Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sweetwater, Tennessee

7 entries match your criteria.

Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sweetwater, Tennessee

1 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Sweetwater — Captain John M. Jones, CSA — Memorial Park —

Captain John M. Jones, CSA Memorial Park Soldier, Merchant, Farmer, Industrialist, Banker, Philanthropist and Caring Public Citizen Captain John M. Jones, August 6, 1835 - May 29, 1908, wife Martha Jane Tipton Jones, August 30, 1846 . . . — — Map (db m180318) HM WM

2 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Sweetwater — IF-41 — Longstreet Encampment —

In mid to late 1863, Sweetwater was a supply and staging area for the Confederacy. It was the last secure depot on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, south of the Union lines. In November 1863, General Longstreet, with 15,000 men, camped here . . . — — Map (db m100755) HM

3 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Sweetwater — Sweetwater Depot — Strategic Target — Knoxville Campaign —

(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. Burnside’s garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted . . . — — Map (db m69367) HM

4 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Sweetwater — 1F 35 — T M I Academy —

Founded in 1874 on College Street as Sweetwater Military College by Dr. J. Lynn Bachman, the name was changed to Tennessee Military Institute in 1902 and T M I ACADEMY in 1975. It was relocated to this site in 1909 as a preparatory . . . — — Map (db m154990) HM

5 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Sweetwater — Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School 1989-2007 —

This monument commemorates Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School (TMG) which existed here. The school was founded on the Christian principle of service to mankind, with the motto: "Do for others". During its 18 years, TMG graduated 677 students. . . . — — Map (db m70484) HM

6 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Sweetwater — The Great Craighead Cave — Mining a Strategic Material —

Saltpeter, or niter, is a key ingredient of gunpowder found in many limestone caves in East Tennessee. In June 1861, Randolph Ross, Jr., and J. Marshall McCue contracted with the Confederate Ordnance Bureau to produce niter here at the “Milk . . . — — Map (db m82276) HM

7 ► Tennessee, Monroe County, Sweetwater — The Tennessee Overhill Experience — From Furs to Factories — Sweetwater-An Historic Commercial Center —

Prosperous farmer, railroad investor, and legislator, I. T. Lenoir deeded a track of his farm in 1858 for the location of a railroad depot on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad which bisected the fledging town of Sweetwater. Within a few years, . . . — — Map (db m117113) HM

Include	only matches for ...
	all except for ...