A deathlike stillness in Lebanon
— Wheeler's 1864 Raid —
You are standing on Seawell Hill, where Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler's cavalrymen camped during their raid through Tennessee. They had destroyed parts of the railroad to Chattanooga then moved north up the Tennessee River Valley, damaging the railroad and then riding east and then north around Knoxville. Crossing the Cumberland Mountains, Wheeler's men passed through Crossville, Sparta, Smithville, and Lebanon. The small garrison of Union troops in Lebanon hurriedly fled to Nashville but burned their barracks and headquarters at Cumberland College before they left town.HM Number | HM1AM2 |
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Series | This marker is part of the Tennessee: Tennessee Civil War Trails series |
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Placed By | Tennessee Civil War Trails |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 3:48am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 562345 N 4007802 |
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Decimal Degrees | 36.21305000, -86.30638333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 36° 12.783', W 86° 18.383' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 36° 12' 46.98" N, 86° 18' 22.98" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 615 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 604-698 Hill St, Lebanon TN 37087, US |
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