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|   Cedar Hills Pet Cemetery - Columbia, TN
in Pet Cemeteries A peaceful park setting just off the main highway leading into Columbia. Lots of contemplation settings and some really beautiful markers. posted by:  horizon seeker location: Tennessee date approved: 02/24/2008 last visited: 02/14/2008 |
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|  Polk's Boyhood Home (3D 21) - Columbia TN
in Tennessee Historical Markers The first house here was built by Maj. Samuel Polk, who came here from North Carolina in 1806. In his family was the ten-year-old son, James Knox Polk. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/14/2020 last visited: 10/20/2021 |
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|  Oaklawn The Absalom Thompson House - Spring Hill TN
in U.S. Civil War Sites Hood's Headquarters- Late in the afternoon of November 29, 1864, Hood established the headquarters of the Army of Tennessee at this location. Hood spent part of the evening sitting on a log near the fish pond of the house. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
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| Billy Direct (3D 47) - Columbia TN in Tennessee Historical Markers This horse, which set a mile pacing record of 1:55 in 1938, was foaled here in 1931. His dam was Gay Forbes posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/14/2020 last visited: 10/20/2021 |
 view galleryN4.5 km |  Rippavilla - Spring Hill TN
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Rippavilla Plantation, also known as Meadowbrook and Nathaniel Cheairs House, is a former plantation, historic house and museum, located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. This plantation had been worked by enslaved Black people for many years. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/15/2023 last visited: 06/15/2023 |
 view galleryN4.5 km |  Rippavilla Plantation - Spring Hill TN
in Civil Rights Memorials Rippavilla Plantation is a former plantation, historic house and museum.
This plantation was worked by enslaved Black people for many years.
It is believed that many of the upgrades to the house were done by slaves with knowledge of skilled crafts. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/20/2023 last visited: 06/20/2023 |
 view galleryN4.5 km |  Rippavilla Plantation - Spring Hill TN
in Wikipedia Entries The Rippavilla Plantation is located at 5700 Main Street, Spring Hill TN 37174, United States of America. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 09/30/2023 last visited: 09/30/2023 |
 view galleryN4.5 km |  Rippavilla Plantation - Spring Hill TN
in Official Local Tourism Attractions Rippavilla Plantation, also known as Meadowbrook and Nathaniel Cheairs House, is a former plantation, historic house and museum, located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. This plantation had been worked by enslaved Black people for many years. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/12/2023 last visited: 06/12/2023 |
 view galleryN4.5 km |  Rippavilla Plantation House Museum - Spring Hill TN
in History Museums Rippa Villa is owned by the City of Spring Hill. Thousands of guests from across the country visit to learn about the Civil War, the years leading up to the conflict, and its aftermath. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/12/2023 last visited: 06/12/2023 |
 view galleryN4.5 km |  Battle of Spring Hill at Rippavilla - Spring Hill TN
in Battlefields The Battle of Spring Hill was fought November 29, 1864, at Spring Hill, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/08/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
 view galleryN4.5 km | The Battle of Spring Hill - Spring Hill TN in Battlefields Gen. George D Wagner’s division, which had arrived at Spring Hill about noon on November 29, 1864 helped fend off Gen. Patrick Cleburne’s movement toward the turnpike. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 02/11/2023 last visited: 02/12/2023 |
 view galleryN4.5 km | The Battle of Spring Hill-The Great Escape - Spring Hill TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites By 3 p.m. on November 29, 1864, Union Gen. John M. Schofield realized that his command was in great danger. The bulk of his army was posted near Columbia, Tennessee, while Confederates Gen. John Bell Hood’s troops were north of him. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/27/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
