Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dalton, Georgia
Dalton is the county seat for Whitfield County
Dalton is in Whitfield County
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On South Hamilton Street at West Emery Street, on the right when traveling south on South Hamilton Street.
The 600 block of McCamy Street, now South Hamilton Street, was the center of Black business from the 1900's to the 1950's and is therefore dedicated to those Black pioneers this 19th day of October, 1987.
Aldermen
Waymon B. Souther • W. . . . — — Map (db m199888) HM
On Fort Hill Circle, 0.1 miles east of North Spencer Street, on the left when traveling east.
Near Dalton on August 15, 1864, during the Civil War, the 14th United States Colored Troops (USCT), whose enlisted men were mostly former slaves, helped drive off a Confederate cavalry attack on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, U.S. General . . . — — Map (db m44625) HM
On Dug Gap Road at E. Dug Gap Mountain Road, on the right when traveling south on Dug Gap Road.
1.5 Mi. W. this road ascends to and crosses the summit of Rocky Face ridge -- a direct route between Dalton and LaFayette.
May 7, 1864. Grigsby's brigade (Wheeler's Cav.), after retreating from Tunnel Hill to Mill Creek Cap, camped on this road . . . — — Map (db m10788) HM
On Dug Gap Battle Road, 0.6 miles south of Battlefield Park Drive, on the right when traveling south.
In early May 1864 the main advance of Union
Major General William T. Sherman's armies
near Dalton was made toward Snake Creek Gap
to the southwest. To draw
attention away from this
effort other Federal troops
attempted to cross Rocky
Face . . . — — Map (db m142900) HM
On Old Dixie Highway at South Dixie Road (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north on Old Dixie Highway.
May 14, 1864: The 20th Corps (USA) was shifted from Camp Creek Valley, 0.5 mi. W. & aligned across rd.~ the 2d & 3d Divs. in reserve; the 1st Div. prolonging Stanley’s Div. (4th A.C.) (USA) to the State R.R., east. May 15: Butterfield’s (3d) & . . . — — Map (db m10942) HM
On Old Dixie Highway at South Dixie Road (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north on Old Dixie Highway.
May 15, 1864. The 23d A.C. (US) was shifted from Camp Cr., 1.5 mi. W., to this vicinity where it extended the left of Sherman’s line (US) to the Conasauga River.
Hovey’s (1st) div. supported Williams’ (1st) div., 20th A.C. (US), between the . . . — — Map (db m182300) HM
On South Dixie Road (U.S. 41) at Carbondale Road SW, on the left when traveling north on South Dixie Road.
2.8 miles E. of here, on May 13, 1864, a delaying action was fought as Confederates moved south toward Resaca. On Oct.13, 1864, part of French’s Division of Stewart’s Corps, Confederates Army of Tennessee, attacked this place, then garrisoned by 300 . . . — — Map (db m221012) HM
On West Cuyler at South Ridge Streets, on the left when traveling west on West Cuyler.
On April 19, 1864, General Joseph E. Johnston reviewed the Confederate Army of Tennessee on this ridge. After his appointment in December 1863, Johnston rebuilt a defeated and demoralized army following Confederate General Braxton Bragg's defeat at . . . — — Map (db m9069) HM
On South Glenwood Avenue at Hagen Street, on the right when traveling south on South Glenwood Avenue.
Most people identify Dalton, Georgia, an the Carpet Capital of the World. However many are not aware of the inventions, inventors, designers, and machinists who built the mechanical backbone for today's carpet industry, obtaining hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m171568) HM
On Cemetery Road, 0 miles west of Greenwood Drive, on the left when traveling west.
421 unknown Confederate, four known Confederate and four unknown Federal soldiers are buried here. Some of these men died of wounds received in the Battles of Stone's River, Perryville, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, . . . — — Map (db m164928) HM
Near Poplar Springs Road NW at Kittle Road NW, on the right when traveling east.
The opening actions of the Atlanta Campaign occurred around Dalton during early May 1864. Union Major General William T. Sherman's strategy, as two of his three armies approached from the north and northwest, involved a series of demonstrations by . . . — — Map (db m85914) HM
On Crow Valley Road near Reed Pond Road, on the right when traveling north.
