Georgia, Catoosa County, Fort Oglethorpe
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Armstrong's Brigade
Armstrong's Division - Forrest's Corps.
Col. James T. Wheeler.
Sept. 20, 1863, Noon, 2d Position.
3d Arkansas - Col. A. W. Hobson.
2d Kentucky - Lieut. Col. Thomas Woodward.
1st Tennessee - Lieut. Col. James H. Lewis.
18th Tennessee Battalion - Maj. Charles McDonald.
About 11 o'clock A.M. of Sept. 20th Armstrong's Brigade, dismounted, advanced from the edge of the woods east of this position and took possession of the Union hospitals about Cloud's. Upon the approach of Granger's reserve troops from the direction of McAfee's Church Forrest's troops were forced back to their first position. After this column passed, Armstrong was again advanced to the LaFayette Road. but was subsequently compelled to withdraw by infantry and artillery from Granger's column. During the afternoon the command was not actively engaged.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Armstrong's BrigadeArmstrong's Division - Forrest's Corps.
Col. James T. Wheeler.
Sept. 20, 1863, Noon, 2d Position.
3d Arkansas - Col. A. W. Hobson.
2d Kentucky - Lieut. Col. Thomas Woodward.
1st Tennessee - Lieut. Col. James H. Lewis.
18th Tennessee Battalion - Maj. Charles McDonald.
About 11 o'clock A.M. of Sept. 20th Armstrong's Brigade, dismounted, advanced from the edge of the woods east of this position and took possession of the Union hospitals about Cloud's. Upon the approach of Granger's reserve troops from the direction of McAfee's Church Forrest's troops were forced back to their first position. After this column passed, Armstrong was again advanced to the LaFayette Road. but was subsequently compelled to withdraw by infantry and artillery from Granger's column. During the afternoon the command was not actively engaged.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Armstong's Division - Forrest's Cavalry Corps.
The Barry Baptist Church congregation, originally organized as the Elam Baptist Church congregation, was established in September 1891 with seven charter members. The Rev. C. R. Roberts became the congregation's first pastor in June of 1892. Early services were held in a church structure one block northeast of this site. The congregation quickly became involved in county and statewide Baptist church affairs, affiliating with the Navarro County Baptist Association of the Baptist Convention of Texas in July 1892. Additionally, the congregation was able to institute a Sunday School program by 1895, under the leadership of J. M. Head, who served as first Sunday School superintendent. In 1916-17, during the pastorate of the Rev. A. W. Luper, the congregation built its second church structure at this site. Worship services have been held at this location since December of 1917. The Barry Baptist Church congregation has been involved in a variety of missionary activities over the years, concentrating on local mission programs, and it has played a prominent role in this community for over one hundred years.
Dibrell's Brigade
In honor of the founder
The Scotia Museum is a textbook example of Greek Revival architecture. The natural redwood trunks used for classical columns have an unmistakeable association with the timber industry. 
Samuel S. Buckland was a true pioneer. He settled here in 1859, began a ranching operation, established a station for the Overland Stage Company, and operated a tent hotel. He also constructed the first bridge across the Carson River downstream from Genoa.
E Clampus Vitus laid the corner stone July 4, 1871. August C. Busch, partner in the Young America Mine, entrepreneur extraordinaire built the structure using Sierra City bricks. The three story building housed the Wells Fargo Express, Western Union, ECV General Store and a residence. The third floor public hall was used by Balaam Lodge #107304, ECV for meetings. It was destroyed by fire in 1948. The Charles J. Winstead family lived here until Carlo Giuffre turned it into the Busch & Heringlake Country Inn in 1986.
Forrest's (Cavalry) Corps.
For many years local Methodists were forced to
travel a considerable distance to attend services.
In 1873, Houston’s School House was established
as a preaching place within the local circuit.
The success of this effort stimulated interest
in building a church. On September 11, 1877,
Robert B. Houston conveyed an acre of land at
this location for that purpose. Construction of
Houston Methodist Episcopal Church was completed
the following year. The church became the focus
of community life, hosting traditional events
such as Children’s Day, Homecoming. and Christmas
Entertaintment. Outdoor services or “bush” meetings
were held nearby, bringing spiritual renewal
to those in attendance. The church was renamed
in 1955.
Catholic clergy began serving residents of the Fort Davis area about 1872. Father Joseph Hoban was appointed pastor in 1876 and the First St Joseph Catholic Church building was erected in 1879. Father Hoban was followed by circuit-riding priest who regarded St. Joseph's as the central church of the region. Father Brocardus Eeken came to Fort Davis in 1892. He and fellow Carmelite friars traveled thousands of miles each year, ministering to the 18 churches and mission stations in the Trans-Pecos and Big Bend. A new church was consecrated in 1899. Many parishes, including those in Alpine and Marfa, were created from this parish. Father Brocardus retired in 1935. St Joseph Catholic Church continues to serve a large and diverse congregation.
William E. Butler, who served as Surgeon-General to Andrew Jackson in New Orleans, owned a race track located on this block. Jackson and his wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson, attended races here in 1825. In 1843 Dr. Butler donated the site for a school for young women of the Mid-South known as the Memphis Conference Female Institute. After eighty years the school was relocated in Jackson as a coeducational institution and was renamed Lambuth College.
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Coming to Tennessee from his native Virginia about 1807, he was a prominent figure for five terms in the State Senate between 1815 and 1829. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1834, and defeated David Crockett for Congress in 1835. He is buried in Old Salem Cemetery, about four miles south of here.
In 1819 several families formed the first settlement in what was to be known as Madison County 2.1 miles west on the Cotton Grove Road. Said road was ordered built this same year. In 1821 the first cotton in the county was grown here. A post office and stagecoach stop operated here in 1834. Only the road and Baptist Church retain the Cotton Grove name.
