Year Erected: 1954

Marker Text: This brick house & the stone spring house in the low ground back of it were built by John Hamilton about 1840.

During the Winter, 1863-1864, when the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston occupied Dalton, Brig. Gen. J.H. Lewis of the celebrated "Orphan Brigade" of Kentucky had h'dq'rs here - his tent near the spring house.

The Army of Tennessee, under Gen. Bragg, withdrew from Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, to Dalton, where Gen. Johnston succeeded to the command, Dec. 27. Outnumbered & outflanked by Sherman's forces, Johnston evacuated Dalton May 12-13, 1864.