On South Crest Road south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
North Side of Monument
The Commands Inscribed on This Monument Were Engaged in the Assault on Missionary Ridge, November 25th, 1863.
Willich's Brigade:
25th Infantry,
Col. Richard N. Nodine,
Loss 67;
35th Infantry, . . . — — Map (db m217142) WM
On South Crest Road north of East View Drive, on the right when traveling south.
[Front Side of Marker]
80th New York Infantry
102nd New York Infantry
137th New York Infantry
149th New York Infantry
Ireland's - Third Brigade
Geary's - Second Division
Slocum's - Twelfth Corps
Hooker's Command . . . — — Map (db m86101) HM
On South Crest Road north of South Crest Drives, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Johnson's Division Palmer's Corps.
Brigadier General Richard W. Johnson.
November 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
1st Brigade - Brigadier General William P. Carlin.
2nd Brigade - Colonel Marshall F. Moore
2nd Brigade - Colonel William . . . — — Map (db m106388) HM
On South Crest Road north of South Crest Drives, on the right when traveling south.
Johnson's Division Palmer's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
1st Brigade - Brig. Gen. William P. Carlin.
2nd Brigade - Col. William L. Stoughton.
3rd Brigade - Brig. Gen. John . . . — — Map (db m57787) HM
On North Crest Road north of Shallowford Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Manigault's Brigade
Hindman's Division - Hardee's Corps
Brigadier General Arthur M. Manigault
November 25, 1863
24th Alabama - Colonel N.N. Davis
28th Alabama - Major W.L. Butler
34th Alabama - Major John N. . . . — — Map (db m106361) HM
On South Crest Road at South Crest Place, on the right when traveling north on South Crest Road.
The men of General John B. Turchins Brigade were bitter at the way they were treated by the Confederates at Chickamauga. As they swarmed up Missionary Ridge on November 25th they screamed “Chickamauga!!” over and over again as their war . . . — — Map (db m103997) HM
On South Crest Road at South Crest Place, on the right when traveling north on South Crest Road.
Private Robert B. Brown was in the 15th Ohio Infantry Regiment. At Missionary Ridge his regiment was a part of General August Willichs Brigade in General T. J. Woods Third Division. “At 9 a.m. on the 25th,” General Willich later wrote, . . . — — Map (db m103999) HM
On South Crest Road at South Crest Place, on the right when traveling north on South Crest Road.
General William T. Sherman brought his army to Chattanooga from Memphis and Mississippi. As soon as the army arrived, he led them over a pontoon bridge to Moccasin Bend and behind Stringers Ridge to make the Confederates think he was going to . . . — — Map (db m104133) HM
On Brainerd Rd (U.S. 11 / 64), on the right when traveling north.
So called from its nearness to the Brainerd Mission to the Cherokee, this ridge was the scene of the final and conclusive action in the series of battles which drove the Confederates from the Chattanooga area. After first clearing a line of . . . — — Map (db m13928) HM
On South Crest Road at Birds Mill Road, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road.
Missionary Ridge
Historic District
Has been placed on the
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Listed September 5, 1996 — — Map (db m46592) HM
On South Crest Road at South Crest Place, on the left when traveling south on South Crest Road.
You are standing just west of the site of the former Missionary Ridge Elementary School now occupied by Bragg Point condominiums which were built in 2008.
Pictured are the student body and faculty of Missionary Ridge School in . . . — — Map (db m83071) HM
On South Crest Road at Birds Mill Road, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road.
You are standing at the crossroad where the trolley came up Birds Mill Road (shown below in 1894), crossed Crest Road, and then continued on Rosemont Avenue.
The Missionary Ridge Trolley allowed Missionary Ridge to grow after the Civil War. The . . . — — Map (db m70777) HM
On South Crest Road south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
[East Side of Marker]
To her 2nd and 15th Infty.
U.S.A.
Who reached this position in the assault
Nov. 25, 1863.
[West Side of Marker]
To her 6th 8th 10th and 26th Infty. Battery F.
Engaged on the north end of . . . — — Map (db m38949) HM
On North Crest Road south of Crest Terrace Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Moore's Brigade
Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Brig. Gen. John C. Moore.
Nov. 25, 1863.
37th Alabama - Col. James F. Dowdell.
40th Alabama - Col. John H. Higley.
42nd Alabama - Lieut. Col. Thomas C. . . . — — Map (db m45872) HM
On South Crest Road, 0.1 miles Ridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
Ohio Artillery. Nov. 23-25, 1863.During the engagements, the Ohio Batteries operated as indicated below:
Battery A Capt. Wilbur F. Goodspeed / Guarding fords of the Tennessee River.
