InUSA Historical Sites


Chickamunga/Chattanooga National Military Park

Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 706-866-9241
Site of a major Civil War campaign that resulted in over 48,000 casualties. Daily. Free.

Fort Marr

Hwy 411 N, Benton 37307 423-472-6587
Originally a refuge for white settlers, Fort Marr is the only remaining one of 23 stockades used to confine the Cherokees prior to relocation. Daily. Free.

Nancy Ward Gravesite

Hwy 411 N, Benton 37307 423-745-3573
Ward's courage and leadership earned her the highest title a Cherokee woman could attain, "Ghighau" or "Beloved Woman". Daily. Free.

Red Clay State Historic Park

1140 Red Clay Rd SE, Cleveland 37311 423-478-0339
Site of the last Cherokee Councils before the infamous Trail of Tears. An interpretive center and replicas of Cherokee structures depict the life of the Cherokee in the 1830s. Short trails to the Eternal Flame and Blue Spring.

Dunlap Coke Ovens Historic Site

114 Walnut St, Dunlap 37327 423-949-3483
The remains of this early coal mining and coke production operation include 268 beehive coke ovens. Daily. Donation.

Point Park

Lookout Mtn 37350 423-821-7786
Site of the Civil War "Battle Above the Clouds". Daily. Free.

Chattanooga VA National Cemetary

1200 Bailey Ave, Chattanooga 37404 423-855-6590
Over 12,000 Union soldiers are interred here, including the famed "Andrews' Raiders", 4 of whom received the 1st Congressional Medal of Honor medals.