300 yards southeast was this muster-ground for militia in the 1790's. It was selected as a "call" on the Indian boundary at the Treaty of Tellico in 1798; it later became a turning point on the Monroe-Loudon County boundary and was at one time a . . . — — Map (db m120195) HM
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet besieged Knoxville and Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnsides force there. Late in the month, after the Federal victory at Chattanooga, Gen. William T. Sherman led his corps north through largely . . . — — Map (db m82220) HM
Built by John Norwood in 1820, this was a stage stop on the line from Washington, D.C., to Marietta, Ga. The Old Federal Road was 200 yards south. After operation by three generations of Norwoods, it was dismantled in 1937. — — Map (db m120196) HM
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, C.S.A., coming from Loudon via Huff's Ferry and the Hotchkiss Valley Road, attacked Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside at Lenoir's Station at dusk, Nov. 15,
1863. Burnside retreated early the next morning via Concord to . . . — — Map (db m167263) HM
Korean War
1950 - 1952
Akins, Edward C. Amos, Fred J. Jr. Anderson, Johnny R. Arden, Calvin E. Beeler. Paul L. Blair, Richard L. Bowman, Allen L. Brewer, Walter G. Brown, Virgil W. Burnette, Earl K. Burnette, George W. . . . — — Map (db m37180) WM
The Lenoir Cotton Mill, built by Major Wm. Ballard Lenoir between 1810 and 1821, is one of several structures that made up Lenoir's Station. Lenoir and his sons also built Lenoir Inn (family home which also served as stagecoach station and hotel, a . . . — — Map (db m69438) HM
The 1863 Union raid on Lenoir Station, now Lenoir City, changed the lives of the family that owned the 2,700-acre plantation here. Dr. Benjamin B. Lenoir was one of four brothers who owned the property. His wife was Henrietta Ramsey Lenoir and his . . . — — Map (db m69443) HM
Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside needed to gather information on Confederate troop strength and to cripple the important East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad before he invaded East Tennessee in 1863. In June, he ordered Col. William P. Sanders to march . . . — — Map (db m69434) HM
The call to those who now live in eternity
a notice that they have not been forgotten by
their nation and their comrades
Korean War 1953
Green, Robert A. Heaton, Robert R. Malone, Joe W., Jr. Moore, Jack Munsey, Roy L. . . . — — Map (db m195358) WM
In memory of those
who served in
World War I
and of the following men
who gave their lives
Elmer L. Anthony
John Riley Cabe
Thomas G. Cagle
John Henry Ferguson
William Ney Johnson
John Malone
Ira Presswood
Raymond Phibbs . . . — — Map (db m195348) WM
In memory of those who
served in World War II
and of the following
men who gave their lives
Robert Bailey T E Barger J W Bliscard G L Brookshear U L Bivens R L Browder M L Carmack P R Campbell W H Cooper N D Copenhaver S . . . — — Map (db m195350) WM
In memory of
Sergeant Mitchell W. Stout
Battery C, 1st Battalion,
44th Field Artillery
Killed in action
12 March 1970
Sergeant Stout was awarded
the Medal of Honor. — — Map (db m195344) WM
The Lenoir Cotton Mill, built between 1810 and 1821, was one of a series of mills in the community along Town Creek and the only one surviving. They were built by William B. Lenoir, a prosperous manufacturer, miller and merchant. It is one of . . . — — Map (db m82221) HM
With support from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, the African American community, and public funds, Dunbar Rosenwald School was built in 1923 at a cost of $5,700. The only Rosenwald school in the county for approximately 258 school-age children . . . — — Map (db m167260) HM
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, C.S.A., in his drive for Knoxville crossed the Tennessee River at Huff's Ferry a half mile to the north on a pontoon bridge, Nov. 13-15, 1863. He thus eluded a Federal force across the river on the east side of Loudon. — — Map (db m167258) HM
Dedicated to the
memory of the brave
men and women from
the area that is now
Loudon County who
fought so gallantly
during the War
between the States — — Map (db m167261) WM
Loudon County first named Christiana, was created in 1870 from portions of Roane, Monroe and Blount Counties. Construction of this building was begun soon afterwards, being built by Brothers, Ira N. Clarke and J. Wesley Clarke.
National . . . — — Map (db m69425) HM
The covered wooden bridge of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad here on the Tennessee River was a strategically significant crossing for rail traffic between Richmond and Chattanooga. The Confederacy especially relied on the railroad for troop . . . — — Map (db m82222) HM
This trestle, of high strategic value, was set on fire Sept. 2, 1863, by Gen. S. B. Buckner, C.S. A., in retiring south before the advance of Gen. Ambrose Burnside from
Kingston. The Federals ran off a train from the south end Oct. 28, and the . . . — — Map (db m167257) HM
Sgt. Mitchell W. Stout
U.S. Army — Vietnam
Khe Gio Bridge Republic of Vietnam
12 March 1970
Battery C, 1st Battalion
44th Artillery, Vietnam
The President of the United States
in the name of Congress
takes pleasure in . . . — — Map (db m69430) HM WM
(preface)
On November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnsides garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted . . . — — Map (db m69381) HM
Here, in the cavalry action following the Battle of Chickamauga, the Confederate cavalry regiments of Dibrell and Morrison attacked Wolford's cavalry brigade, captured 700 prisoners, 6 mountain howitzers, 50 wagons loaded with stores, 10 ambulances . . . — — Map (db m69421) HM
During the autumn of 1863, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's forces occupied Knoxville and much of the surrounding countryside. Philadelphia, a station on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, was the southernmost Union-held town. Col. Frank . . . — — Map (db m82223) HM
