaha Beach. Its mission was to secure the . . . — — Map (db m241314) HM WM
Federalized from Farmville, Virginia, on 3 February 1941, Company G, commanded by Captain Eccles H. Scott, was one of three companies of the 116th Intantry's Second Battalion to assault Omaha Beach in the first wave. Slated to land in Dog White . . . — — Map (db m241316) HM WM
Mobilized by proclamation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 3 February 1941, members of Company H, 16th Infantry, reported to their Virginia National Guard armory in Martinsville for what was supposed to be one year of active service, but which . . . — — Map (db m240908) HM WM
On 3 February 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a decree calling the 29th Infantry Division into active service for one year, which became five. Responding to that call, National Guardsmen from Frederick County, Virginia, and nearby areas . . . — — Map (db m241467) HM WM
Federalized from Charlottesville, Virginia, on 3 February 1941, Company K, commanded by Captain William G. Pingley Jr., was one of four companies of the 116th Infantry's Third Battalion to land at Omaha Beach in the third wave. The six approaching . . . — — Map (db m241318) HM WM
Mobilized on 3 February 1941 by order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, citizen-soldiers of Company L, 116th Infantry, reported to their Virginia National Guard armory at Staunton for a year's active service plus another four added by the bombing . . . — — Map (db m241325) HM WM
On 3 February 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilized the 29th Infantry Division for a year's active service. Peopled by citizen soldiers from Greenville County and other Virginia locales nearby, Company M of the 116th Infantry Regiment . . . — — Map (db m240901) HM WM
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