Sewanee City Historical Markers

Map of Tennessee State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Sewanee

Sewanee City Historical Markers

Sewanee Schools

University of the South (2)

Founded Jan. 6, 1858, under charter granting perpetual direction by the Episcopal Church in Ala., Ark., Ga., La., Miss., N. Car., S. Car., Tenn., and ... [click for more]

Sewanee General Interest

Allan Gipson (1803-1896)

Allan Gipson, a pioneer settler of Franklin County (1814), lived in the St. Andrews area where he serviced the coal trains that came up the mountain t... [click for more]

Army of Tennessee - July 4, 1863

Here, and extending 2 miles S.W., occurred the last battle of the Middle Tennessee Campaign. Protecting Bragg's withdrawal, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, ... [click for more]

Edmund Kirby Smith ~ May 16, 1824 ? March 28, 1893

He was a career United States Army officer and educator. He served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, notable ... [click for more]

Rebel’s Rest

Here, before the War Between the States, stood the frame residence of Bishop Leonidas Polk of Louisiana, a principal founder of the University of the ... [click for more]