Site of the Robt. C. Saxon House
Otherwise known as the Octagon or Gravel House ~ an eight ~ sided stone residence, built in 1856, on the knoll east of here.
May 17, 1864, a rear guard action between Cheatham´s Div., Hardee´s A. C. [CSA] and Newton´s 2d Div., 4th A. C. [USA] was fought along this road. Eight Tenn, Regts, of Wright´s. Maney´s and Vaughan´s [CSA] brigades posted here, defended it during several hours of musketry and artillery fire, withdrawing at midnight. Burned by 73d Illinois Regt. [USA] next day.
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.