Battery B Lieut. Norman A. Baldwin / Supporting General . . . — — Map (db m38712) HM
On South Crest Road, 0.1 miles Ridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
The battle of Chattanooga occupied three days; the first, Nov. 23d, Orchard Knob; the second, Lookout Mountain; the third, Missionary Ridge.
Gen. Rosecrans who commanded the Army of the Cumberland until relieved before the battle by Gen. . . . — — Map (db m20038) HM
On South Crest Road, 0.1 miles south of Ridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
The preliminary movements of both armies for position occurred the 18th September; the battle was the 19th and 20th; the army was established at Rossville the night of the 20th, and occupied Chattanooga the morning of the 22d.
Rosecrans the . . . — — Map (db m38683) HM
On North Crest Road at Sheridan Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Crest Road.
Reynolds' Brigade - Buckner's Division.
Brig. Gen. A. W. Reynolds.
Nov. 25, 1863.
58th North Carolina - Col. John B. Palmer.
60th North Carolina - Capt. James T. Weaver.
54th Virginia - Lieut. Col. John J. . . . — — Map (db m44554) HM
On North Crest Road north of Woolson Road, on the right when traveling north.
Stevenson's Division.
Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.
Nov. 25, 1863
Brown's Brigade - Brig. Gen. John C. Brown.
Cumming's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming.
Pettus's Brigade - Brig. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m45653) HM
On South Crest Road at East View Drive, on the left when traveling south on South Crest Road.
Stewart's Division. Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Adams' Brigade, Col. Randall L. Gibson.
Clayton's Brigade, Brig. Gen. Henry D. Clayton.
Strahl's Brigade, Brig. Gen. Otho F. . . . — — Map (db m45870) HM
Union Casualties - Battle of Chattanooga. Nov. 23d to Nov. 27th, 1863.The losses here given by Divisions include Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and operations following as far as Ringgold Gap, GA.
Cruft's Div., 4th Corps - . . . — — Map (db m43486) HM
Wagner's Brigade.
Sheridan's Division - Granger's Corps
Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner.
Nov. 25, 1863
100th Illinois - Maj. Charles M. Hammond.
15th Indiana - Col. Gustavus A. Wood., Maj. Frank White, Capt. . . . — — Map (db m38770) HM
On Signal Mountain Road (U.S. 127), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Named for a pioneer occupant, this island was the site of an Indian village and probably of an 18th Century French trading post. Here, on May 31, 1862, James J. Andrews, leader of the Andrews Raid, was captured following his escape from jail in . . . — — Map (db m81677) HM
Near North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.
47th Ohio Infantry.
Lightburn's Brig., M.L. Smith's Div., 15th Corps.
Col. Augustus C. Parry.
Nov. 25, 1863.
About 4 P.M. Nov. 24th the 47th in advancing against this hill from the one to the north . . . — — Map (db m58191) HM
Near Durand Avenue north of Lightfoot Mill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Cleburne's Division - Hardee's Corps
Major General Patrick R. Cleburne.
November 25th 1863, 2 p.m.
Liddell's Brigade - Colonel Daniel C. Govan,
Smith's Brigade - Brigadier General James A. Smith,
Smith's Brigade - . . . — — Map (db m105769) HM
Near Durand Avenue north of Lightfoot Mill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne.
Nov. 25, 1863.
Govan's Brigade, - Col. Daniel C. Govan.
Smith's Brigade, - Brig. Gen. James A. Smith.
Polk's Brigade, - Brig. Gen. Lucius E. . . . — — Map (db m105760) HM
On Durand Avenue north of Lightfoot Mill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Polk's Brigade.
Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Brigadier General Lucius E. Polk.
November 24 and 25, 1863.
1st Arkansas - Colonel John W. Colquitt.
3rd and 5th Confederate - Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Cole. . . . — — Map (db m105759) HM
Near Durand Avenue north of Lightfoot Mill Road, on the left when traveling north.
Wright's Brigade.
Cheatham's Division - Hardee's Corps.
Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright.
November 24th and 25th, 1863.
8th Tennessee - Colonel John H. Anderson,
16th Tennessee - Colonel D. M. Donnell,
28th . . . — — Map (db m105748) 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 Dorchester Road south of Riverview Road, on the left when traveling south.
