On Main Street at Westview Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
An early post office of this name was opened Sept. 28, 1835, in the home of William H.H. Burton, which stood at this site. It remained here until Aug. 27, 1837, when it was moved to the public square of Camden and the name changed to "Camden." . . . — — Map (db m109047) HM
Born 1779, South Carolina, died 1860, Benton County Tenn. Citizen soldier, War of 1812, member of Benton County's first quarterly court February 1836. Patriot for whom Benton County was named. Presented to the Citizens of Benton.
(Base monument) . . . — — Map (db m74482) HM
On Birdsong Marina Road, 0.5 miles east of Birdsong Road (Tennessee Route 191). Reported damaged.
During the Civil War, several engagements occurred along the strategically important Tennessee River within about five miles of here. In each one, cavalrymen engaged naval forces.
On April 26, 1863 near the mouth of the Duck River east of here, . . . — — Map (db m74512) HM
On North Church Avenue at East Lake Stret, on the left when traveling north on North Church Avenue.
8½ miles east, at Johnsonville Landing, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, after blocking river approaches from both directions with captured Federal vessels and gunfire, destroyed the Federal base at Johnsonville. Losses were 4 gunboats, 14 steamboats, 17 . . . — — Map (db m237476) HM
Near West Main Street (Business U.S. 70) west of Cole Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
U.D.C. Marker to eight Irish CSA soldiers
probably worked on railroad
1860-1861
Erected by
Captain Nathaniel A. Wesson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
1992 — — Map (db m109049) WM
Mary Cordelia Beasley-Hudson, a life-long resident of Benton County, was an advocate for women's suffrage. The Tennessee General Assembly approved an amendment to the state constitution to allow women's suffrage on April 15, 1919. Seven days later . . . — — Map (db m81359) HM
Near Mount Carmel Road (County Route 1766) 0.1 miles north of Firetower Road, on the right when traveling west.
On March 5, 1963, at 30 years of age, country singer Virginia Patterson Hensley, better known as Patsy Cline, along with her manager, Randy Hughes, and fellow Grand Ole Opry stars, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas, were killed in a plane crash in . . . — — Map (db m184907) HM
Mildred Jolly Lashlee was the first woman elected to the Tennessee Senate for a full “regular” term. Elected in November 1944, she represented the 26th Senatorial District. Before her election she was appointed to complete the term of . . . — — Map (db m109048) HM
Born June 2, 1863, in a log cabin, about ½ mile N., he studied law at Charlotte, later began practice at Camden. Attorney General of the 13th Judicial District, 1908-12, he was the last Tennessee governor to be elected by a convention. . . . — — Map (db m74481) HM
Near Pilot Knob Road (Tennessee Route 191) 0.2 miles east of Cherry Ridge Road.
Some of the lesser known battles and incidents of wars have afforded drama and have portrayed characteristics of the participants far beyond those of usual recorded history. Such was the Battle of Johnsonville, fought between Maj. Gen. N. B. . . . — — Map (db m146444) HM
Near Eva Beach Drive, 0.2 miles east of Lucas Road, on the right when traveling east.
In 1862 and 1863, Confederate cavalry raids along the Louisville & Nashville Railroad often shut down operations and slowed the flow of supplies into Nashville. The Union army built a supply depot at Johnsonville to help alleviate the disruptions. . . . — — Map (db m171324) HM
Near Pilot Knob Road (Tennessee Route 191) 0.5 miles north of Happy Hollow Road, on the left when traveling north.
The logs for this cabin were taken from a barn owned by Mr. James Sykes of Eva. The barn was used by scouts for General Nathan Bedford Forrest during a reconnaissance of the Pilot Knob area on November 4, 1864. The lower story of the Syke's home . . . — — Map (db m171323) HM
Near Eva Beach Drive, 0.2 miles east of Lucas Road, on the right when traveling east.
"The river, a small rivercraft landing, its proximity to the N. B. Forrest State Park, and the Methodist assembly ground…make it attractive to visitors."
- Tennessee County History Series
The town of Eva began its . . . — — Map (db m183537) HM
Near Pilot Knob Road (Tennessee Route 191) 0.2 miles east of Cherry Ridge Road.
Below the hill to your front and concealed by thick brush, Confederate troops under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest constructed five artillery positions to deploy guns against the Union supply depot at Johnsonville. On November 3, . . . — — Map (db m146438) HM
Near Pilot Knob Road (Tennessee Route 191) 0.2 miles east of Cherry Ridge Road.
By the fall of 1864, the Civil War was not going well for the Confederacy. The Union invasion of the Deep South continued to ravage both the military and civilian population of the war-torn region. In an attempt to halt the advance, Confederate Lt. . . . — — Map (db m146440) HM
Near Pilot Knob Road (Tennessee Route 191) 0.2 miles east of Cherry Ridge Road.
(side 1)
Commemorating the capture
of Federal gunboats
by Forrest's cavalry in the
Johnsonville Expedition
November 4, 1864.
(side 2)
"Faith is the duty of the hour."
N.B. Forrest, Major-General
to . . . — — Map (db m146443) WM
Near Eva Beach Drive, 0.2 miles east of Lucas Road.
"In those days, that was how you got over there; there was no highway”
-Ken Ingram
The track leading to the Tennessee River
Railroad Bridge once started here. The
nearby depot served as the debarkation
point for . . . — — Map (db m183534) HM
Near Interstate 40 at milepost 130, on the right when traveling east.
Take Exit 133, State Route 191, and drive north to visit two state parks associated with the struggle to control the Tennessee River during the Civil War.
In 1861, the Confederates built Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River and Fort Henry . . . — — Map (db m96639) HM
On Interstate 40W at milepost 131,, 1.9 miles west of Birdsong Road (Tennessee Route 191), on the right when traveling west.
Late in 1862, the Union army Gen. Ulysses S. Grant threatened Vicksburg, Mississippi. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg ordered Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest to sever Grant's West Tennessee supply line, which extended from Columbus, Kentucky, via the . . . — — Map (db m118580) HM
