First · Michigan · Engineers
Army · of · the · Cumberland
[Front Side]
First Michigan Engineers
Army of the Cumberland
William P. Innes Colonel Commanding
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A detachment of this regiment, Captain Perrin V. Fox Commanding, prepared the materials and constructed the Pontoon Bridges crossing the Tennessee River at this City and Brown's Ferry, and the South Chickamauga River, near the north end of Missionary Ridge. Other detachments of the Regiment were engaged during the Campaigns along the railroad from Chattanooga to Murfreesboro building bridges and other Engineer duties.
Marker is at the intersection of Ivy Street and Hawthorne Street, on the left when traveling east on Ivy Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
