You searched for Postal Code: 37220
Showing results 1 to 8 of 8
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T2N_granny-white-grave-historical_Nashville-TN.html
Grave of Lucinda "Granny" White, who settled here in 1803 on 50 acres of land. She died in 1815 at about age 73. Granny White Tavern stood 200' to the north. Famous for its food, brandy, and comfortable beds, it attracted travelers from the Natche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EV4_travellers-rest_Nashville-TN.html
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," Hood moved north…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10K1_hoods-retreat_Nashville-TN.html
In this neighborhood, late in the evening of his decisive defeat at Nashville, Hood reorganized his army for withdrawal southward. Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee's Corps, supported by Chalmers' Cavalry Division, covered the withdrawal, fighting continuou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103A_battle-of-nashville_Oak-Hill-TN.html
After the withdrawal from the main Confederate line at Peach Orchard Hill, Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee formed a battle line across Franklin Pike 400 yards east of here with 200 men from the remnants of Brig. Gen. Henry Clayton's division and two canno…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1028_dry-stack-stone-walls_Nashville-TN.html
Dry-stack stone walls, a Scots-Irish building tradition adapted by slaves in the early 19th century, were common throughout middle Tennessee. During the 1864 Battle of Nashville, Brigadier General Henry Jackson was captured at this wall on the Mid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1026_battle-of-nashville_Oak-Hill-TN.html
Stewart's Corps, badly mauled during the first day, withdrew at night to a line extending eastward. Lee's Corps, forming the right wing, extended the line across Franklin Pike. Cheatham's Corps, on Stewart's left, extended the line westward, and f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1025_battle-of-nashville_Nashville-TN.html
The Federal XVI Corps attacked southward along this road. After violent artillery bombardment, McArthur's Division took the hill to the west about 4:00 p.m., precipitating the rout of Hood's Army. This hill is named for Col. W. M. Shy, 20th Tenn. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0S_travellers-rest_Nashville-TN.html
The first part of this house was built in 1799 by Judge John Overton, one time Revenue Collector for the Mero District of North Carolina, later member of the Tennessee Supreme Court and longtime friend of Andrew Jackson. These two with General Jam…