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2d Ohio Infantry Carlin's Brigade, Johnson's Division, 14th Corps. Colonel Anson G. McCook. November 25, 1863. The second, with its Brigade, ascended Lookout the afternoon of November 24, joined Hooker's forces and participated in the close …
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94th Ohio Infantry Carlin's Brigade, Johnson's Division, 14th Corps. Major Rue P. Hutchins. November 25, 1863. This Regiment, with its Brigade, ascended Lookout the afternoon of November 24th, joined Hooker's forces and participated in the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MO7_heavy-slashings-of-timber_Chattanooga-TN.html
Heavy slashings of timber outside of works.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MO6_cravens-house_Chattanooga-TN.html
Nearby is the home of iron manufacturing pioneer Robert Cravens (1805-1886). During the Civil War siege and battles of Chattanooga, September-November 1863, it was a landmark commonly called the "White House" and was heavily damaged and later dest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LBG_chattanooga-a-city-of-historical-significance_Chattanooga-TN.html
Chattanooga, a city of historical significance from the Civil War Battles through both World Wars, has seen many people travel through its valley. The popular Glenn Miller tune of the 1940's has forever made famous this railway station that is kno…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LB1_chattanoogas-railroads_Chattanooga-TN.html
Battles were fought in and around Chattanooga primarily for control of the railroad network. By 1861, the city had become one of the South's most important rail hubs. The lines that crossed here connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Tennessee River …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LB0_camp-contraband_Chattanooga-TN.html
Camp Contraband was the name given to an encampment that existed on this site during the Civil War. The camp was a haven for a large number of refugees, most of whom were liberated slaves seeking safety within the Union lines. The former slaves we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3Z_united-states-colored-troops_Chattanooga-TN.html
Initially fearful of allowing black troops in battle, the Union army employed them as laborers, construction workers and guards. U.S.C.T. regiments supervised black women and children crowded not disease-ridden camps outside Tennessee cities. They…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L1T_1864-military-bridge_Chattanooga-TN.html
The first bridge crossing of the Tennessee River at Chattanooga was erected in 1864 under the order of Montgomery Meigs, Quartermaster General of the Union armies. This clearing highlights the alignment where the wooden bridge, with its trestled n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L1K_the-chattanooga-choo-choo_Chattanooga-TN.html
It was on March 5, 1880, that the first passenger train leaving Cincinnati for Chattanooga was nicknamed the "Chattanooga Choo-Choo". This historical occasion opened the first major link in public transportation from the North to the South. The "…
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