Worthen's Gap
Pigeon Mountain is a rugged spur of Lookout Mountain, extending in a northeasterly direction into Walker County. The space between it and Lookout Mountain is McLemore's Cove. During the war, wagon...
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Catlett's Gap
Pigeon Mountain is a rugged spur of Lookout Mountain, extending in a northeasterly direction into Walker County. The space between it and Lookout Mountain is McLemore's Cove. During the war, wagon...
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The Marsh House
The Marsh House was built by Spencer Stewart Marsh about 1836. Mr. Marsh was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, on November 25, 1799, and was the son of William Marsh, a soldier in the...
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Chattooga Academy
Chattooga Academy served as Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's headquarters from September 10-17, 1863. Bragg reportedly prepared for the Battle of Chickamauga under a large oak tree in front of...
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Skirmish at McLemore's Cove - Opportunity Lost, September 10-11, 1863
Opportunity Lost, September 10-11, 1863 Despite stout resistance by Confederate cavalrymen on the morning of September 10, Union Major General James Negley was able to deploy his men into a line...
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Skirmish at McLemore's Cove - Confederate Plan of Attack, September 9 - 10, 1863
Confederate Plan of Attack, September 9 - 10, 1863 McLemore Cove is a sheltered valley located between the long finger of Lookout Mountain and the thumb-like spur of Pigeon Mountain. On September...
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Skirmish at McLemore's Cove - Bragg Sees an Opportunity, September 9-11, 1863
Bragg Sees an Opportunity, September 9-11, 1863 With four railroads and access to several natural passes through the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Chattanooga was the gateway to the deep South....
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African American Pioneers of the Marsh-Warthen- Clements House
The Marsh-Warthen-Clements House was hand built by enslaved African Americans in an African cultural style known as the "Shot Gun." Slaves traveled with Marsh from North Carolina and...
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Marsh-Warthen House c. 1836
The Marsh-Warthen House, circa 1836, was built by Spencer Stewart Marsh, a prominent and influential merchant and statesman who donated land for John B. Gordon Hall. Marsh, with two other...
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Chief John Ross Grand Lodge of Georgia
On May 29, 1963 the grand lodge of Georgia, free and accepted masons, with M. W. Brother Ralph A. Perry, Grand Master, presiding. Dedicated the restored John Ross House, home of John...
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Route of Night March of Thomas' Corps
Route of night march of Thomas´ corps. Route of night march of Thomas´ corps. Sept. 18, 1863. Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit: Byron Hooks...
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Contributions of Enslaved African to the Area
Contributions of Enslaved African Americans to the Area Enslaved Africans created the Gone with the Wind-like society of prewar Georgia. James Gordon came to this area shortly after Cherokee...
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The Gordon - Lee Mansion
When he first came to the area, James Gordon lived in the old Cherokee log house located in what was called the “Fort Field.” While here he determined to build the grandest house in the area. The...
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American Indian Occupation of the Area
There were humans living in what is now Walker County is early is around 10,000 B.C. For thousands of years people subsisted through hunting and gathering of wild plant foods. The Middle Woodland...
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Camp George H. Thomas
In 1895, the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park became the country's first National Military Park. The following year, Congress passed legislation allowing the Military Park to be...
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