- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Whitman House historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Catoosa County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Ringgold - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Catoosa County, Ringgold, 34.91591, -85.10912
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Anderson house, 309 Tennessee St., Ringgold
Text of marker: "THE WHITMAN HOUSE. This house of handmade brick was built about 1863 by Mr. William L. Whitman, prominent merchant of Ringgold. After the Battle of Ringgold General U.S. Grant established his headquarters here. When he and his staff were leaving he offered Mrs. Whitman pay for lodging in $50.00 U.S. greenbacks but she asked for Confederate money instead. Gen. Grant is said to have remarked, "She certainly is not whipped yet," and his soldiers cheered her as they left. The Whitman family watched the fiercest part of the fight around the depot from upstairs windows. 023-10 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-whitman-house
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-whitman-house
- 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:
-
