Historical Markers in Cowan, Tennessee

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Historical Markers in Cowan, Tennessee

1 ► Tennessee, Franklin County, Cowan — 2E 78 — Cowan Railroad Museum —

Built in 1904, the Cowan Railroad Depot handled travelers bound for Nashville and Chattanooga, as well as Sewanee and the Cumberland Plateau, until it closed in 1971. In 1976 the depot was moved from Tennessee Avenue to its present location, now . . . — — Map (db m58253) HM

2 ► Tennessee, Franklin County, Cowan — Cowan, Tennessee —

Named in honor of Major John Cowan, early pioneer settler. Major William Russell first settled here in 1800, his home serving as the first Court House 1807-1814. 1848-1854: N &C Railroad constructed the world's longest tunnel and steepest grade . . . — — Map (db m153777) HM

3 ► Tennessee, Franklin County, Cowan — Passing Through Cowan — Cumberland Mountain Tunnel — Tullahoma Campaign —

(preface) After the Battle of Stones River ended on January 2, 1853, Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans occupied Murfreesboro. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew south to the Highland Rim to protect the rail junction at Tullahoma, Bragg’s . . . — — Map (db m75267) HM

4 ► Tennessee, Franklin County, Cowan — Tullahoma Campaign — June 24-July 4, 1863 — Philip Henry Sheridan —

On 4 July 1863 Union Major General Philip Sheridan’s 3rd Division (McCook’s XX Corps) was stationed here in Cowan. This was the deepest advance of Union infantry in the Tullahoma Campaign. He and his men had crossed the Elk River just above Rock . . . — — Map (db m75264) HM

5 ► Tennessee, Franklin County, Cowan — Tullahoma Campaign — June 24-July 4, 1863 — Anatomy of a Campaign —

In late June of 1863, Union Major General William S. Rosecrans launched a massive offensive from his base in Murfreesboro in an attempt to drive Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s 43,000-man Army of Tennessee from its entrenchments at . . . — — Map (db m81535) HM

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