The Battle
that lost the South
Following the fall of Fort Sumter
and early Confederate victories in Virginia, then-President Lincoln
started to focus his efforts on the western theater of the war
in Tennessee in hopes of gaining a few victories that would boost
morale in the Union as many were still very opposed to the
North’s war efforts.......................................................................................................................
The Battle
of Shiloh
Following the battles of Fort Donelson
and Mill Springs, Confederate forces began to fall back to Corinth,
Miss. to protect the shipping yards of the Memphis-Charleston
Railroad. Along with the soldiers, were numerous officials and
representatives of Tennessee’s Confederate government........................................................
The Battle
of Stones River
Following the Battle of Perryville in Kentucky in the Fall of
1862, the commanding generals on both sides ran headlong into
trouble with their superiors......................................
The Battle
of Chickamauga
On the morning of Sept.19, 1863, General Alex McCook walked outside
his tent near the Georgia - Tennessee border and discovered Union
Command had made a serious mistake.
Confederate General Braxton Bragg had been in a series of retreats
since the Battle of Stones River at Murfreesboro and Union Commanding
General William S. Rosecrans had continued marching west making
the capture of Chattanooga a "high-priority" for the
Union forces................
The Battle
of Franklin
A historical preservation movement
is underway in Middle Tennessee to preserve a battlefield in Franklin
that has drawn the attention of national celebrities to the cause
of saving a the land where so many fought and died. It was a n
engagement that earned a reputation in the annals of world military
history as one of the most traumatic battles ever fought –
one that would leave the Army of Tennessee in shambles and shake
Confederate command to it’s core.
The
Battle of Fort Pillow
In April 1862, a battle took place along the Mississippi River
in Tennessee that became regarded as one of the most controversial
actions in the War Between the States.
The Battle
of Britton Lane
Following the fall of Nashville and
the Union victory at Shiloh in the spring of 1862, Confederate
forces was sent into retreat to Corinth, Miss. It created a power
vacuum that left both sides feeling unsure over the occupation
of the west Tennessee region.
Thunder
Over the Smokies
It all began with a man known
as Colonel William H. Thomas. Thomas had served as a state senator
in North Carolina before the war and formed close ties with the
people he represented in the western part of the state. His popularity
in the Smoky Mountain region made him one of the most influential
men in his day.
.The
South’s Horatius
On Feb. 27, 1894, an elderly feeble
looking gentleman with one hand walked into the offices of Dr.
W. T. Delaney in Bristol..........................................................................................................
The
United State’s First Admiral
David Glasgow Farragut was born on Aug. 14, 1801 near present
day Campbell’s Station, Tenn. to Jorge and Elizabeth Farragut.
His mother Elizabeth was descended from the Scottish Clan of MacIver
and his father from Spanish nobility. He was born on the island
of Minorca and grew up on the seas as a trader.
Tennessee’s
most controversial General
He is undoubtedly one of the most
controversial and misunderstood figures in Tennessee history.
He was a product of his turbulent times and a man who would rise
to become regarded as one of the greatest military minds in the
world – a feat he wouldn’t accomplish until well after
his 40th birthday
Gatlinburg’s
John H. Reagan
John
Henninger Reagan was born on Oct. 8, 1818 in present-day Gatlinburg,
Tenn. to Timothy R. and Elizabeth Lusk Reagan. Like most East
Tennessee families, the Reagans made their living by farming and
trade. Both sides of John Reagan’s family had came to America
before the Revolutionary War and had settled in the Smoky Mountain
region.
.The
‘Pathfinder of the Seas’
There is probably no one individual
who is more overlooked in American and Tennessee history than
this man.........................................................................................................................................
The last of the breed
Benjamin McCulloch was born in Rutherford County,
TN on Nov. 11, 1811 to Alexander and Francis McCulloch and would
be one of 12 children born to the couple. The young McCullochs
were originally Scots-Irish stock from North Carolina, but their
families had eventually migrated to the frontiers of Tennessee,
where the couple married in Nashville..............................................
Father Abram
Ryan
Abram Joseph Ryan was born Feb. 5,
1838 in Hagarstown, MD to Matthew and Mary Coughlin Ryan............................................................................................
The story
of Sam Davis
Sam Davis was born on Oct. 6, 1842.
His family was middle class farmers in Middle Tennessee who did
pretty well for themselves. The Davis moved to a new ante bellum
home in Smyrna and there Sam grew up to become one of the most
promising young men in Rutherford County..............
Tennessee’s
highest-ranking Confederate officer
Alexander Peter Stewart was born on Oct. 2, 1821
in Rogersville, Tenn. in a home on present-day North Church Street.
His parents were William and Elizabeth (Decherd) Stewart, who
had recently located to Rogersville from Blountville where they
purchased the downtown home for $300.......
The Murder
of John Hunt Morgan
In the course of the War Between the States in Tennessee, probably
no single event had a bigger effect on morale in the state or
the Confederacy, as did the death of General John Hunt Morgan
in Greeneville, Tenn. .............................................................................
Fear
and loathing in Dixie
American journalism has always been
a field of endeavor that has demanded commitment and dedication
to the idea that freedom of the press is a right that must be
continually exercised if the concepts of that four-word phrase
in the First Amendment – and the ones before it guaranteeing
freedom of speech – are to be permanent fixtures in American
society and help guarantee the other nine Amendments that follow
it in the Bill of Rights..............................................................
The most
hated man in Tennessee history
He was a man with an opinion that
earned him an everlasting reputation in Tennessee’s colorful
past. History has called him many things – opportunist, preacher,
governor, activist – but whatever label they choose, he is
a man whose name still evokes strong emotion in many Tennesseans
as his story wound its way through the state’s oral tradition.
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President
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was born on Dec. 29, 1808 in Raleigh,
N.C. The Johnson family was poor–primarily supported by Andrew’s
father, who worked as a handyman at a local tavern. At age five,
the family was turned upside-down by the sudden death of Andrew’s
father...........................................................
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