Camp Cheatham

Camp Cheatham is a Tennessee historical marker in Robertson County.

Robertson Co, TN 11 (US 41), at crossroads leading into Cedar Hill

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Named for Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, who was in 1861 appointed brigadier general in the Provisional Army, Independent State of Tennessee, and its first camp commander, the training camp established in this area in June, 1861 was used by numerous Confederate units, including the 3rd Tenn. Infantry (John C. Brown), 11th Tenn. Infantry (Rains) and 42nd Tenn. Infantry (Quarles). Other units, organized elsewhere, trained here; among them were Woodard's 2nd Ky. Calvary.

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1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1863 · Military Map of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · County and Road Map of Kentucky. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Camp Cheatham

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