On South Main Street (Tennessee Route 166/243) at Hay Long Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Here on the square, on April 20, 1861, a hundred local men under Capt. Daniel F. Wade were sworn into Confederate service as the Bigby Greys. The women of Mt. Pleasant presented the company with its first flag, in the first Confederate national . . . — — Map (db m75021) HM
Near Main Street (U.S. 31) 0.5 miles south of Saturn Parkway, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
By 3 p.m. on November 29, 1864, Union Gen. John M. Schofield realized that his command was in great danger. The bulk of his army was posted near Columbia, Tennessee, while Confederates Gen. John Bell Hood’s troops were north of him, approaching the . . . — — Map (db m208633) HM
Near Main Street at Northfield Lane, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood hoped to block the road in front of you—the Columbia Turnpike—and cut off Union Gen. John M. Schofield's force at Columbia from a larger Federal army to the north at Nashville. Confederate divisions under Gens. . . . — — Map (db m209595) HM
Near Main Street at Northfield Lane, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
After nightfall, Confederate Gen. Edward Johnson's division began moving into position on the left of Gen. William B. Bate's division. Johnson, whose unit was part of Gen. S.D. Lee's corps, had been ordered forward from the vicinity of Rutherford . . . — — Map (db m209788) HM
On Interstate 75N 3 miles north of Riceville Decatur Road ( Route 39), on the right when traveling north.
This interstate highway parallels the historic line of the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad. In September 1863, Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside led his army toward Knoxville along the line to take control of the strategically vital city.
At . . . — — Map (db m117807) HM
Near Interstate 75 at milepost 45, on the right when traveling south.
This interstate highway parallels the historic line of the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad. Late in 1863, Union and Confederate armies followed the tracks during a series of battles in the fight for control of Chattanooga, a strategically vital . . . — — Map (db m97343) HM
On Main Street at Green Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Railroads played a significant role in the Civil War in East Tennessee. Commanders on both sides viewed the railroad as an important asset, not only as a carrier of military supplies, but also as the means of rapidly concentrating their forces. This . . . — — Map (db m69361) HM
On West Main Street at Baptist Street on West Main Street.
After the February 1862 Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, Gen. Don Carlos Buell’s army occupied Nashville while Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s army penetrated to Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. Buell and Grant planned to attack the . . . — — Map (db m74877) HM
Fifty yards north is the home (ca. 1856) of Union Col. Fielding Hurst, a slave owner but devout Unionist who raised the 6th Tennessee Cavalry during the Civil War. Hurst’s family controlled an area known during the war and long afterward as the . . . — — Map (db m74875) HM
On East Court Avenue (Business U.S. 64) at North Front Street, on the left when traveling south on East Court Avenue.
This is the Mobile and Ohio Railroad which was chartered in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky in 1808 to provide a vital commercial link between the Gulf or Mexico and Cairo, Illinois, on the Ohio River. The last miles of track were laid . . . — — Map (db m162180) HM
On Harrison Road 0.5 miles west of Joe Dillon Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
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After the February 1862 Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, Gen. Don Carlos Buell's army occupied Nashville while Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army penetrated to Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. Buell and Grant . . . — — Map (db m84783) HM
On Main Street at East Memorial Drive, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Union Gen. William Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland, pushed back into Chattanooga after the disastrous Battle of Chickamauga on September 19-20, 1863, found itself short of food and ammunition. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg besieged the city and . . . — — Map (db m165900) HM
On College Street South south of Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
On November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted Longstreet . . . — — Map (db m69379) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 11) at East Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
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On November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s garrison in Knoxville. Burnside confronted . . . — — Map (db m69367) HM
On Lost Sea Road 0.2 miles north of Route 68, on the right when traveling north.
Saltpeter, or niter, is a key ingredient of gunpowder found in many limestone caves in East Tennessee. In June 1861, Randolph Ross, Jr., and J. Marshall McCue contracted with the Confederate Ordnance Bureau to produce niter here at the “Milk . . . — — Map (db m82276) HM
On Tennessee Route 68 at Joe Brown Highway (County Route 40), on the left when traveling south on Tennessee Route 68.
Here in the shadow of the Unicoi Mountains, the Coker Creek community suffered the effects of the Civil War. The conflict closed the lucrative gold mines here and brought devastation and terror to the inhabitants. Both the Union and the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m82296) HM
On Cherohola Skyway (Bypass Tennessee Route 165) at Herford Street, on the left when traveling west on Cherohola Skyway.
