Medal of Honor
Citation
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 1st Lt. Gardner's platoon was advancing to relieve a company of the 1st Battalion that had been pinned . . . — — Map (db m221776) WM
Strahl's Brigade / Maj. Gen. John C. Brown's 3rd Div.
/ Maj. Gen. Benjamin E. Cheatham 1st Corps / Gen. John B. Hood's Army of TN. / Confederate States of America — Killed at Battle of Franklin, TN — 30 Nov. 1864 — — Map (db m221798) HM WM
Col. Robert Henry Dyer served during the War of 1812, including the Creek War and as a commander on the left flank under Gen. Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans on Jan. 8, 1815. The previous night he was injured when his horse fell on . . . — — Map (db m255371) HM
[Front]
Shiloh
To the memory of the faithful
Confederate soldiers of Dyer County
Number of battles fought by them
Confederate
[side] Perryville • Chickamauga • Missionary Ridge • Belmont • Richmond • Peach . . . — — Map (db m221760) WM
[First plaque]
“For our tomorrow they gave their today”
Killed in Action
Bundy Alexander • Robert Edgar Austin • Robert Allen Brewer • Tipton J. Brewer • Robert T. Brown • Clarence P. Butler • Murrow Childress • Earl R. Cooper • . . . — — Map (db m255374) WM
At least fifteen Confederate companies were formed in Dyer County, including Capt. Otho F. Strahl’s Co. K, 4th Tennessee Infantry, and Capt. Tyree H. Bell’s Co. B, 12th Tennessee Infantry. Both men rose to the rank of brigadier general. Strahl was . . . — — Map (db m74634) HM
Korean conflict
1950 - 1953
The forgotten war
In memory of
all Korean War veterans
They told us, “We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.” So we fought in the mountains on Heartbreak Ridge and waded ashore at . . . — — Map (db m221780) WM
Dedicated to the memory of those who
made the greatest sacrifice in Vietnam
Charles W.. Stevens • Jimmy R. Orr • James A. Gardner • Robert L. Duncan • Charles E. Novel •
Roy B. Parsons • Joe T. Kemmerling • Ray D. James • Ivy G. Childress . . . — — Map (db m221778) WM
In memory of
all American veterans
This memorial honors all Dyer County veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal – to valiantly protect our country's freedoms.
The memories of these Dyer County . . . — — Map (db m221763) WM
To honor the
Confederate compatriots
who sleep eternally in
this hallowed ground
Erected and dedicated
November 30, 2004, the 140th
anniversary of the Battle of
Franklin and death of Brig. Gen.
Otho French Strahl, by the . . . — — Map (db m221785) WM
On November 13, 1924, the world received a smile. For it was on that
day that Emmett Kelly, Jr. was born here in this humble building.
In the years since then, Emmett and his “Weary Willie” character have
entertained and charmed millions of . . . — — Map (db m221803) HM
In commemoration of the first Three Phase Padmount transformer manufactured by the Ermco Three Phase Manufacturing Plant of Dyaraparg, Tennessee.
This transformer, Serial No. 1, was manufactured in December 2000, and placed in service at . . . — — Map (db m224673) HM
Robert M. Tarrant held a courthouse revival in
1840. The first church in Dyer Co., First Methodist,
grew out of this meeting. A frame church, built
1844, deteriorated from disuse during the Civil
War. In 1864 a new structure at Church and . . . — — Map (db m178846) HM
Minglewood was a logging town located west of Dyersburg near the Obion River. Although the town no longer exists, its memory continues through the music of Noah Lewis. Lewis wrote “The
Minglewood Blues,” recorded in 1928 with his band “Gus Cannon . . . — — Map (db m221782) HM
Mrs. Rosa McCauley Parks (1913–2005). She was tired; her feet ached. The year was 1955 in the month of December when this seamstress was returning home on the Cleveland Street bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was ordered to give up her seat to a . . . — — Map (db m63172) HM
Mrs. Ross McCauley Parks (1913-2005). She was tired: her feet ached. The year was 1955 in the month of December when this seamstress was returning home on the Cleveland Street bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was ordered to give up her seat to a . . . — — Map (db m221815) HM
Born in Ohio, he came to Dyersburg and practiced law before secession. In 1861 he raised here a company of the 4th Tenn. Infantry for the Confederacy. Winning successive promotion to the grade of brigadier general, he was killed leading his brigade . . . — — Map (db m63174) HM
built 1885,
addition circa 1890.
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m221781) HM
About five miles southeast, in the family cemetery, is buried this veteran of the Revolutionary War. Born in Botetourt Co., Va., in 1763, he later moved to Guilford County, N.C., where he enlisted at the age of 18, serving under Generals Gates, . . . — — Map (db m56290) HM
An important post-Civil War Black educator, Moody
was born to an enslaved man named Daniel and
Jane Freeman, a free woman of mixed race. He
farmed as a free man with his mother in Dyer
County; they hired his enslaved father as labor.
After . . . — — Map (db m255378) HM
Southern Battle Flag St. Andrews Cross emblazons blue Across a blood-red field, Adorned by stars of purest white; Our Southern battle shield. fly, dear flag, o'er heroes brave Both living and departed; Steadfast to the Southern Cause Our . . . — — Map (db m81520) WM