Federal forces moved south on this road in an attempt to outflank the Confederate defenders at Mill Creek Gap, which was being threatened by two Federal divisions from the west. These movements were to test the strength of Johnston`s army at Dalton. . . . — — Map (db m10786) HM
Near Evans Whitener Drive south of General Thomas Drive, on the left when traveling north.
This cemetery was
established during the
Civil War on about
four and one-half acres
of Dalton's original
ten-acre cemetery
donated to the city by
Duff Green on
February 15, 1855.
Today this much larger
cemetery is known as
West Hill. Over . . . — — Map (db m142905) HM
On Dug Gap Battle Road, 0.6 miles west of Battlefield Park Drive, on the left when traveling west.
An excavation at the summit of Rocky Face Ridge on the direct route between Dalton and LaFayette.
This gap was guarded by Confederate forces when Dalton was occupied after the retreat from Missionary Ridge in Nov. 1863. Federal forces made two . . . — — Map (db m23347) HM
Dug Gap was so named because a pioneer road, cut out of the hillside, passed through a cleft in Rocky Face Ridge at this point. The road led east to Dalton and the Western and Atlantic Railroad, important military objectives. Federals sought in . . . — — Map (db m50162) HM
On Fort Hill Terrace east of Fort Hill Circle, on the left when traveling north.
The Confederate "Army of Tennessee" that defended Dalton from November 1863 to May 1864 briefly returned here the following October. It was much depleted in both size and spirit. Their unsuccessful defense of Atlanta ended with its fall on September . . . — — Map (db m86563) HM
On North Selvidge Street, 0 miles south of Hawthorn Street, on the right when traveling north.
Here on January 2, 1864, Gen. Patrick Cleburne proposed arming slaves in exchange for their freedom to alleviate the manpower shortage facing the Confederacy. Almost all the other generals present opposed the idea of black Confederate soldiers . . . — — Map (db m44641) HM
On North Thornton Avenue (U.S. 41) just north of West Crawford Street, on the right when traveling north.
George Whitefield (1714-70) was a noted evangelist, born in Gloucester, England. He met John and Charles Wesley at Oxford and with them formed the Holy Club. Ordained deacon in 1736, he followed the Wesleys to Georgia in 1738 and founded Bethesda . . . — — Map (db m44787) HM
On Chattanooga Avenue at West Matilda Street, on the left when traveling north on Chattanooga Avenue.
Hamilton House is the oldest surviving house
in Dalton, pre-dating the city's founding. The
brick home and spring house were built about
1840 by John Hamilton and his wife Rachel.
John was a civil engineer with the Western and
Atlantic . . . — — Map (db m142903) HM
On Chattanooga Avenue at Matilda Street, on the left when traveling north on Chattanooga Avenue.
This brick house & the stone spring house in the low ground back of it, were built by John Hamilton about 1840. During the Winter, 1863-1864, when the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, occupied Dalton, Brig. Gen. J.H. . . . — — Map (db m10830) HM
On S. Tibbs Road at Walnut Avenue (Georgia Route 52), on the left when traveling north on S. Tibbs Road.
This plaque honors the memory of Johnny Marcus, a local running enthusiast who died in an automobile accident, April 7, 1995. His dedication and commitment to the sport of running was inspiring to those who now follow in his footsteps. — — Map (db m12913) HM
On Hamilton Street at Crawford Street, on the left when traveling north on Hamilton Street. Reported permanently removed.
Joseph E. Johnston
1807 ---- 1891
Brigadier General U.S.A.
General C.S.A.
Given command of the Confederate
forces at Dalton, in
1863, he directed the 79 days
campaign to Atlanta, one of the
most memorable in the annals of war . . . — — Map (db m180351) HM
On South Thornton Avenue north of Conway Street, on the left when traveling north.
Many cotton mills in the south operated schools to promote the literacy and work ethic
expected for future mill employees. Whitfield County had three mill schools: Crown Point, Elk (later Boylston Crown), and Atcooga, an acronym for American Thread . . . — — Map (db m170924) HM
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A Textile and Tufting Manufacturing Center
The textile and tufting industries transformed Dalton into a leading industrial center in northwest Georgia.
