61st Ohio Infantry.
Tyndale's Brigade, Schurz's Division, 11th Corps.
Colonel Stephen J. McGroarty.
November 25, 1863.
This Regiment, with its Brigade, took part in the Battle of Wauhatchie October 28th. It . . . — — Map (db m76330) HM
On South Crest Road south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
64th Ohio Infantry
Harker's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps.
Colonel Alexander McIlvain
Nov. 25, 1863
The regiment took part with its Brigade in the operations of Nov. 23 and in the assault on Missionary . . . — — Map (db m82101) HM
On South Crest Road south of South Crest Place, on the right when traveling south.
69th Ohio Infantry
Stoughton's Brigade, Johnson's Division, 14th Corps.
Major James J. Hanna.
November 25, 1863.
This regiment, with Company I thrown out as skirmishers, advanced upon the earthworks at the . . . — — Map (db m87229) HM
On North Crest Road north of Coylar Drive, on the right when traveling south.
6th Ohio Infantry
Hazen's Brigade, Wood's Division, 4th Corps.
Lieutenant Colonel A. C. Christopher.
November 25, 1863.
The Regiment advanced with its Brigade in the movement of November 23 against Orchard . . . — — Map (db m87248) HM
Near North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.
70th Ohio Infantry.
Cockerill's Brigade, Ewing's Division, 15th Corps
Major William B. Brown.
November 25, 1863
On the morning of November 24th, this Regiment with its Brigade crossed the Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m70688) HM
73rd Ohio Infantry.
Orland Smith's Brigade, Steinwehr's Division, 11th Corps.
Major Samuel H. Hurst.
November 25, 1863.
This Regiment took active part October 28th, with its Brigade in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m76322) HM
On Glass Street (Tennessee Route 17) at Campbell Street, on the right when traveling east on Glass Street.
Upper Text on Monument:
The 73d Regiment originally known as the 45th Pennsylvania was recruited in Philadelphia; organized August 8th, 1861, entered the service September 19th, 1861; and was attached to the Army of the Potomac. After . . . — — Map (db m44231) HM
74th Ohio Infantry.
Starkweather's Brig., Johnson's Div., 14th Corps.
Maj. Michael H. Locher.
Nov. 25, 1863.
At the opening of the battle this regiment, with its brigade, occupied the right of the line of . . . — — Map (db m38680) HM
On Hawthorne Street at East 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Hawthorne Street.
[Front-Bottom of Marker]
75th Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps.
[Front-Top of Marker]
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
To her Seventy Fifth Regiment
Infantry Volunteers.
Major August Lesic . . . — — Map (db m43464) HM
On South Crest Road at East View Drive, on the left when traveling south on South Crest Road.
76th Ohio Infantry
Wood's Brig., Osterhaus' Div., 15th Corps.
Major Willard Warner
Nov. 25, 1863
Nov. 24th this regiment, with its brigade, participated in the storming of Lookout Mountain.
The morning of . . . — — Map (db m57724) HM
On South Crest Road at East View Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road.
7th Ohio Infantry.
Candy's Brig.,Geary's Div., 12th Corps.
Col. Wm. R. Creighton. Lieut. Col. Orrin J. Crane.
Capt. Ernst J. Krieger.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Nov. 24th the regiment took part in the storming of . . . — — Map (db m57701) HM
Near North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.
80th Ohio Infantry
Raum's Brig., J.E. Smith's Div., 17th Corps.
Lieut. Col. Pren Metham.
Nov. 25, 1863.
This regiment fought its way to this position in support of the lines of Matthies' Brigade.
After . . . — — Map (db m57900) HM
82d Ohio Infantry.
Tyndale's Brigade, Schurz's Division, 11th Corps.
Lieutenant Colonel David Thomson.
November 25, 1863.
October 28th this Regiment operated at Wauhatchie with its Brigade. It took part in the . . . — — Map (db m76334) HM
On North Crest Road south of Brown Wood Drive, on the left when traveling north.
89th Ohio Infantry
Turchin's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps.
Capt. John H. Jolly.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The morning of Nov. 25 the 89th, with its Brigade and Division, marched to support Gen. Sherman at Tunnel Hill. . . . — — Map (db m45433) HM
On Orchard Knob Avenue at East 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Orchard Knob Avenue.
The 8th. Kansas Vol. Infty.,
Col. John A. Martin Commanding,
1st. Brig. Gen. August Willich,
3rd. Div. Gen. T.J. Wood,
4th. A.C. Gen. Gordon Granger.
November 23rd, 1863.
Moved on this point at 2:00 o'clock p.m. from . . . — — Map (db m43467) HM
On North Crest Road at Brown Wood Drive, on the left when traveling north on North Crest Road.
92d Ohio Infantry
Turchin's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps.
