Civil War in Tennessee

Controlling the River and Rails

Controlling the river and railroad junction at Chattanooga was important to both North and South during the war. As a Confederate general noted, Chattanooga "commands important passes into Georgia and Alabama, and would enable the enemy ...

Clay County (Indiana) Courthouse

[Side one:]

County formed by Indiana General

Assembly 1825; named for

national statesman Henry Clay.

First county seat at Bowling

Green; had three courthouses: first

built 1827 was two-story log

structure; second and third built

1839-1840 and 1852-1853 were

two-story brick. County seat

moved to Brazil 1877 after

fourth courthouse ...

Brown's Brigade

Buckner's Division

C.S.A.

Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner's Division

Colonel John C. Brown's BrigadeEarly on February 15, 1862 General Buckner's Division relieved by the 30th Tennessee, left the line of trenches west of Indian Creek and, headed by the 3d Tennessee, marched to ...

Neillsville Civil War Memorial

Erected

1908 by

G.A.R. &

W.R.C.

1861–1865

Marker is on Walnut Street west of Ash Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Southern Pacific Passenger Coach Car

Wooden coaches were built around 1875 by Southern Pacific Railroad shops in Sacramento, California, and were used for passenger service in the railroad's southern division.

In 1913, this car was converted for railroad maintenance and was then used until 1938 by ...

St. Thomas Episcopal of Alexandria

Founded 1723. Stonework Erected 1769. Parish Hall 1993.

Marker is on Sky Manor - Senator Stout Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Quartermaster Depot Water Reservoir

A steam pump located at the edge of the river propelled muddy Colorado River water through pipes to an elevated holding tank constructed of local rock and mortar with a wood shingle roof to decrease evaporation. Sediment fell to the ...

Greene's Battery

Davidson's Brigade

C.S.A.

Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson's Division

Colonel Thomas J. Davidson's Brigade

Greene's BatteryThe 2nd Division of this battery, consisting of three guns, occupied this position astride the Old Forge Road. The guns covered the road and the valley to the right ...

10 O'Clock Treaty Line

Treaty with Potawatomi, Delaware, and Miami Indians

Runs northwest-southeast through this point. On September 30, 1809, Indiana Territorial Governor, William Henry Harrison, obtained for the United States almost three million acres from the Potawatomi, Delaware and Miami tribes.

Marker is on U.S. ...

Office of the U. S. Army Depot Quartermaster

This adobe building was constructed in 1872 as an office for the Fort Yuma Quartermaster Depot. It replaced a room in a corner of the depot storehouses where, according to Captain J. G. C. Lee, Quartermaster, ". . .the noise ...