Confederate Campsite on Chilhowee Mountain, Cherokee National Forest

Confederate Burial and Memorial
Chilhowee Mountain, Cherokee National Forest, TN

Photos/text courtesy of Paul Stanfield, Ringgold, GA
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Confederate burial and memorial
Chilhowee Mountain Road, off U.S. 64
Cherokee National Forest

Directions: I-75 Exit 20. Travel hwy 64 towards Cleveland. Travel 6.3 miles. Take the Hwy. 64 East ramp Ocoee. Turn left past the ranger station onto Forest Service Road 77

Links:
1. Genealogy Trails, Polk County Tennessee. The Confederate County of East Tennessee
2. Polk County Tennessee Visitors Guide
3. Tennessee: Ocoee Scenic Byway. The Weather Channel
4. New Southeast Tennessee Civil War trail guide


(July 12, 2009) Enlarge This lone Confederate memorial sits high on Chilhowee Mountain. It was built to mark the location of a skirmish on Feb. 15, 1865, and the death of Confederate soldiers. The tragic story of the fight and those who died on the mountain is etched into the stone Enlarged Views: Hit Back Button to Return		(July 12, 2009) Enlarge Confederate Campsite interpretive sign


(July 12, 2009) Enlarge The Memorial		(July 12, 2009) Enlarge Inscription on right stone SOLDIERS CAMPSITE FEB. 15, 1865 CAPTAIN P.L. BIBLE LIEUTENANT F.M. LONGLEY LIEUTENANT A.D. DONALDSON TOM HANEY KILLED W.M. CROCKETT CRAWLED TO GREASY CREEK JASPER McCONNELL CAPTURED GEORGE RENFRO CAPTURED CO. B 62 TENN. CSA


(July 12, 2009) Enlarge Inscription on left stone T.B. HANEY A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WAS KILL ED HERE FEB. 15, 1865		(July 12, 2009) Enlarge Entrance to the campsite


(July 12, 2009) Enlarge Chilhowee Mountain