Lieut. Col. Douglas Putnam, Jr.
Capt. Edward Grosvendr.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The morning of Nov. 25th the 92d, with its Brigade and Division, marched to . . . — — Map (db m45493) HM
On South Crest Road at Bird's Mill Road, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road.
93d Ohio Infantry
Hazen's Brigade, Wood's Division, 4th Corps.
Major William Birch.
Captain Daniel Bowman.
Captain Samuel B. Smith.
November 25, 1863.
In the advance of the Brigade on the Orchard Knob . . . — — Map (db m87240) HM
On South Crest Road north of Old Ringgold Road, on the right when traveling south.
94th Ohio Infantry
Carlin's Brigade, Johnson's Division, 14th Corps.
Major Rue P. Hutchins.
November 25, 1863.
This Regiment, with its Brigade, ascended Lookout the afternoon of November 24th, joined Hooker's . . . — — Map (db m87211) HM
On South Crest Road south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
97th Ohio Vol. Inf't.
This regiment of Wagner's Brigade, Wood's Division, was the first infantry regiment to cross Tennessee River at and occupy Chattanooga September 9th, 1863. November 25th, 1863 in Sheridan's Division charged . . . — — Map (db m38852) HM
On South Crest Road at Sheridan Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road.
97th Ohio Infantry
Wagner's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps.
Lieutenant Colonel Milton Barnes.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The Regiment participated in the advance of the 23d November on the enemy's central line, and . . . — — Map (db m44191) HM
On South Crest Road 0.1 miles from Ridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
98th Ohio Infantry.
John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps.
Maj. James M. Shane.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth . . . — — Map (db m38613) HM
On South Crest Road west of Waheela Road, on the right when traveling south.
24th Ohio Infantry
Grose's Brig., Cruft's Div., 4th Corps.
Lieut. Col. John E. Cummins.
Nov. 25, 1863.
The regiment participated with its brigade in the assault on Lookout Mountain, Nov. 24, advanced to . . . — — Map (db m57714) HM
On North Crest Road south of Cabin Road, on the left when traveling north.
9th Ohio Infantry
Van Derveer's Brig., Baird's Div., 14th Corps.
Col. Gustave Kammerling.
Nov. 25, 1863.
During the forenoon of the 25th the Regiment marched with its Brigade and Division, to the assistance of . . . — — Map (db m45338) HM
Near Pineville Road at Manufacturers Road, on the right when traveling south.
...we walked by a corduroy road two or three miles across the spit of land enclosed by the bend in the river.
Henry Y. Thompson
November 24, 1863
The road trace you see before you is rich with history. In 1805, the . . . — — Map (db m84233) HM
On Georgia Avenue at McCallie Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Georgia Avenue.
Abby C. Milton of Chattanooga was a leader in the womens suffrage movement in Tennessee. The campaign culminated in a vote by the Tennessee Legislature in 1920 to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. . . . — — Map (db m74631) HM
On Holtzclaw Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Front of the Monument
Ohio's Tribute
To The Andrews Raiders
1862
Erected 1890.
Right side of the Monument
Escaped
21st Ohio Vol. Inf.
J. Alfred Wilson, Co. C
Mark Wood, " "
Wm. J. Knight, " E
Wilson W. . . . — — Map (db m56807) HM
[Text on the 1st Tablet]:
Army of the Tennessee
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman.
November 24 - 25, 1863.
1st Division, 15th Corps. Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus.
2nd Division, 15th Corps. Brig. . . . — — Map (db m58220) HM
On Suck Creek Road (Tennessee Route 27) west of Signal Mountain Road (U.S. 127), on the left when traveling north.
After the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans retreated to Federal-occupied Chattanooga, a strategically vital rail center, where Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg laid siege from Lookout Mountain and . . . — — Map (db m68847) HM
On North Crest Road north of Brown Wood Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Baird's Division, Palmer's Corps
Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
1st Brigade, Brig. Gen. John B. Turchin.
2nd Brigade, Col. Ferdinand Van Derveer.
3rd Brigade, Col. E. H. Phelps.
3rd Brigade, Col. William H. . . . — — Map (db m81650) HM
On North Crest Road at Lightfoot Mill Road, on the right when traveling north on North Crest Road.
Barret's Missouri Battery
Two 6-pdr. Bronze: Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.
Maj. Felix H. Robertson's Reserve Artillery.
Army of Tennessee.
Capt. Overton W. Barret, Commanding,
1st Lieut. Wm. Brown
2d Lieut. Isaiah . . . — — Map (db m44566) HM
On Cameron Lane north of Gateway Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
November 23d, 1863, under instructions from Gen. Grant to ascertain whether the Confederates still occupied the valley, Gen. Thomas disposed forces in front of Fort Wood, the site of which is now marked by the stand-pipe of the water works.
