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The community was first known as Doe Run. It was incorporated on March 4, 1848, as Tunnelsville, and changed its name in 1856 to Tunnel Hill. Both names refer to the nearby 1,497-foot (456 m) Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel railroad tunnel cut through Chetoogeta Mountain, officially dedicated on October 31, 1849 by Etowah steel-maker Mark A. Cooper on behalf of the state-owned Western & Atlantic ...
In the morning, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, commanding the Union Army of the Tennessee, made piecemeal attacks to capture the northern end of Missionary Ridge, Tunnel Hill, but were stopped by fierce resistance from the Confederate divisions of Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne, William H.T. Walker, and Carter L. Stevenson. In the afternoon ...
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Orchard Knob November 23 and Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mostly captured November 25 at Tunnel Hill. Duty in Lookout Valley until May 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near ...
Living history, tactical demonstrations D-Day reenactment August Conneaut, Ohio, United States World War II D-Day Ohio, Inc. / Conneaut Township Pre-invasion Encampments in England, Occupied France / Normandy beaches invasion / road and bridge battle scenarios Battles / Commemoration / Living History / Veterans Dixie Days: varies
The largest battle in Florida was in Olustee in 1864. A Confederate army of 5,000 pushed 5,500 U.S. troops headed to Tallahassee back to Jacksonville. In comparison, fewer than 2,000 troops fought ...
Tunnel Hill November 24–25. Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28 – December 17. 1864.
Sep. 24—For about two decades, Tunnel Hill officials have labored to turn the city's historic railroad depot into a community center and tourist attraction. Now, that vision has become a reality.
At North Chickamauga and McAffee's Church until May 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia, February 22–27. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap, and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23–25. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6–7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Battle of Resaca May 14–15.