The Whitman House-GHM-023-10-Ringgold, Georgia
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Sprinterman
N 34° 55.075 W 085° 06.526
16S E 672761 N 3865572
NOW located diagonally Northeast from the Ringgold City Hall on Tennessee St. in Ringgold, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM2MTQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2007
Views: 41
This house of handmade brick was built about 1863 by Mr. William L. Whitman, a prominent merchant of Ringgold. After the Battle of Ringgold General U.S. Grant established his headquarters here. When he and his staff were leaving he offered Mrs. Whitman pay for lodging in $50.00 U.S. greenbacks but she asked for Confederate money instead. Gen. Grant is said to have remarked, "She certainly is not whipped yet" and his soldiers cheered her as they left. The Whitman family watched the fiercest part of the fight around the depot from upstairs windows.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 023-10
Date: 1955
Sponsor: Not listed
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