newsnot
354 posts
Sep 17, 2013
10:53 AM
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On the west side of dayton there are some streets named after Civil War Battles. Some are Gettysburg, Kenesaw, Antietam, Savannah,, Vicksburg,Lookout. Does anyone know how these Streets were named?
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luv my dayton
392 posts
Sep 17, 2013
2:19 PM
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Would imagine since Dayton had thousands of soldiers in the civil war and the fact that a military home for the disabled was built in the west side along with the veteran cemetary they used civil war battle names when createing the streets close to that area.
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KennyE11
139 posts
Sep 18, 2013
12:53 AM
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The streets mentioned by newsnot are in the Arlington Heights neighborhood. In addition to the streets noted, there is also Chicamauga, Chicahominy and Resaca - I wonder if Chicamauga, Chicahominy and Kenesaw were intentionally misspelled?
I tried to do a history search on this neighborhood that would reference the Civil War connection, but all I found was current demographic information, housing information, etc. Hopefully someone else can provide more information that would connect the neighborhood street names to the nearby Dayton VA Medical Center and/or the Dayton National Cemetery. [Note - The VA website has some interesting historical information on the Dayton Soldiers Home.]
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newsnot
355 posts
Sep 18, 2013
5:23 AM
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KennyE11
Thanks for the update on the area. The area has become rundown, It is right next to the old Lakeside Park.Misspelling was a mistake not intentional.
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KennyE11
140 posts
Sep 18, 2013
11:22 PM
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newsnot - My reference to the misspelling of the historic battlefields was not with regards to your post. I looked up the area on Google Maps and saw the misspellings, and I saw it again on the website I researched on the Arlington Heights neighborhood, so apparently that is how the street names are spelled.
I apologize if my response seemed like I was a schoolteacher critiquing your post. That wasn't the intent of my comment.
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