Historical Marker

Skirmish at Lawrenceburg

N35 14.450 W87 20.119 · Lawrenceburg · Lawrence

Inscription

In November 1862, Confederate cavalrymen under Col. Albert G. Cooper camped near Lawrenceburg. He confined captured Federal soldiers and Union sympathizers in the jail here on the town square. Union Maj. Thomas C. Fitz Gibbon, commanding the post at Colu

Location

AddressN35 14.450 W87 20.119

CityLawrenceburg

CountyLawrence

StateTennessee

Coordinates35.240833, -87.335317

Sources

Tennessee Historical Commission

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