Throughout the Civil War, both sides depended on the iron industry for vitally important munitions. The Tellico Iron and Manufacturing Company, then located one mile east, caught the attention first of the Confederate army and eventually of Union . . . — — Map (db m82297) HM
Near Old Dunbar Cave Road at Dunbar Cave Road, on the right when traveling north.
“A little distance from these barracks is a Negro village [Affricanna Town]. Those that are able to procure their own lumber are permitted to put up their own houses with little garden lots. The best class of negroes do this. Most of . . . — — Map (db m205379) HM
On Magnolia Drive at Dover Road (U.S. 79), on the left when traveling north on Magnolia Drive.
In mid-August 1862, Confederate cavalry recaptured Clarksville to disrupt Union transportation
on the Cumberland River to Nashville and to gather new recruits and supplies. Early in September, Union Col. William W. Lowe led 1,100 men including . . . — — Map (db m68651) HM
Near Interstate 24 1 mile west of Trenton Road, on the right when traveling east.
The northern part of Middle Tennessee around Clarksville felt the hard hand of war early in the conflict. In February 1862, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant led army and naval forces against Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the . . . — — Map (db m238031) HM
On Public Square at Main Street, in the median on Public Square.
Clarksville, a communication and transportation center was strategically significant because of the Cumberland River and the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad. The area’s rich agricultural produce—grain, livestock, tobacco, and . . . — — Map (db m68639) HM
On College Street (Tennessee Route 48) at University Avenue ( Route 112), on the right when traveling east on College Street.
On August 18, 1862, Union-occupied Clarksville came under attack from Confederate forces to disrupt river traffic. The town was still very much a pro-Confederate hotbed of guerilla activity and the focus of Confederate cavalry raids. Confederate . . . — — Map (db m68636) HM
Near North Riverside Drive (Bypass U.S. 41A) at College Street ( Route 48), on the left when traveling north.
In the mid-afternoon of February 19, 1862, Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, aboard his flagship, the timber-clad gunship USS Conestoga, passed Linwood Landing around the bend of the Cumberland River a mile and a half north of here. The ironclad . . . — — Map (db m68648) HM
On Short Street west of Mechanic Street South, on the left when traveling west.
Lynchburg was a mere crossroads village in 1861, but the war and the years that followed it transformed this place. By the end of April 1861—six weeks before Tennesseans formally voted to secede—local men had formed Co. E (Lynchburg Rangers), 1st . . . — — Map (db m152104) HM
Near Flat Fork Road 0.5 miles east of Green Road, on the right when traveling east.
After the war began, partisan fighting affected the inhabitants of this sparsely settled, rugged landscape. As in neighboring counties, Morgan County’s residents voted against secession but were divided in their support of the Union and Confederate . . . — — Map (db m313356) HM
On Court Street at Maiden Street, on the left when traveling west on Court Street.
Tennessee ratified secession in June 1861, but Morgan County, like most East Tennessee counties, voted to remain in the Union. Bitter divisions occurred as many residents supported the Confederacy, including George Gerding, founder of Wartburg. . . . — — Map (db m173875) HM
On Hilham Highway east of Turkey Town Road, on the left when traveling east.
Confederate cavalry raider Gen. John Hunt Morgan frequently passed through Livingston, strategically located at a crossroads in the Upper Cumberland region. Morgan and his men first came here on July 7, 1862, as they approached the Kentucky line for . . . — — Map (db m68340) HM
On Hilham Highway south of Day Mountain Road, on the left when traveling south.
Camp Zollicoffer, a Confederate induction and training base, was established here in the summer of 1861 and prepared thousands of soldiers for military life. At the time, J.D. Goodpasture owned this land, and his house stood nearby. His farm was . . . — — Map (db m68334) HM
On Bethlehem Road west of Monterey Highway, on the left when traveling west.
In 1861, as the secession debate raged across Tennessee, Mary Catherine Sproul taught school here on the church grounds. She was excited to learn that pro-Union leader Horace Maynard would give a speech in Livingston. Then she overheard local . . . — — Map (db m82305) HM
On Main Street east of Spring Street, on the right when traveling east.
