Historical Markers in Signal Mountain, Tennessee

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Historical Markers in Signal Mountain, Tennessee

1 ► Tennessee, Hamilton County, Signal Mountain — Boats on the Tennessee — Civil War supply boats challenged the treacherous narrows here —

The mighty Tennessee River extends 652 miles from its source near Knoxville to its confluence with the Ohio River at Paducah, Kentucky. During the Civil War the river was a natural highway through this region, but sections of rapids were impassable . . . — — Map (db m68845) HM

2 ► Tennessee, Hamilton County, Signal Mountain — Civil War Signaling — With flags and torches, signalmen passed the word —

When Confederate forces laid siege to Chattanooga in late September 1863, they cut off telegraph lines leading into the city. The Federals, in order to move messages from Chattanooga to their supply base in Bridgeport, Alabama, established a series . . . — — Map (db m68844) HM

3 ► Tennessee, Hamilton County, Signal Mountain — 2A 36 — Corral Road —

During the fall of 1863, when a Federal signal station functioned at Signal Point, the draft stock of troops in this area was kept in two corrals about four miles northeast. This road crosses the site of one corral, the other was northwest of it, in . . . — — Map (db m81773) HM

4 ► Tennessee, Hamilton County, Signal Mountain, Carriage Hill — Charles H. Coolidge — M Company, 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry, 36th Infantry Division, U.S. Army — Medal of Honor Recipient —

Charles H. Coolidge was born on Signal Mountain on August 4, 1921, the son of Walter and Grace (McCracken) Coolidge of Chattanooga. He graduated from Chattanooga High School in 1939, and worked at his father's printing business as a bookbinder. . . . — — Map (db m216723) HM

5 ► Tennessee, Hamilton County, Signal Mountain, Carriage Hill — 2A 118 — Charles H. Coolidge — Medal Of Honor Recipient —

Born August 4, 1921, on Signal Mountain, Tennessee, Charles Coolidge joined the U. S. Army in June 1942. He served as a Technical Sergeant in Company M, 141 Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. During an enemy attack on October 24, 1944 and . . . — — Map (db m216721) HM

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