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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29GU_norwood-inn_Greenback-TN.html
Built by John Norwood in 1820, this was a stage stop on the line from Washington, D.C., to Marietta, Ga. The Old Federal Road was 200 yards south. After operation by three generations of Norwoods, it was dismantled in 1937.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDK_lenoir-plantation_Lenoir-City-TN.html
The 1863 Union raid on Lenoir Station, now Lenoir City, changed the lives of the family that owned the 2,700-acre plantation here. Dr. Benjamin B. Lenoir was one of four brothers who owned the property. His wife was Henrietta Ramsey Lenoir and his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDF_lenoir-cotton-mill_Lenoir-City-TN.html
The Lenoir Cotton Mill, built by Major Wm. Ballard Lenoir between 1810 and 1821, is one of several structures that made up Lenoir's Station. Lenoir and his sons also built Lenoir Inn (family home which also served as stagecoach station and hotel, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BDB_lenoirs-station_Lenoir-City-TN.html
Union Gen. Ambrose Burnside needed to gather information on Confederate troop strength and to cripple the important East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad before he invaded East Tennessee in 1863. In June, he ordered Col. William P. Sanders to march…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BD9_loudon-railroad-bridge_Loudon-TN.html
The covered wooden bridge of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad here on the Tennessee River was a strategically significant crossing for rail traffic between Richmond and Chattanooga. The Confederacy especially relied on the railroad for troo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BD7_sgt-mitchell-w-stout_Loudon-TN.html
Sgt. Mitchell W. StoutU.S. Army — VietnamKhe Gio Bridge Republic of Vietnam12 March 1970Battery C, 1st Battalion44th Artillery, Vietnam
The President of the United Statesin the name of Congresstakes pleasure in presenting theMedal of Hono…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BD2_loudon-county-courthouse_Loudon-TN.html
Loudon County first named Christiana, was created in 1870 from portions of Roane, Monroe and Blount Counties. Construction of this building was begun soon afterwards, being built by Brothers, Ira N. Clarke and J. Wesley Clarke.National Register of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCY_affair-at-philadelphia_Sweetwater-TN.html
Here, in the cavalry action following the Battle of Chickamauga, the Confederate cavalry regiments of Dibrell and Morrison attacked Wolford's cavalry brigade, captured 700 prisoners, 6 mountain howitzers, 50 wagons loaded with stores, 10 ambulance…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BCV_battle-of-philadelphia_Sweetwater-TN.html
During the autumn of 1863, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's forces occupied Knoxville and much of the surrounding countryside. Philadelphia, a station on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, was the southernmost Union-held town. Col. Frank Wol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BBY_national-campground_Greenback-TN.html
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet besieged Knoxville and Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's force there. Late in the month, after the Federal victory at Chattanooga, Gen. William T. Sherman led his corps north through largely Union…