- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Chase, and a Battle 250 yards historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Whitfield County
Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Tilton, 34.66508, -84.93939
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 805 Tilton Road, at Tilton Church Road just west of Tilton
Text of marker: "THE CHASE, AND A BATTLE 250 YARDS. To the left over a railroad crossing stood a water tower where the famed "General", of "The Great Locomotive Chase", stopped for water while being chased by the "Texas", April 12, 1862. A brief stop was made at nearby Green's Wood Yard for fuel. On October 13, 1864, soldiers of French's Div. of Stewart's Corp. Confederate Army of Tennessee launched an attack against 300 men of the 17th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under command of Lt. Col. S.M. Archer, U.S. Army. The 17th Iowa was garrisoned here to protect the Western & Atlantic railroad bridge and tracks; many of the men took refuge in a blockhouse, located about 250 yards from here. Selden's Alabama Battery battered the blockhouse with heavy artillery for hours before the garrison surrendered. GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 2004" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-chase-and-a-battle-250-yards
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-chase-and-a-battle-250-yards
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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