Site of Quarry, Ferry, Thousand Acre Farm and Cemetery owned by the family of David Beck (1765-1841) prominent in the founding of Chattanooga, 1839 and the State of Tennessee 1796 Plaque placed by Prudhomme Fort Chapter Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m150516) HM
In May 1836, the United States Senate ratified the Treaty of New Echota by the margin of a single vote and set in motion the forcible removal of the Cherokee nation to the west. In 1838, the U.S. Government removed more than 16,000 Cherokee and . . . — — Map (db m69239) HM
Near River Street west of Tremont Street, on the left when traveling west.
The first bridge crossing of the Tennessee River at Chattanooga was erected in 1864 under the order of Montgomery Meigs, Quartermaster General of the Union armies. This clearing highlights the alignment where the wooden bridge, with its trestled . . . — — Map (db m84271) 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
Near River Street, 0.1 miles west of Tremont Street, on the left when traveling west.
[Park monument]
Coolidge Riverside Park
in honor of
Charles Coolidge
recipient of
Congressional Medal of Honor
World War II
[Medal of Honor citation]
The White House
Washington
The President of the United . . . — — Map (db m184218) WM
Near River Street south of Manufacturers Road, on the left when traveling west.
The two grassy landforms located to the right and left of this sign provide excellent views of the constructed wetland, flooded forest, riverwalk, downtown Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain beyond.
The two man-made hills also serve the function of . . . — — Map (db m184226) HM
Chattanooga's Tennessee River waterfront underwent major changes during the Civil War. The Confederate troops who occupied the town in the spring of 1862 constructed forts and batteries near the river. When Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans army . . . — — Map (db m59048) HM
Near River Street south of Cherokee Boulevard (Tennessee Route 8).
Block houses were built during the Civil War for use as defensive position to protect critical assets. The military bridge spanning the river located here was protected by a block house similar to the example pictured here.
Block houses were . . . — — Map (db m59180) HM
Near River Street west of Tremont Street, on the left when traveling west.
The United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) in Tennessee experienced every facet of war between 1863 and 1865. In the spring of 1863 General Lorenzo Thomas was appointed Commissioner for the Organization of Colored Troops for the Union Army in . . . — — Map (db m84481) HM
On Cherokee Boulevard (Tennessee Route 8) north of Old Bell Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The summer of 1863 had been a bad one for the Confederate cause. Severe defeats at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, together with the forced retreat of the Army of Tennessee from Tullahoma prompted President Jefferson Davis to declare August 21 to be a . . . — — Map (db m84222) HM
On Ivy Street east of Hawthorne Street, on the left when traveling east.
[Front/South Side]
109th Pennsylvania Infantry.
2d Brigade.
2d Division 12th Corps.
[Right/East Side]
The regiment, under command of Captain
Frederick L. Gimber, was engaged at Wauhatchie, seven
miles from . . . — — Map (db m43287) HM WM
On Ivy Street at Hawthorne Street, on the left when traveling east on Ivy Street.
[Front Side]
First Michigan Engineers
Army of the Cumberland
William P. Innes Colonel Commanding
[Back Side]
A detachment of this regiment, Captain Perrin V. Fox Commanding, prepared the . . . — — Map (db m82731) HM
On Hawthorne Street north of Ivy Street, on the right when traveling north.
[Front Side]
27th Regiment
Pennsylvania
Vol. Infantry
1st Brigade, 2nd Division
11th Army Corps.
This Regiment took active part at
Wauhatchie and Missionary Ridge.
[Back Side]
Number of officers and men in . . . — — Map (db m43329) HM
On North Orchard Knob Avenue north of Vine Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
28th Alabama Regiment
Manigault's Brigade, (Hindman) Anderson Division
Hardee's Corps
Major W. L. Butler, Commanding
November 23, 1863, 2 p.m.
The regiment occupied the crest of the elevated knoll southeast of this . . . — — Map (db m104862) HM
On East 4th Street at North Hawthorne Street, on the right when traveling east on East 4th Street.
(Front):46th Pennsylvania Infantry
1st. Brigade [Knipes]
1st. Division [Williams]
12th. Corps [Slocum]
Joe Hooker's command.
(Back):
This regiment rendered important service as rear guard in the movements and actions of the . . . — — Map (db m15529) HM
55th Ohio Infantry.
Orland Smith's Brigade, Steinwehr's Division, 11th Corps.
Colonel Charles B. Gambee.
November 25, 1863.
October 28th this Regiment, with its Brigade, took active part in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m191693) HM
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
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 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 m191692) 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 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 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
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