Lick Creek Civil War Monument
N 36° 12.024 W 083° 00.887
17S E 318861 N 4008057
The Lick Creek Memorial is for five Union Soldiers.
Waymark Code: WMZ3Y
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2006
Views: 33
The Memorial reads:
On the night of November 8th, 1861, five men along with others, who mostly remain unknown, carried out the orders of President Abraham Lincoln, transmitted to General George H. Thomas, and given to their leader Captain David Fry: To burn the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad bridge over nearby Lick Creek. All five men were caught and summarily executed by Confederate authorities. The five executions left nearly twenty fatherless children.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1980
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed
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