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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTT_trail-of-tears-memorial_Tunnel-Hill-GA.html
In 1838 federal soldiers forced the Cherokee to march from Georgia to the Indian Territory. That area would later be known as Oklahoma. Thousands died on the march, which began in the midst of a drought and continued into a harsh winter. This mar…
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The 1447 foot long Chetoogeta Mountain railroad tunnel is one-half mile east of this marker. The tunnel was completed in 1850 and this opened the W&A RR from Atlanta to Chattanooga. This was the first railroad tunnel completed south of the Mason-D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD62_the-excavation_Tunnel-Hill-GA.html
[Left Side of Marker]The Excavationof the west end wasbegun early July 15, 1848.& the first openingeffected Oct. 31, 1849The first trainof cars passed throughMay 9, 1850Length of excavationin this end 575 feet& of the tunnel1477 feet. [Right Si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8TM_campaign-for-atlanta-began-here_Tunnel-Hill-GA.html
The 4th A.C., marching from Cleveland, Tenn. reached Catoosa Springs May 4, 1864. The 23d A.C., via Cleveland & Red Clay, camped in this vicinity. Both corps moved S. from these positions toward Dalton, May 7. The 4th A.C. went by direct rd. to…
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May 7, 1864. The 4th A.C., marching from Catoosa Springs, moved S. on this road to Tunnel Hill - Stanley's div. in advance, followed by Wood & Newton;Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, commanding. The march was opposed by outposts of Wheeler's cav. - the r…
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400 yds. S.E., at the big spring, is the brick residence known as the Austin House. May 7, 1864 The Federal forces, having seized Tunnel Hill their first movement in the campaign for Atlanta Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman had headquarters at the Austin Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ZG_tunnel-hill_Tunnel-Hill-GA.html
May 7, 1864. The Federal forces, under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, began the campaign for Atlanta by seizing Tunnel Hill. Howard's 4th A.C., having marched from Catoosa Springs, drover Wheeler's Cav. from the R.R. tunnel S. to Mill Creek Gap. Palmer's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7Y9_stone-church-and-catoosa-station_Tunnel-Hill-GA.html
Organized in 1837, the Chickamauga Presbyterian Church, commonly call "The Old Stone Church," was a landmark in the Ringgold area at the time of the war. The coming of the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the construction of an impressive ston…
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This Church, organized September 2, 1837, before the Cherokee Indians were removed from this area, was the first church organized by white settlers in the bounds of the present Catoosa County, according to available records. The organizers were a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7V8_old-federal-road_Tunnel-Hill-GA.html
This highway is part of the Old Federal Road, an early thoroughfare that linked Georgia and west Tennessee across the Indian Country. It began on the southeast boundary of the Cherokees, in the direction of Athens, Georgia and led toward Nashville…
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