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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Van Buren County, Tennessee

 
Clickable Map of Van Buren County, Tennessee and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Van Buren County, TN (6) Bledsoe County, TN (8) Cumberland County, TN (24) Sequatchie County, TN (3) Warren County, TN (25) White County, TN (22)  VanBurenCounty(6) Van Buren County (6)  BledsoeCounty(8) Bledsoe County (8)  CumberlandCounty(24) Cumberland County (24)  SequatchieCounty(3) Sequatchie County (3)  WarrenCounty(25) Warren County (25)  WhiteCounty(22) White County (22)
Adjacent to Van Buren County, Tennessee
    Bledsoe County (8)
    Cumberland County (24)
    Sequatchie County (3)
    Warren County (25)
    White County (22)
 
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1Tennessee (Van Buren County), Spencer — 2C 16 — Bragg’s March to Kentucky
On Tennessee Route 285, on the right when traveling north.
In the late summer of 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg marched northward down this valley with an army of several thousand soldiers, supply wagons, and artillery pieces en route to invade Kentucky. They traveled and camped along the east side . . . — Map (db m83042) HM
2Tennessee (Van Buren County), Spencer — 2C 3 — Burritt College
On College Street (State Highway 30) 0.1 miles west of Webster Street, on the right when traveling west.
Established 1848 through the efforts of Elihu Burritt, a blacksmith who intended that the youth of his community should get the benefits of education denied to him. It closed its doors in 1939, as a result of the development of the public school . . . — Map (db m153651) HM
3Tennessee (Van Buren County), Spencer — 2C 25 — Camp ForrestSpencer Artillery Range — ca. 1941-1946 —
On Shelby A. Rhinehart Memorial Highway (Tennessee Route 111) at Trail of Tears Road, on the right when traveling north on Shelby A. Rhinehart Memorial Highway.
In January 1941, the Army began construction of the 30,617-acre Spencer Artillery Range as an annex of Camp Forrest. Intended as a firing range for heavy artillery, it was utilized by other units, including infantry. The 2nd Ranger Battalion . . . — Map (db m40256) HM
4Tennessee (Van Buren County), Spencer — 2C 15 — Gilbert Gaul, Civil War Painter
On a Fall Creek Falls State Park road.
Just south of here was the studio of Gilbert Gaul, one of the best painters of American Civil War scenes. After being elected the youngest member of the National Academy of Design in 1882, his "Holding the Line at all Hazards" won an Academy Gold . . . — Map (db m83043) HM
5Tennessee (Van Buren County), Spencer — 2C 19 — Trail of TearsCirca 1838
On Tennessee Route 111.
On October 20, 1837, B. B. Cannon with a group of 365 treaty party Cherokees camped near here on their way to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. Rainey’s Turnpike crossed here at the old John Fleming farm and in 1838 was one route used . . . — Map (db m3626) HM
6Tennessee (Van Buren County), Spencer — War on the PlateauRaids in Van Buren County
On College Street (State Highway 30) west of Webster Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Civil War first touched Van Buren County in 1861 when Confederates under James Randals began mining Big Bone Cave's saltpeter deposits. By 1863, 4,017 pounds of nitre—essential to the manufacture of gunpowder—had been produced. . . . — Map (db m153750) HM
 
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