During the war, guerrillas supporting both sides operated in Overton County, and the residents experienced early the dangers of living in the borderlands. In October 1861, William E.B. Jones of Livingston wrote Tennessee’s Confederate governor Isham . . . — — Map (db m68332) HM
On Byrdstown Highway (SR111) north of Beaty Swamp Road, on the right when traveling north.
Camp Myers, a Confederate training camp established early in 1861 in Overton County together with Camp Zollicoffer, was located nearby and named for Calvin Myers, a Mexican War veteran. After Tennessee seceded in June 1861, Camp Myers was used to . . . — — Map (db m68330) HM
On Buckfork Road 0.2 miles east of Cedar Creek Road (County Route 1775), on the left when traveling east.
Tennessee’s iron industry was strategically important to both North and South. Numerous furnaces supplied iron to foundries to manufacture munitions as well as armor for ironclad vessels. The fall of Forts Henry and Donelson in February 1862 opened . . . — — Map (db m74987) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 412) at North Poplar Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
To control shipping and military traffic along the Tennessee River, Union forces moved into this region in 1862. Naval gunboats sought to cut vital Confederate supply links to West Tennessee and the Deep South. Confederate cavalry detachments . . . — — Map (db m75003) HM
On TVA Access Road 0.6 miles west of Spring Creek Road ( Route 438) when traveling west.
The Tennessee River was the backbone of the region's transportation system. The fall of Fort Henry left the river unprotected and opened the heartland of the Confederacy to the Federal navy. On February 6, 1862, Cdr. Seth L. Phelps of the lightly . . . — — Map (db m272361) HM
On Travisville Cemetery Road 0.1 miles east of Caney Creek Road, on the left when traveling south.
The first military action of the Civil War in Tennessee occurred on September 29, 1861 at Travisville. The blood spilled in this brief engagement brought the reality of the conflict home to the people of the Cumberland Mountains. Confederate Gen. . . . — — Map (db m74250) HM
On Benton Station Road at Ward Street, on the right when traveling west on Benton Station Road.
Like most of Appalachian Tennessee, Polk County was a divided land during the Civil War.
Residents formed both Confederate and Federal units. Benton, the county seat, was a regional crossroads, but Ducktown, where the Burra Burra Copper Company . . . — — Map (db m178020) HM
Near Interstate 40 at milepost 266, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
The rugged landscape of the Upper Cumberland experienced some of the most vicious guerrilla fighting of the war, as residents were about evenly divided between the Union and the Confederacy.
North of Ext 258 is Carthage, where part of . . . — — Map (db m268179) HM
On Depot Street at North Cedar Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Depot Street.
Putnam County was a divided land during the Civil War as local residents enlisted in either Federal or Confederate units. It also was a crossroads, as both armies passed through the county numerous times over such important historic roads as the . . . — — Map (db m159208) HM
Near East Depot Avenue at South Holly Street ( Route 84).
Born in New York's Catskill Mountains, Union general and postwar Tennessee industralist John T. Wilder joined the 17th Indian Volunteers when the Civil War began.
Wilder and his 17thh Indian Mounted Infantry (nickname "Wilder's Lighting Brigade") . . . — — Map (db m99010) HM
On Front Street at West Rhea Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Front Street.
Walden’s Ridge, directly ahead, was a natural obstacle to east-west military movements during the war. In 1862–1863, Confederate authorities ordered three Rhea County cavalry companies to patrol the passes there between Emory Gap (north) and Sale . . . — — Map (db m69235) HM
On East Cumberland Street at North Kentucky Street ( Route 58), on the left when traveling west on East Cumberland Street.
On June 7, 1861, future president Andrew Johnson spoke forcefully against secession on the steps of this building, the Roane County Courthouse. Along with many others in East Tennessee, a majority in Roane County opposed separation from the Union, . . . — — Map (db m150757) HM
On Walker Avenue at Winter Gap Road, on the left when traveling west on Walker Avenue.
Although the residents of Oliver Springs did not suffer from the effects of combat during the war, other factors soon took a toll. Like much of East Tennessee, Anderson, Morgan, and Roane Counties voted against secession. The conflicts between Union . . . — — Map (db m159561) HM
On U.S. 41 east of Keysburg Road (County Route 1884), on the right when traveling west.
The Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad was vitally important for transporting soldiers and supplies. Confederate forces constructed Fort Redmond to protect and defend the railroad bridge a mile northwest of here, near the confluence of the Red River . . . — — Map (db m82327) WM
On Old Clarksville Springfield Road at Port Royal Road ( Route 238), on the left when traveling west on Old Clarksville Springfield Road.
