Ringgold, Georgia
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Ringgold, Georgia is a small town located in NW Georgia just off of I-75 near the GA – TN state line. Population in 2000 was 2,422
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Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2009
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Ringgold, Georgia is a small town located in NW Georgia just off of I-75 near the GA – TN state line. Population in 2000 was 2,422
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Ringgold is a city in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,422 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Catoosa County. Ringgold is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The city was named after Samuel Ringgold, a hero of the Battle of Palo Alto in the U.S.-Mexican War.
Ringgold is where the locomotive General stopped during the great locomotive chase on April 12, 1862. Ringgold is also home to the historic Ringgold Depot which still contains bullet marks from the Civil War.
The Battle of Ringgold Gap took place here on November 27, 1863. Confederate Major General Patrick Cleburne with 4100 men used the mountain pass known as the "Ringgold Gap" to stall the advance of Union Major General Joesph Hooker's troops over 12,000 stronge. It was a Confederate victory, because it allowed Confederate artillery and wagon trains to move safely through the "Ringgold Gap" unharmed while inflicting high Union casualties.
On March 14, 2002, a sudden heavy fog played havoc with morning traffic and contributed to one of the worst traffic pileups in history; 125 vehicles crashed on Interstate 75 and 4 people died.
The city also gained some notoriety for erecting a display that included the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and a third blank frame. The stated purpose of the third frame was to include alternate beliefs, but the city agreed to remove the display as part of a settlement of complaints.
Entertainer Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, is from Ringgold, and the couple was married at the Ringgold First Baptist Church in 1966. George Jones and Tammy Wynette were also married in Ringgold. The city has traditionally been a "marriage center" because of the short waiting time after blood tests; one testing laboratory in the community offers a combination test/wedding package and sells clocks with the inscription "I got married in Ringgold, Ga."
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