Battle Of Collierville(Front)
On Oct. 11, 1863, Gen. James R. Chalmers, with a force of about 3,000 Confederate cavarlrymen, consisting of the 7th TN, 13th TN... [click for more]
Battle of Collierville ~ An Unexpected GuestCollierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union ... [click for more]
Chalmers’s Collierville Raid ~ ... break the railroad behind him.Early in November 1863, Union Gen. William T. Sherman was moving east to relieve the Union army at Chattanooga. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston or... [click for more]
Collierville, Tenn.Collierville, first known as Oak Grove was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county's second oldest town was near Mt. Plea... [click for more]
Collierville City Historical MarkerCollierville, Tennessee
Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, is second oldest town in the county
and was named for Jesse R. Collier. Founde... [click for more]
Confederate Soldiers MemorialTo those who gave so much to their cause during the great
conflict. Brave men lie beneath this ground; some in mass graves near the battlefields <... [click for more]
Crisscross LodgeCrisscross Lodge / 1913
The home of Cecil and Laura Davis Elliott was designed in 1913 by architect Bayard Snowden Cairnes of the Memphis firm... [click for more]
GreenlevelGreenlevel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
McGinnis ParkEstablished 1998
McGinnis Park is dedicated to the memory of Wiley Washington McGinnis
(1875-1959), who first landscaped Collierville Square. ... [click for more]
The Wigfall Grays 4th Tennessee Infantry Co. COn April 15, 1861, eighty men from Collierville organized the Wigfall Grays to oppose President Lincoln's call for volunteers to invade the South. The... [click for more]
Tom Brooks ParkHerbert Thomas Brooks served in community leadership roles for over 50 years. His leadership and vision affected almost every facet of the community a... [click for more]