Ringgold High School (Georgia)

The Catoosa County School District is a public school district in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States, based in Ringgold, Georgia. It serves the communities of Fort Oglethorpe, Indian Springs, Lakeview, and Ringgold.

The Ringgold Commercial Historic District, in Ringgold, Georgia, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.It includes seven contributing buildings and three non-contributing ones, on Nashville St. between Tennessee and Depot Streets. The oldest one was built around 1860.

The Catoosa County Courthouse, at 7694 Nashville St. in Ringgold, Georgia, was built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.It was designed by architects Crutchfield and Law in Colonial Revival style. It is a two-story, brick building with a pediment and cupola and a hipped roof. It has a central block with three bays and flanking symmetrical wings, each with three bays.

The Ringgold Depot, on what is now U.S. Route 41 in Ringgold, Georgia, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.It is a 33 by 192 feet (10 m × 59 m) stone depot built as a station on the Western and Atlantic Railroad around 1850. Its 14 inches (0.36 m) sandstone walls were damaged in the American Civil War, and repairs used limestone blocks.

Ringgold is a city in and the county seat of Catoosa County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 3,414 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Ringgold Gap Battlefield, in Catoosa County, Georgia, preserves the scene of the Battle of Ringgold Gap in the American Civil War.According to the National Park Service: At Ringgold Gap, a pass nestled between White Oak Mountain and Taylor Ridge, Major General Patrick Cleburne, leader of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, successfully halted Union Army advances through Georgia. The outcome of this November 1863 battle prolonged the Civil War and significantly delayed Federal troops from reaching the Confederate stronghold of Atlanta. The engagement between Major Generals Hooker and Cleburne led to Cleburne's fame as the Confederacy's "Stonewall of the West." Major General Cleburne protected the pass with strategic troop placement and concealment. The Army of Tennessee did not open fire until Union troops were within 100 yards, resulting in the loss of 500 Union troops; many of both sides were wounded. Ringgold Gap Battlefield listing also includes a monument erected in 1898 by the state of New York to recognize the New York Brigade's (Union) participation in the battle, and the Ringgold Gap Wayside Park. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) begun the Ringgold Gap Wayside Park project in 1939 and the National Park Service completed the wayside signs and park area. The bronze plaques commemorate the historic event at this site and its role in two important campaigns of the Civil War, the Chickamauga-Chattanooga Campaign and the Atlanta Campaign. The site was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on March 12, 2011. The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of March 18, 2011. A small pocket park in Ringgold Gap commemorates the battle. A monument to soldiers from New York who sustained heavy casualties stands near Tiger Creek at the Ringgold Water Treatment Plant. A new monument in honor of Major General Patrick Cleburne and his men is located in the small pocket park. The nearby Western and Atlantic Depot still shows scars from the damage it received from artillery fire during the battle. The Ringgold Gap Battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Rabbit Valley is a valley in Catoosa County, Georgia and Hamilton County, Tennessee. It is also a valley in Bradley County, Tennessee (adjacent to Hamilton County).

The Battle of Ringgold Gap was fought November 27, 1863, outside the town of Ringgold, Georgia, by the Confederate and Union armies during the American Civil War. Part of the Chattanooga Campaign, it followed a heavy Confederate loss at the Battle of Missionary Ridge from which General Braxton Bragg's artillery and wagon trains were forced to retreat south. The five hour Battle of Ringgold Gap resulted in the Confederate victory of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne and gave the Army of Tennessee safe passage to retreat through the Ringgold Gap mountain pass.

Tiger Creek is a stream in Catoosa County and Whitfield County, Georgia, in the United States.Tiger Creek was named for a member of the Cherokee tribe.

Cherokee Branch is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to Hurricane Creek. Cherokee Branch was named after the Cherokee Indians.

Poplar Springs is an unincorporated community in Catoosa County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Catoosa County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,872. The county seat is Ringgold. The county was created on December 5, 1853. The meaning of the Cherokee language name "Catoosa" is obscure: "Catoosa" may come from the Cherokee words gatusi ("hill", "small mountain" or "high place") or gatu'gitse ("new settlement place").Catoosa County is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.