Before the Civil War, hundreds of enslaved African Americans in Port Royal and on surrounding plantations and farms toiled so that the Red River port could flourish as a center for tobacco inspection, storage, and shipment. Accordingly, like most . . . — — Map (db m313360) HM
Near Interstate 65 at milepost 120, on the right when traveling south.
In 1861, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which I-65 largely parallels today, connected the mid-South to the Ohio River and the industrial centers of the North. During the war, however, it brought invaders to both Tennessee and Kentucky as a . . . — — Map (db m84485) HM
On U.S. 31W at Highland Road, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 31W.
James Duval constructed this house between 1850 and 1853, and James and Mariah Groves owned and occupied it during the Civil War. Mariah Groves lived here until her death in 1897. Groves family members shown in the photograph reminisced about . . . — — Map (db m68573) HM
On West 6th Avenue at Locust Street, on the left when traveling west on West 6th Avenue.
For most residents, Robertson County was a difficult place to live during the war. After the fall of Confederate Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862, Union forces occupied the county and made the town of Springfield a military base, where they guarded . . . — — Map (db m82328) HM
On South Brown Street south of 6th Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Early in the war, townswomen met at the Henry H. Kirk house, just north of here, to sew uniforms and blankets for Confederate soldiers after Kirk bought sewing machines and patterns in St. Louis, Missouri. When the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry hoisted . . . — — Map (db m82330) HM
On Fergus Drive 0.1 miles south of Lytle Street, on the left when traveling south.
West of the Nashville Turnpike stands the home of Mary Kate Patterson, a Confederate spy. She assisted Capt. Henry B. Shaw's Coleman's Scouts, a Confederate cavalry unit and spy network that served the Army of Tennessee, from 1862 to 1865. She . . . — — Map (db m146609) HM
On North Maple Street at West Main Street, on the left when traveling south on North Maple Street.
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For two weeks in July 1862, Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest led 1,400 cavalrymen through Middle Tennessee to raid, scout and disrupt the Union Army of the Cumberland’s operation there. Leaving McMinnville on July 13, Forrest fought . . . — — Map (db m69157) HM
Near North Thompson Lane (Tennessee Route 268) 0.8 miles north of Murfreesboro Road (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north.
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Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans led the Army of the Cumberland from Nashville towards Murfreesboro in December 1862, while Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg and the Army of Tennessee occupied the town to protect the approaches to . . . — — Map (db m168567) HM
On West College Street, on the right when traveling north.
(Preface): Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans led the Army of the Cumberland from Nashville toward Murfreesboro in December 1862, while Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg and the Army of the Tennessee occupied the town to protect the approaches to . . . — — Map (db m82454) HM
On Greenland Drive at North University Street, on the right when traveling west on Greenland Drive.
The Confederate Circle at historic Evergreen Cemetery was established in 1890. The reburial of Confederate dead from across the county here took place the following year.
Among those buried here is Robert James Campbell Gailbreath . . . — — Map (db m69176) HM
On Overall Street 0.2 miles east of Golf Lane, on the left when traveling east.
After the Battle of Stones River, Union soldiers and newly freed slaves began building the earthen walls of Fortress Rosecrans in front of you. Named for Union Gen. William S. Rosecrans, it was the largest earthen fortress ever built in North . . . — — Map (db m152090) HM
Near Medical Center Parkway 0.1 miles west of Greshampark Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, located in the center of Tennessee, became a major Civil War battleground from the summer of 1862 to late 1864. Union troops occupied the historic Rutherford County Courthouse on the Murfreesboro Square in the . . . — — Map (db m152089) HM
On North Maney Avenue north of Roberts Street, on the right when traveling north.
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For two weeks in July 1862, Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest led 1,400 cavalrymen through Middle Tennessee to raid, scout, and disrupt the Union Army of The Cumberland’s operation there. Leaving McMinnville on July 13, Forrest fought . . . — — Map (db m82517) HM
On Front Street at Wright Street, on the right when traveling north on Front Street.
Rutherford County native DeWitt Smith Jobe was a member of Capt. Henry B. Shaw’s Coleman’s Scouts, a Confederate cavalry unit and spy network that served the Army of Tennessee. The men operated behind Union lines, remaining out of sight in the . . . — — Map (db m69079) HM
On Sam Davis Road 0.3 miles west of Brookhaven Trail, on the right when traveling west.
