Geary's Division

Historical marker location:

540 South Crest Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee

( Marker is on South Crest Road south of West Shadowlawn Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1890

Slocum's Corps.. Brigadier General John W. Geary.

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, played a crucial role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. It was also a key site for nuclear research during the Cold War.