President Theodore Roosevelt once said,
"No state has a more remarkable and romantic history than Tennessee."
President Roosevelt was among the first historians to bring national
attention to Tennessee's culture and heritage.
General Patrick Cleburne
The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee (November 30, 1864) is considered
one of the most devastating in the history of warfare. Patrick
Cleburne and five other Confederate Generals were among the battle's
seven thousand Confederate casualties. More generals were killed
at the Battle of Franklin than any other battle in history.
David Glasgow Farragut was born in Knoxville in 1801. After his
father's death, he was adopted by Captain David Porter and taken
to sea at age 10. Farragut went on to rise through the ranks and
on July 16, 1862 was appointed to the rank of Admiral...the first
ever in American History.
After a decorated career, Confederate General Leonidas Polk started
a career in education that led him to founding the University
of The South at Sewanee. The University became regarded as one
of the best liberal arts schools in the region - a reputation
it maintains to this day.
Mexican war hero and Union General in Chief, Winfield Scott, was
also the Officer in Charge of the Cherokee removal from Tennessee.
His "quick-war" policy at the start of the Civil War almost proved
disasterous for the Northern armies.