This is the Sam Davis Home, one of Tennessee’s most significant Confederate memorial properties. Samuel (“Sam”) Davis, born here in 1842, enlisted in the Rutherford Rifles (Co. I, 1st Tennessee Infantry) in 1861 and fought in western . . . — — Map (db m82592) HM
On Scott High Drive at Old Brimstone Rd, on the right when traveling south on Scott High Drive.
As the prospect of war increased in 1861, the residents of remote Scott County wished to be left alone rather than be forced to take sides. But after U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson denounced secession in a fiery speech at the courthouse in June, the . . . — — Map (db m279103) HM
Near Cordell Lane at Route 28, on the right when traveling west.
The outbreak of the war divided Sequatchie County families, and local men served on both sides of the conflict. Union and Confederate armies marched through the county, civilian law broke down, and marauders used the conflict as an excuse to rob, . . . — — Map (db m85541) HM
On Old Mill Avenue west of Old Mill Street, on the right when traveling east.
When the Civil War began, Sevier County Unionists at first operated quietly in secessionist Tennessee. In 1861, they set up a secret garment factory in the second floor of this mill and made cloth for uniforms. They also made shoes for Federal . . . — — Map (db m65704) HM
Near Jim Hickman Drive north of Old Newport Highway, on the left when traveling west.
On January 25, 1864, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet ordered Gen. William T. Martin to eject Union cavalry from an area south of the French Broad River stretching from Dandridge to the Little Pigeon River. The next day, Union Gen. Samuel D. . . . — — Map (db m110558) HM
Near Arlington Trail at Misty Trail, on the left when traveling east.
In April 1862, Union victories at Shiloh and on the Mississippi River made Confederate control of the river in Tennessee more difficult. Southern soldiers evacuated posts that they could not defend easily, such as Memphis. Capt. James E. . . . — — Map (db m88230) HM
Near Davies Plantation Road 0.2 miles west of Davies Manor Road, on the right when traveling west.
Davies Manor provides a stunning example of wartime survival. Located just north of the stage route between Memphis and Nashville, the house and surrounding plantation were visited by soldiers from both sides during the Civil War.
When the war . . . — — Map (db m179119) HM
On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue ( Highway 57), on the right when traveling south.
Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun sights of Confederate cavalrymen intent on severing . . . — — Map (db m37267) HM
On Walnut Street south of West Poplar Avenue ( Highway 57), on the right when traveling south.
Early in November 1863, Union Gen. William T. Sherman was moving east to relieve the Union army at Chattanooga. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ordered Gen. James R. Chalmers to "harass [Sherman's] rear and break the railroad behind him." . . . — — Map (db m37269) HM
Near West Street south of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling north.
Although in 1860, Germantown numbered fewer than 300 people, almost every able-bodied man—85 of them—enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861. They formed the Shelby Grays and were designated Co. A, 4th Tennessee Infantry. The regiment, . . . — — Map (db m162731) HM
On Arthur Road south of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling south.
This is the only Germantown church to survive the war, while the town suffered because of its strategic location on the Memphis & Charlestown Railroad. Many male members of the congregation joined the 4th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), while others . . . — — Map (db m121840) HM
On C.D. Smith Road 0.3 miles west of Hacks Cross Road, on the right when traveling west.
During the Civil War, the railroad in front of you was the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. Union forces occupied the area soon after the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh and the capture of Memphis on June 6. they used the railroad to transport troops and . . . — — Map (db m107968) HM
Near South Germantown Road at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1861, Germantown was divided between secessionists and unionists until the news of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln’s call for volunteers tilted the balance in favor of secession. Germantown women announced on April 26, “We…offer . . . — — Map (db m82844) HM
On Riverside Drive south of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In 1860, Memphis had Tennessee's largest cotton and slave markets and was a strategic Mississippi River gateway. The naval battle of Memphis in June 1862 took place as thousands of residents watched nine Union vessels defeat eight Confederate ships. . . . — — Map (db m55313) HM
Near North Front Street at Jefferson Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Opened in 1906 as part of the Memphis Park and Parkway System, Confederate Park commemorates the Battle of Memphis. When Confederate forces retreated to Mississippi after the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, unfortified Memphis became vulnerable to . . . — — Map (db m82849) HM
Near Metal Museum Drive at Alston Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In June 1861, Confederate supporters in Memphis erected earthworks to protect the city here at Fort Pickering, the site of a frontier-era fortified trading post. Capt. William Pickett and his company of sappers and miners supervised the slave and . . . — — Map (db m221371) HM
On Messick Road at Hickory Crest Drive, on the right when traveling east on Messick Road.
