Palmer’s & Hooker’s A.C. Cross the Chattahoochee

July 17. 1864. Wood’s 4th A.C. div. moved S. to this point from Power’s Fy. (3 mi. N.) to cover the crossing of Palmer’s 14th A.C. Hooker’s 20th, followed the 14th on the 2 pontoon bridges at the site of ...

"Prometheus"

First steamboat made in N.C. Built in 1818 by Otway Burns, privateer in War of 1812. Shipyard located 350 feet S.W.

Marker is at the intersection of West Corbett Avenue (State Highway 24) and Front Street, on the right when traveling ...

The First Civil War Monument

Popular subscription for this Civil War monument was started on September 16, 1862 and completed with public funds. The monument was dedicated on July 4, 1867 "and to the memory of the brave soldiers of Grant County who fell in ...

Capt. J. Harvey Mathes

37th. Tenn. C.S.A.

Capt. J. Harvey Mathes

37th. Tenn. C.S.A.

Marker can be reached from North Front Street south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Virginia ("Ginnie") Bethel Moon

1844-1926

The daughter of a Confederate sympathizer, Ginnie Moon was a noted Southern Civil War spy. Born in Ohio, Ginnie moved to Memphis with her mother in 1862. She was arrested for spying soon after the Federal Army occupied the city, ...

Elizabeth Avery Meriwether

1824 - 1917

Born in Bolivar, Elizabeth Meriwether spent much of her life in Memphis. A noted author, her more famous works include The Master of Red Leaf, Black and White, and Recollections of 92 Years. Mrs. Meriwether toured many states ...

The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah — the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. ...

The Old Mill

Built in 1825

Acquired by Blair Academy in 1903

Blair Lake & The Falls completed in 1906

The Old Mill and other sites at Blair Academy have been placed on the State and National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department ...

Army of the Ohio

Major General Don Carlos Buell

First Army Corps

Major General Alexander McD McCook

Tenth Division

Brigadier General James S. Jackson

Thirty-Third Brigade

Brigadier General William R. Terrill

80th, 123rd Illinois and 105th Ohio Infantry Regiments

and detachments 7th, 32nd Kentucky

3rd Tennessee Infantry

Parsons' Improvised United States Battery

Thirty-Fourth Brigade

Colonel ...

Glencoe - The Mill Buildings

Mill Design

Mill designers planned the brick and heavy timber mill to standards of the day. They employed the Italianate style popular for industrial architecture. Its ornate brickwork, arched windows, low roof, and prominate tower suited the functional needs of textile ...