The . . . — — Map (db m58999) HM
On Cameron Lane north of Gateway Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
During the night of Nov. 23, 1863, Gen. Sherman crossed the Tennessee at the mouth of the Chickamauga, under orders to carry the north end of Missionary Ridge to the railroad tunnel. He seized the ground now known as Sherman Heights and held it . . . — — Map (db m59018) HM
On Cameron Lane north of Gateway Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
During the night of Nov. 24, 1863, Bragg's forces withdrew from the plain and Lookout and joined those on Missionary Ridge, occupying it from Rossville to Tunnel Hill, and a spur thence eastward to the Chickamauga. Sherman early on the 25th . . . — — Map (db m81651) HM
On Orchard Knob Avenue north of Ivy Street, on the left when traveling north.
[First Tablet]
Battle of Chattanooga.
Nov. 23 - 25, 1863.
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Gen. Grant had under his command for the Battle of Chattanooga the Army of the . . . — — Map (db m43472) HM
On South Crest Road south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
On the morning of November 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union army began its attack against Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederates who occupied this ridge and the slopes below. After unsuccessful attacks on the northern end of the ridge, and . . . — — Map (db m38954) HM
On E ML King Blvd, on the right when traveling east.
Born in Chattanooga to black parents, her great talent and determination earned her the title "Empress of the Blues." Death came in a tragic automobile accident in Clarksdale, Miss. In her memory, Columbia Records erected a tombstone with the . . . — — Map (db m13895) HM
On North Crest Road south of Marshall Street, on the right when traveling north.
Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery.
4-3 inch Rifles.
Maj. Robert Martin's Battalion.
Capt. Hiram M. Bledsoe, Commanding.
1st Lieut. R. L. Wood.
1st Lieut. C. W. Higgins.
2d Lieut. E. W. Anderson.
2d Lieut. L. L. . . . — — Map (db m45837) HM
On Bonny Oaks Drive (Tennessee Route 317), on the right when traveling east.
A Hamilton County Institution
Founded 1896
Authorized by Act of the General Assembly, 1895. The first Board of Trustees met March 7th 1896. Present were the Reverend J.W. Bachman, President: Major Charles D. McGuffy, Secretary: J.S. Bell, . . . — — Map (db m4494) HM
Near Oakwood Drive 0.2 miles west of Hancock Road, on the left when traveling west.
In 1924, three schools were consolidated to
form Booker T. Washington School, with J. T.
Swann as principal. In 1934, the school burned,
reopening in 1935 as the only black high school in the county. Named for Washington,
founder of Tuskegee . . . — — Map (db m150517) HM
On Cameron Lane north of Gateway Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Boynton Park
Henry Van Ness Boynton
Born West Stockbridge, Mass.
July 22, 1835
Reared in Cincinnati, Ohio. Graduated
Woodward College, KY. Military Institute
Lieut. Col. 35th Ohio Infantry. Wounded
Battle . . . — — Map (db m81652) HM
On South Crest Road near East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
CSA
Headquarters, Army of Tennessee
Gen. Braxton Bragg, Commanding
November 23-26, 1863
Hardee's Army Corps.....Lieut.Gen. W.J. Hardee
Breckinridge's Army Corps.....Maj. Gen. J.C. Breckinridge
Reynold's . . . — — Map (db m38861) HM
On Eastgate Loop near Brainerd Road (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south.
Established 1817 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, it played an important part in the educational development and Christianizing of the Cherokee. Brainerd Cemetery contains graves of whites and Indians who died at the . . . — — Map (db m1986) HM
Breckinridge's Division-Breckinridge's Corps. Brig. Gen. William B. Bate. Nov. 25, 1863. Lewis' Brigade - Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis.
Bate's Brigade - Col. R. C. Tyler.
Finley's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Jesse J. Finley. . . . — — Map (db m38801) HM
On Pineville Road at Manufacturers Road, on the right when traveling south on Pineville Road.
Welcome to Moccasin Bend National Archaeological District, a unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Prehistoric and historic sites located on Moccasin Bend reveal varying stories of human occupation spanning 12,000 years. . . . — — Map (db m84232) HM
On Glass Street (Tennessee Route 17) at Campbell Street, on the right when traveling east on Glass Street.
Buschbeck's Brigade
Steinwehr's Division - Howard's Corps.
Col. Adolphus Buschbeck
Nov. 25, 1863
33d New Jersey - Col. G. W. Mindil.
134th New York - Lieut. Col. A. H. Jackson.
154th New York - Col. . . . — — Map (db m44193) HM
On North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road, on the right when traveling north.
Buschbeck's Brigade
Steinwer's Division - Howard's Corps.
