Leet's Tanyard-GHM-023-3-Catoosa Co.,Georgia
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N 34° 50.266 W 085° 11.500
16S E 665348 N 3856543
Located at Beaumont and Mt. Pisgah Rds.,W. of Ga 151 SW of Ringgold
Waymark Code: WM2MQ6
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2007
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Residence and Tanyard of the Rev. Arthur I. Leet, (native of Monaghan, Ireland), 1812-1892. A noted landmark of the Chickamauga Campaign; was Gen. Braxton Bragg's H'dq'rs. [Confed.], Sept. 17, 18, 1863.
May 6, 1864. H'dq'rs. Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker (20th. A.C.) [Union] and Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield. William's (1st) Div. was at Pleasant Grove Ch., 4.5 mi. N.E.; Geary's (2d) Div. at Peavine Ch., 2 mi. N.W., and Butterfield's (3d) at Leet's Tanyard.
These troops had marched from Chattanooga, enroute to the valley E. of Taylor's Ridge -- an initial move by Sherman's forces against the Confederate army at Dalton, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 023-3
Date: 1986
Sponsor: Not listed
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