HAMILTON COUNTY TN~CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE~CIVIL WAR~NEW!

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Including the City of Chattanooga History of w Hamilton County, Tennessee New 109-Page Booklet The early history of Hamilton County, Tennessee, which includes the City of Chattanooga, is recalled in this spiral bound booklet taken from: History of Tennessee , originally published in 1887 by Goodspeed Publishing Co. The new 109-page spiral-bound booklet is printed on 60# paper with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. The booklet contents include: The enabling act forming the county; Location and physical features; Early Scotch settlers, many of whom married Indian girls; Hasten Poe, and other early settlers; John Walling and "Walden's Ridge"; Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickamauga Indians; Land grants; Conflicts and treaties with Indians; The Ridge party and the Ross party; The mission, cemetery and cave on Missionary Ridge; ; Dallas, the first county seat; County buildings; the Civil War -- a visit and speech from Jefferson Davis; a reply from William Crutchfield, Bridge burning incident, Arrival of Gen. Rosecrans and the Army of the Cumberland, Battle of Chickamauga ("the hardest fought and most bloody battle of the Rebellion,"), General Grant and the Battle on Lookout Mountain, Battle of Missionary Ridge, etc.; the United States National Military Cemetery and the Confederate read more

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