SHELBY’S FORT REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

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GENERAL EVAN SHELBY ERECTED AT FORT HERE IN 1771 THAT SHELTERED AND PROTECTED AND SENT VICTORIOUS FORCES TO THE BATTLES OF POINT PLEASANT, LONG ISLAND FLATS AND CHICAMAUGA TOWNS. HERE WAS CONCEIVED BY SHELBY, CAMPBELL AND SEVIER AN EXPEDITION TO KINGS MOUNTAIN WHERE THE ENTIRE BRITISH FORCE WAS KILLED OR CAPTURED ON OCT 7, 1780.

Location

Address: 314 7TH STREET
City: BRISTOL
State:
Zip Code: 37620

Details

Memorial Type: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated: 1927
Photograph By: STANLEY AND TERRIE HOWARD
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