Born nearby; graduated from the US Military Academy in 1851, his Civil War duties included those of Provost Marshall of Nashville, later Adjt. General of Tennessee, to which he was appointed by Andrew Johnson. Promoted to Maj. Gen.; commanded the . . . — — Map (db m180011) HM
First National Confederate Flag • Confederate Hospital Flag
In January, 1862, after the Battle of Mill Springs, KY all the homes in Gainesboro were used as hospitals. The Gaines House is the oldest house in Gainesboro and is the only house . . . — — Map (db m112215) HM
North of this marker lies the site of Old Columbus,
once an important landing on the Cumberland
River. In the winter of 1863–1864, the war
had disastrous consequences for this river village.
Late in December 1863, Gen. Ulysses . . . — — Map (db m68344) HM
Jamie Dailey, together with Darrin Vincent, leads one of the most popular bands in contemporary American music, embracing bluegrass, country and gospel. While steeped in tradition, they bring versatility, comedy and a broad selection of newly . . . — — Map (db m157369) HM
Mounce Lauderdale Gore, father of Judge Gore, was born on this property in 1840. He fought with the 8th Tennessee Regiment (CSA) in the Civil War, rising to the rank of colonel. John Jordan was born to Mounce and Mary Cassetty Gore in Gainesboro in . . . — — Map (db m157351) HM
Traveling through the Tennessee country, André Michaux, a French botanist, arrived at Fort Blount on the first of March. On the next day in the vicinity of Flynn's Creek about 12 miles from the fort, he discovered the native ornamental yellowwood, . . . — — Map (db m157321) HM
Orion Clemens was born to John and Jane Lampton Clemens on July 7, 1825, in Gainesboro. Orion became a writer, printer, inventor, lawyer, secretary and Acting Governor of
the Nevada Territory during the Lincoln Administration. After the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m157320) HM
The Austin Peay Bridge once spanned the river here. Built in 1928 by Montgomery and Parker of Rockport, Indiana, and the Nashville Bridge Company for the Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works, the bridge replaced a nearby ferry . . . — — Map (db m157348) HM