This house was home to two owners who experienced differently the tribulations of the Civil War. The first, Thomas A. Nelson (1819-1887), acquired property on Poplar Pike in 1869 as a rural refuge from the yellow fever epidemics that periodically . . . — — Map (db m119871) HM
On Barret Road 0.2 miles south of Mudville Road, on the right when traveling south.
During the winter of 1862-63, Confederate troops, including the First Tennessee
Partisan Rangers, successfully attacked Federal troops in a series of skirmishes in southwest Tennessee. To deter further strikes, Union cavalry from Memphis, Jackson, . . . — — Map (db m148565) HM
Near Interstate 40 at milepost 267, 1 mile west of Medley Amonette Road ( Route 96) when traveling west.
Welcome to Smith County, Tennessee!
Get ready to visit small towns with big stories.
Tennessee Civil War Trails tells riveting stories of battles and leaders, and much more. You'll learn about some of the state's 275,000 enslaved men and . . . — — Map (db m268180) HM
On Rome Road (U.S. 70) north of Lebanon Highway (U.S. 70N), on the left when traveling east.
After Union Gen. Ebenezer Dumont’s troops surprised Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s command at Lebanon on May 5, 1862, Morgan’s men escaped north and rushed toward the Cumberland River. Hotly pursued, the Confederates succeeded in reaching Rome . . . — — Map (db m268253) HM
On Main Street at 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Carthage’s historic courthouse square was the control center of a major Federal base from 1863 to 1865 in the fight to control the Upper Cumberland
River region. When Union Gen. George Crook arrived in Carthage to stay in 1863, he commandeered the . . . — — Map (db m68353) HM
On Upper Ferry Road west of Bypass Route 25, on the right when traveling west.
As a major Cumberland River port with three landings, Carthage was strategically important to both Confederate and Union forces. The Upper Ferry and landing was located near the present Corps of Engineer
boat ramp near Upper Ferry Road. . . . — — Map (db m68349) HM
Near Donelson Parkway (U.S. 79) at Moores Drive, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
Union and Confederate forces clashed near here again on February 3, 1863, almost one year after the Battle of Fort Donelson. Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler attacked Dover’s 800-man Federal garrison after he failed to disrupt Union shipping on the . . . — — Map (db m173094) HM
Near Donelson Parkway (U.S. 79) at Moores Drive, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
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In February 1862, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attacked Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to take control of western Tennessee and Kentucky as well as the rivers. Grant captured Fort Henry on February . . . — — Map (db m173091) HM
Near Donelson Parkway (U.S. 79) at Moores Drive, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
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In February 1862, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attacked Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to take control of western Tennessee and Kentucky as well as the rivers. Grant captured Fort Henry on February . . . — — Map (db m173095) HM
Near Donelson Parkway (U.S. 79) at Moores Drive, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
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In February 1862, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attacked Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to take control of western Tennessee and Kentucky as well as the rivers. Grant captured Fort Henry on February . . . — — Map (db m173092) HM
Near Donelson Parkway (U.S. 79) at Moores Drive, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
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In February 1862, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attacked Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to take control of western Tennessee and Kentucky as well as the rivers. Grant captured Fort Henry on February . . . — — Map (db m173093) HM
On Blountville Cemetery Road 0.1 miles north of County Hill Road, on the right when traveling north.
This is where Union forces stood as they attacked Blountville on September 22, 1863, during a campaign to control the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. On the day of the attack, the Confederates occupied Blountville while the Federal forces held the . . . — — Map (db m69699) HM
On Bristol Highway (Tennessee Route 126) west of Anderson Road, on the right when traveling west.
This is the Sullivan County Courthouse. Its interior was burned during the Union attack on Blountville on September 22, 1863, as Confederate and Federal forces vied for control of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, located a few miles east of . . . — — Map (db m69708) HM
On Franklin Drive 0.1 miles east of Route 394, on the right when traveling east.
