HEADQUARTERSGENERAL U. S. GRANT
NIGHT OF APRIL 6, 1862
GENERAL GRANT IN HIS MEMOIRS SAYS:– “DURNING THE NIGHT RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS AND OUR TROOPS WERE EXPOSED WITHOUT SHELTER. I MADE MY HEADQUARTERS UNDER A TREE A FEW HUNDRED YARDS BACK FROM THE RIVER BANK.”
THE LARGE OAK TREE REFERRED TO, STANDING WHERE THIS MARKER NOW STANDS, WAS DESTROYED BY CYCLONE OCTOBER 14, 1909.
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