Historical Marker

Confederate General Patrick Cleburne's Emancipation Proposal

Ringgold · Catoosa County

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The Story

In January 1864 at nearby Dalton, Confederate Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne proposed arming and freeing enslaved men to fight for the South; Confederate leaders rejected and suppressed the idea as a threat to slavery itself.

About this site

Confederate General Patrick Cleburne's Emancipation Proposal is a historical marker in Ringgold, Catoosa County. It is one of 114 historical markers documented in Catoosa County, among 143 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.9096, -85.1028 near Ringgold. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Battle of Ringgold Gap (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ringgold Gap, Ringgold Gap, and The Great Locomotive Chase.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.9096, -85.1028 · Ringgold, Catoosa County

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