 view galleryN4.5 km | The Battle of Spring Hill-The Great Escape - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites By 3 p.m. on November 29, 1864, Union Gen. John M. Schofield realized that his command was in great danger. The bulk of his army was posted near Columbia, Tennessee, while Confederates Gen. John Bell Hood’s troops were north of him. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/19/2023 last visited: 06/19/2023 |
 view galleryN4.5 km |  Davis and Whitworth bench at Rippavilla Plantation - Spring Hill, TN
in Dedicated Benches Bench in front of the plantation Gift Shop posted by:  Max and 99 location: Tennessee date approved: 05/09/2018 last visited: never |
 view galleryN4.5 km | Confederate Movements After Sunset November 29, 1864 - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites After the sun set, Confederate plans began to quietly fall apart. Hood appeared confident that Forrest held the pike north of Spring Hill, and thus was not unduly concerned with cutting the pike south of town. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
 view galleryN4.5 km | Schofield's Retreat Night of November 29-30 - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites For a number of reasons, Major General John Schofield had been tardy in evacuating his position at Columbia and retreating to Franklin. Although starting late, the Federal army performed a well planned and executed retreat. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
 view galleryN4.7 km | Rippavilla Plantation (3D 72) - Spring Hill TN in Tennessee Historical Markers In 1811, the Cheairs family settled at this site. Nathaniel and Susan McKissack Cheairs began construction of this home, Rippavilla, in 1851. Cheairs raised two companies for the Confederate Army in 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/17/2020 last visited: 10/20/2021 |
 view galleryN4.7 km | Rippavilla Plantation (3D 72) - Spring Hill TN in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials Marker is at 5700 Main Street, Spring Hill TN 37174. Cheairs raised two companies for the Confederate Army in 1861. In February of 1862, Maj. Cheairs carried Gen. Grant's "unconditional surrender" demand to Gen. Buckner at Fort Donelson. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 10/08/2023 last visited: 10/08/2023 |
 view galleryNE5.5 km | Forrest's 3:00 p.m. Cavalry Attack - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites As Forrest's cavalry fought their way to the outskirts of Spring Hill by 2:30 p.m., they observed Brigadier General George Wagner's division marching into the town. Forrest, aggressive as ever, determined to attack quickly to seize the town and pike. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
 view galleryNE5.5 km | Confederate Attacks at Spring Hill - Spring Hill TN in Battlefields On November 29, 1864, General Nathan B. Forrest approached Spring Hill from the east at 11:30 a.m. From here, General James Chalmers launched an attack to seize the Columbia-Nashville Pike to the west. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 02/11/2023 last visited: 02/12/2023 |
 view galleryNE5.6 km | Confederate Attacks at Spring Hill - 3D 73 - Spring Hill, TN in Tennessee Historical Markers Tennessee historical marker that gives the history of the battle at Spring Hill posted by: Max and 99 location: Tennessee date approved: 05/09/2018 last visited: 06/11/2023 |
 view galleryN5.6 km |  Target Superstore--Columbia, tn
in Target Stores target supercenter in columbia, tn posted by: dillonsdaddy location: Tennessee date approved: 01/26/2009 last visited: 05/18/2013 |
 view galleryN6.1 km | Ewell Farm-Spring Hill Battlefield - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites On a knoll just southwest of the railroad depot is the antebellum home of the widow Lizinka Brown. Her son, Campbell Brown was a staff officer with Confederate General Richard S. Ewell of the Army of Northern Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
 view galleryN6.1 km | Left of the Union Defensive Position Opdycke's Brigade Line - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites At approximately 12:30 p.m. on November 29, 1864, Col. Emerson Opdycke’s veteran brigade known unofficially as “Opdycke’s tigers,” marching in the lead of Wagner’s division, swept through Spring Hill to secure the town from Confederate cavalry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
 view galleryN6.1 km | Nashville and Decatur Railroad - Spring Hill TN in U.S. Civil War Sites In the fall of 1864, this railroad was used as a major supply line for Union garrisons throughout Tennessee, north Alabama and north Georgia, Spring Hill was an important wood and water stop on this railroad. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/27/2020 last visited: 09/30/2021 |
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