Long before carpet manufacturing arrived, the Cherokee occupied . . . — — Map (db m173298) HM
On Crow Valley Road NW, 0.2 miles north of Justin Lane NW, on the right when traveling north.
During demonstrations on Rocky Face and in Crow Valley, by 4th & 23d A.C. troops [US], the N. line of Dalton’s defense works crossed the road here.
Stevenson’s div. (Hood’s A.C.) [CS] held this sector, his left at Cheatham’s line, at Signal . . . — — Map (db m17155) HM
On Poplar Springs Road NW, 0.1 miles east of Crow Valley Road NW, on the right when traveling east.
During demonstrations on Rocky Face & in Crow Valley, by 4th & 23d Army Corps troops, the northern line of Dalton’s defense works crossed the road here. Stevenson’s div. (Hood’s Army Corps) held this sector, his left at Cheatham’s line, at Signal . . . — — Map (db m17162) HM
The Atlanta Campaign opened at 3:00 AM on the morning of May 7th as the bugles of McCook's Federal Brigade sounded reveille at their camps near Ringgold. Federal troops occupied the village of Tunnel Hill and approached Buzzard's Roost Pass, as Mill . . . — — Map (db m86522) HM
On South Thornton Avenue (U.S. 41) 0 miles north of West Emery Street, on the right when traveling south.
This house, built in 1848 by Ainsworth Emery Blunt, pioneer settler of Dalton, has been continuously occupied by members of his family. Appointed postmaster of Cross Plains in 1845, Mr. Blunt was elected mayor when that town became Dalton in 1847 . . . — — Map (db m44735) HM
On South Dixie Road (U.S. 41) at Rawlings Way, on the right when traveling south on South Dixie Road.
Conceived by regional businessmen in 1915, construction for the portion of US Highway 41 through Whitfield County began in 1926 and opened on October 29, 1929 with much fanfare. Before I-75, U S Highway 41, also known as the Dixie Highway, was one . . . — — Map (db m171572) HM
On U.S. 41, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 41.
The Confederate defenders of Dalton impounded the waters of Mill Creek by a dam, in the gap, as a measure of defense when Federal forces under Sherman assailed this opening in Rocky Face Ridge. This temporary lake, together with fortifications in . . . — — Map (db m10787) HM
On Willow Park Drive at Walnut Avenue (Georgia Route 52), in the median on Willow Park Drive.
William Scott and Frances Brown McCarty began laying out a neighborhood here in 1927. By 1950, influential Dalton residents had established one of the city’s earliest subdivisions. McCarty residents pioneered and maintained the Dalton carpet and . . . — — Map (db m19294) HM
On West Walnut Avenue (Georgia Route 52) at Willow Park Drive, on the right when traveling east on West Walnut Avenue. Reported missing.
John B. McCarty began laying out a neighborhood here in 1928. By 1950, influential Dalton residents had established one of the city’s earliest subdivisions using New South landscaping. Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, and Minimal Traditional . . . — — Map (db m15382) HM
On South Glenwood Avenue at East Morris Street, on the right when traveling north on South Glenwood Avenue.
From 1895 to the mid-1930s, as the bedspread Industry began to develop the tufting process was done by hand in homes. The vast majority of the original hand-tufters were ladies seeking to supplement their families agricultural income that had . . . — — Map (db m171571) HM
On King Street at North Pentz Street, on the right when traveling east on King Street.
Tristram Dalton (1732-1817) was born in Newburyport, Mass; graduate of Harvard, 1755: admitted to bar but followed mercantile pursuits.
Delegate to Convention of Committees of New England Provinces, Providence, R. I., 1776; member Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m10804) HM
On South Depot Street just south of West Cuyler Street, on the right.
In 1985, Dalton, GA had no reason to believe that it would develop into a modern El Dorado, "The City of gold," or in our city's case, carpet. Dalton is infamous for its title of "Carpet Capital of the World".
The driving tour honors the . . . — — Map (db m173474) HM
On Depot Street at West King Street on Depot Street.
Date of Construction: 1852
Builder: Western and Atlantic Railroad
Original Occupancy: Railroad Station
Here, during the Civil War on April 12, 1862, the engine "Texas," dropped off a telegraph operator with orders to warn the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m86525) HM
