Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP-Signal Point - Ft. Oglethorpe, GA
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Don.Morfe
N 34° 56.418 W 085° 15.600
16S E 658901 N 3867804
This NPS Passport stamp was obtained at the main visitor center.
Signal Point: Communication From a Besieged City
As the Tennessee River cuts its way through the Cumberland Plateau, it divides the plateau into two distinctive mountains. Signal Mountain is located northwest of Chattanooga, while Raccoon Mountain is located to the west.
Waymark Code: WM121G3
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2020
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Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP-Signal Point-Signal Point: Communication From a Besieged City
As the Tennessee River cuts its way through the Cumberland Plateau, it divides the plateau into two distinctive mountains. Signal Mountain is located northwest of Chattanooga, while Raccoon Mountain is located to the west. Located atop Signal Mountain, Signal Point overlooks the Tennessee River between Signal and Raccoon Mountains. It was practically the only high ground in the area controlled by Union troops during the siege of Chattanooga between September and November 1863. Union soldiers used Signal Point to communicate with the outside world by creating a complex signaling system on portions of high ground along the Tennessee River. Signal Point was the key station receiving and sending messages from the besieged city to Bridgeport, Alabama, thence by telegraph to the North. Once Union forces opened the supply line to the city from Brown's Ferry on October 27, 1863, the signal station at Signal Point was primarily used for observing and reporting Confederate troop movements in the area.
Address:
3370 Lafayette Road
Main Visitor Center
Ft. Oglethorpe, GA USA
30742
NPS Web Page for this Station: [Web Link]
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