Col. Adolphus Buschbeck
Nov. 25, 1863
33d New Jersey - Col. G. W. Mindil.
134th New York - Lieut. Col. A. H. Jackson.
154th New York - Col. . . . — — Map (db m58270) HM
Near North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.
Calvert's Arkansas Battery
Two 6 pdrs., Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.
Maj. T. R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.
Cleburne's Division.
1st Lieut. Thomas J. Key Commanding.
1st Lieuts. R. Fitzpatrick and W. M. . . . — — Map (db m58274) HM
On West 3rd Street west of Power Alley, on the right when traveling west.
After the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, Union General William S. Rosecrans retreated to Federal-occupied Chattanooga, a strategically vital rail center, where Confederate General Braxton Bragg laid siege from Lookout Mountain . . . — — Map (db m84219) HM
Near River Street west of Tremont Street, on the left when traveling west.
Camp Contraband was the name given to an encampment that existed on this site during the Civil War. The camp was a haven for a large number of refugees, most of whom were liberated slaves seeking safety within the Union lines. The former slaves were . . . — — Map (db m84273) HM
To the east, at the mouth of Chattanooga Creek, was this supply base for Tennessee troops during the Creek War of 1812-13. The river here forms Moccasin Bend in its efforts to break through the mountains. — — Map (db m4495) HM
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd near Gateway Avenue, in the median.
Carver Memorial, a hospital for Negroes, opened on June 18, 1947, in the Old West Ellis Hospital Building. Named for George Washington Carver, this health-care facility is said to have been the first municipally-owned, tax-supported hospital in . . . — — Map (db m4478) HM
On Mitchell Street south of East 16th Street, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing.
Center of Fort Phelps
(Negley)
Southern Salient
of Outer Line
Begun by Confederates
as Fort Cheatham
4 - 20 Pounders
8 - 10 Pounders
6 Napoleons — — Map (db m122424) HM
On Dodds Avenue (U.S. 64) north of Burkett-Miller Drive (Route 0), on the right when traveling north.
From 1908 to 1969, this was the site of the first Hamilton County high school to offer a
full four-year curriculum. From an initial graduating class of 19, the school grew to an
enrollment of approximately 2000 students, making it one of the . . . — — Map (db m153761) HM
(Sidebar): After the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans retreated to Federal-occupied Chattanooga, a strategically vital rail center, where Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg laid siege from Lookout Mountain . . . — — Map (db m81653) HM
On Market Street, on the right when traveling south.
Established on this site, Aug. 2, 1862, by Franc M. Paul, it was published in three states, five towns and, for several months, in a boxcar traveling with Confederate armies. Later editors were Henry Watterson and Albert Roberts. Usually, it was the . . . — — Map (db m13779) HM
On Riverview Road just north of Hillcrest Road, on the right when traveling north.
In 1896, the Chattanooga Golf and Country
Club was founded by several men who were
introduced to golf in the North and in Britain.
The oldest course at its original site in Tennessee,
it was formed only eight years after the opening
of the . . . — — Map (db m150513) HM
The first public high school in the city and county, it was organized Dec., 1874, in the Second District School on College Hill, following classes started by then superintendent, Henry D. Wyatt, in his office a year earlier. First graduation was in . . . — — Map (db m74671) HM
On S Market Street (Tennessee Route 58), on the right when traveling north.
Founded as a church school about 1865, Howard School was the first free public school, black or white, established in Hamilton County. Incorporated into the city school system in 1873, Howard School was established by the Rev. E. O. Tade, a black . . . — — Map (db m13934) HM
Near South Holtzclaw Avenue south of Bailey Avenue (Tennessee Route 2), on the right when traveling south.
National Cemetery
Gen. George H. Thomas established a cemetery here on December 25, 1863, "to provide a proper resting place for the remains of the brave men who fell upon the fields" of Chattanooga.
The grounds, some 120 acres . . . — — Map (db m103304) HM
Near Market Street (Tennessee Route 8) north of East 14th Street, on the left when traveling south.
Chattanooga, a city of historical significance from the Civil War Battles through both World Wars, has seen many people travel through its valley. The popular Glenn Miller tune of the 1940's has forever made famous this railway station that is known . . . — — Map (db m84291) HM
In June, 1837 the fifty-three householders living on the two hundred forty acres bounded by Tennessee River. Georgia Avenue, Ninth Street and Cameron Hill elected commissioner to represent them in securing legal title to their individual parcels of . . . — — Map (db m36279) HM
On Lookout Street at East Fifth Street, on the right when traveling north on Lookout Street.
In 1835 a log structure near the corner of Fifth and Lookout Sts, served this area as schoolhouse, church, and community center. Community leaders met here in 1838 and selected "Chattanooga" as the name for the Future city. The official act was . . . — — Map (db m13896) HM
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