Union Headquarters

Because its location at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers, and at the northern terminus of the railroad, Paducah was a strategic location throughout the War.

Large numbers of troops and supplies passed through Paducah on their way ...

Union Headquarters

Gen. H. W. Slocum,

commanding the Union

forces, located his

headquarters in this

field, March 16, 1865.

Marker is on Bryant Road (North Carolina Route 82), on the right when traveling south.

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Union Headquarters

The Battle of the Wilderness

Ellwood stood in the midst of the Wilderness, a dark, forbidding forest characterized by stunted trees and densely tangled undergrowth. When the Confederates challenged General Ulysses S. Grant’s advance through the Wilderness on May 5, ...

Union Headquarters

Sherman’s headquarters

were located in the

field 400 yards to the

rear of this marker,

March 20-21, 1865. Head-

quarters of the XVII

Corps, which included

Mower’s Division, were

250 yards to the left

rear.

Marker is at the intersection of Bentonville Road (Local Route 1197) and Harper House Road ...

Union Headquarters

Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum,

commanding Sherman’s

Left Wing, had head-

quarters in this field,

March 19-21, 1865.

Marker is at the intersection of Harper House Road and Newton Grove Road, on the right when traveling east on Harper House Road.

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Field Headquarters of the Union Armies.

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

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Field Headquarters of the Union Armies.

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Nov. 25th, 1863.

General Grant was assigned to the Military Division of the Mississippi, comprising the Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, and the Tennessee, October 16th, ...