Headquarters Row

Generals and Ghosts

Beginning in 1862, Confederate Gens. Braxton Bragg, Daniel Ledbetter, and Joseph E. Johnston, followed by Union Gens. William S. Rosecrans and George H. Thomas, occupied the Greek Revival-style Richardson house, which stood nearby at 320 Walnut Street. When ...

Thomas Green Ryman

1841 - 1904

A prominent riverboat captain and Nashville businessman, Thomas Ryman was known for his generous contributions of time and money to the construction of the Union Gospel Tavernacle. In 1904, the Tabernacle was renamed the Ryman Auditorium in his ...

Tennessee Ornithological Society

On October 7, 1915, Dr. George Curtis, Albert F. Ganier, Judge H.Y. Hughes, Dr. George R. Mayfield, Dixon Merritt, and A.C. Webb met at Faucon's Restaurant, 419 Union Street, approximately 50 feet east of here, to found the Tennessee Ornithological ...

Boynton Park

Henry Van Ness Boynton

Boynton Park

Henry Van Ness Boynton

Born West Stockbridge, Mass.

July 22, 1835

Reared in Cincinnati, Ohio. Graduated

Woodward College, KY. Military Institute

Lieut. Col. 35th Ohio Infantry. Wounded

Battle Missionary Ridge.Brevt. Brigader-

General - Congressional Medal for Gallantry

Founder of Chickamauga Chattanooga National

Military Park - ...

Colonel Samuel Watson

Colonel Samuel Watson 1731-1810. Wife-Elizabeth McDowell 1738-1817. Near this spot was the home and commissary of Col. Watson, 1st. Liuet. of Rangers, Captain and Delegate to S.C. Prov. Congress 1776. Colonel of Militia New Aquisition. Elder in Bethel Church. In ...

Bristoe Station

The “Tigers” of Louisiana

In this creek bed, three Louisiana regiments made a stand. These men, many recruited from the wharves of New Orleans, had already established a reputation as hard fighters and were labeled “Tigers” by their comrades. Their brigade ...

Battle Bigger's Ferry 1780

Battle Bigger's Ferry 1780,

3 mi. east of this point on Catawba River between

Lord Rawdon's and Sumter's Forces. Whigs commanded by Cols. Hill and Lacey.

New Aquisition School attended by Pres. Andrew Jackson 1779 and the widow Howe's cottage where he boarded ...

More Enduring Than Marble

East Face of Monument:

More enduring than marble shall be the memory of the Confederate patriot in whose life fidelity to principle found loftiest expression.

West Face of Monument:

A tribute of love from the women of the south to the heroes of ...

Battle of Chattanooga, 3d Day, Nov. 25.

During the night of Nov. 24, 1863, Bragg's forces withdrew from the plain and Lookout and joined those on Missionary Ridge, occupying it from Rossville to Tunnel Hill, and a spur thence eastward to the Chickamauga. Sherman early on the ...

Barracks, Courthouse, Jail

The building in front of you is very much as it appeared in the 1890s. First built as military barracks, it was later converted for use as a courthouse and jail. Over time its appearance changed to accommodate different needs ...