(3-2000) Walter Place, 331 W. Chulahoma Ave. Served as quarters for Julia Grant while her husband occupied the area. When Holly Springs was raided by Van Dorn, the troops were forbidden to enter the house as long as Mrs. Grant was quartered inside. In return for this display of chivalry, Grant placed a safeguard on the house preventing any intrusion by Federal troops for the remainder of the War-and unwittingly rendering Walter Place a safe rendezvous point for Confederate soldiers and spies 

(3-2000) Airliewood, 330 Salem Ave.  U.S. Grant's Holly Springs headquarters.  Union soldiers were camped on the grounds, and for target practice shot at the fence pickets bordering the front lawn
 
Close-up of the picket fence
  
A Day at Holly Springs, Forgotten Triumph in a Tragic War by Garvin Tate

(3-2000) Marshall County Historical Museum, 220 East Avenue, Holly Springs. Marker in foreground: From this vicinity on the morning of December 20th, 1862 General Van Dorn C.S.A. with his cavalry began the famous raid upon General Grant's supplies in Holly Springs

(3-2000) Ashland Road (left) at east edge of Holly Springs. View looking west toward the bridge crossing the wartime Mississippi Central Railroad. One of Van Dorn's two columns supposedly entered Holly Springs on Ashland Road