1862/06/18 |
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John M Scott, Sergeant, Company F, 21st Ohio Infantry, penetrated nearly 200 mi into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia. He is buried in Section H, Grave 11182. |
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Great Locomotive Chase |
1862/06/18 |
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Marion A Ross, Sergeant Major, 2nd Ohio Infantry, penetrated nearly 200 mi into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia. He is buried in Section H, Grave 11179. |
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Great Locomotive Chase |
1862/06/18 |
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Samuel Robertson, Private, Company G, 33rd Ohio Infantry, penetrated nearly 200 mi into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia. He is buried in Section H, Grave 11177. |
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Great Locomotive Chase |
1862/06/18 |
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Samuel Slavens, Private, Company E, 33rd Ohio Infantry, penetrated nearly 200 mi into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia. He is buried in Section H, Grave 11176. |
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Great Locomotive Chase |
1863/11/00 |
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Some 800 Union dead are left unburied on the field to be buried there when the ground is recovered. Identification of the remains is made mainly from the blue uniform, or from residual blue mold left by their decay. They were later moved to CNC. |
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Battle of Chickamauga |
1863/11/19 |
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General William P Sanders, the only Southern-born Union officer killed in the Civil War, and a cousin of Jefferson Davis, is buried in Section C, Grave 1601. His remains were moved from the Second Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, TN. |
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1863/11/25 |
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Gen George Thomas selects the site for the cemetery during the assault on Missionary Ridge. The 75 acres site consists of a hill with views of the Tennessee River to the west and north, Missionary Ridge to the east and Lookout Mountain to the southwest. |
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Battle of Missionary Ridge |
1863/12/25 |
George Henry Thomas |
Union General |
Chattanooga Cemetery is established by order of Major General George Henry Thomas (General Order 296, Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland), in commemoration of the Battles of Chattanooga fought from November 23 to 27, 1863. |
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Chattanooga Campaign |
1919/03/25 |
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William F Zion, Private, US Marine Corps - He was in the presence of the enemy during the battle of Peking, China, 21 July to 17 August 1900. Throughout this period, Zion distinguished himself by meritorious conduct. He is buried in Section U, Grave 40. |
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1935/03/21 |
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German WW I Prisoners of War Monument - Erected by the German Government in Quincy granite. 92 names inscribed, 14 are not buried here. The German inscription reads: During the war years died here far from home, and Germany will ever remember you. |
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