You are in the former schoolyard of the Masonic Female Institute, where Confederate troops stood as they defended Blountville on September 22, 1863. Col. James E. Carter's 1st Tennessee Cavalry withdrew that morning of 1863 from the Watauga River to . . . — — Map (db m69806) HM
On Bristol Highway (Tennessee Route 126) west of Anderson Road, on the right when traveling west.
In September 1863, Confederate Gen. Samuel Jones’s command and Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s forces contested control of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad a few miles east. On September 22, Union Col. John W. Foster’s brigade engaged the forces . . . — — Map (db m69712) HM
On Bristol Highway (Tennessee Route 126) at Anderson Road, on the right when traveling east on Bristol Highway.
You are standing in front of the Miller-Haynes house, known as the Cannonball House because of structural damage it sustained from Union cannon fire during the Battle of Blountville on September 22, 1863. During the artillery exchanges, Confederate . . . — — Map (db m69805) HM
On Interstate 81 1 mile south of U.S. 58, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
The Great Valley of Tennessee, the Southern Appalachian breadbasket, stretches from Bristol to Chattanooga and with its major turnpikes and railroads was strategically vital to both North and South during the war.
The “better half of the . . . — — Map (db m143534) HM
On East Hill Cemetery Drive north of East State Street, on the right when traveling north.
During the Civil War, Bristol was a strategic location on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The Confederate Medical Corps established hospitals in the town, which soon became an important medical center. Wounded soldiers were brought by . . . — — Map (db m82957) HM
Near Interstate 81 at milepost 320, at Gate City Highway (U.S. 58/421), on the right when traveling south.
Welcome to Sullivan County, Tennessee! Get ready to visit small towns with big stories. Tennessee Civil War Trails tells riveting stories of battles and leaders, and much more. You'll learn about some of the state's 275,000 enslaved men and women . . . — — Map (db m275056) HM
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On December 10, 1864, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 5,700 horse artillerists and cavalrymen east from Knoxville, Tennessee, to destroy iron-, lead-, and saltworks in Virginia that were essential to the Confederate war effort. . . . — — Map (db m108218) HM
Near James H Quillen Parkway (Interstate 26 at milepost 5).
Union and Confederate forces in Sullivan County
battled to control the East Tennessee & Virginia
Railroad and the Holston River, strategically vital
transportation routes for moving soldiers and
supplies. The county supported secession . . . — — Map (db m108222) HM
Cragfont was the home of Confederate Maj. George W. Winchester (1822-1878), his mother, Susan Winchester, his wife, Malvina H. Gaines, and their children. Their surviving letters and diaries describe life during Union occupation.
George . . . — — Map (db m68465) HM WM
On Old Highway 25 west of Canoe Branch Road, on the left when traveling west.
William Brimage Bate was born here in 1826, and during the Civil War he rose to the rank of major general. He left home at the age of sixteen to be a clerk on a steamboat. During the Mexican War, he served as a lieutenant, then became a journalist, . . . — — Map (db m82969) HM WM
On Old Highway 25 east of Hartsville Pike, on the right when traveling east.
Col. Alfred Royal Wynne (1800-1893) was a trader and merchant in Castalian Springs. In 1828, he built this stagecoach inn along the Knoxville road. Although Wynne was a slaveholder and a Democrat, he also was a staunch Unionist and strongly opposed . . . — — Map (db m82970) WM
Near Bledsoe Park Road 0.2 miles east of Zieglers Fort Road, on the right when traveling east.
Bledsoe Creek State Park borders historic early settlements and houses including Bledsoe's Lick, Cragfont, Wynnewood, and the Avery Trace in what had been an Indian hunting ground. During the Civil War, this prosperous river and railroad hub . . . — — Map (db m180166) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) west of South Water Avenue (Old Highway 109), on the right when traveling west.
Early in 1861, Gallatin and Sumner County were divided over secession, but after the fall of Fort Sumter, residents voted almost ten to one in favor. Support of the Confederacy never wavered, as Capt. Benjamin S. Nicklin, 13th Battery, Indiana Light . . . — — Map (db m68408) HM
On South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Avenue.
Rosemont, a Greek Revival—style mansion completed in the 1840s, was the home of Judge Josephus Conn Guild, a state senator and representative who also served as a Lt. Colonel in the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Volunteers during the Seminole War. He . . . — — Map (db m68405) HM
