Hamilton House

Hamilton House is a Georgia historical marker in Whitfield County, dedicated 1954.

At the intersection of Chattanooga Avenue and Matilda Street in Dalton.

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This brick house & the stone spring house in the low ground back of it were built by John Hamilton about 1840. During the Winter, 1863-1864, when the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston occupied Dalton, Brig. Gen. J.H. Lewis of the celebrated "Orphan Brigade" of Kentucky had h'dq'rs here - his tent near the spring house. The Army of Tennessee, under Gen. Bragg, withdrew from Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, to Dalton, where Gen. Johnston succeeded to the command, Dec. 27. Outnumbered & outflanked by Sherman's forces, Johnston evacuated Dalton May 12-13, 1864.

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1838 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1841 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1842 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1845 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1838, covering the location of Hamilton House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1838, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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