Campbell County
Established 1806: reportedly named in honor of Col. Arthur Campbell. Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses; Commanded 70th Regiment Virginia Militia, in the Revolution; Commissioner for negotiation of Indian Treaties in . . . — — Map (db m119950) HM
Welcome to Campbell 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 m253986) HM
The road in front of you winds through Big Creek Gap, one of the few natural openings through the Cumberland Mountains in the region. During the Civil War, this corridor was much narrower and steeper, and even lightly loaded wagons found travel . . . — — Map (db m74229) HM
During much of the 19th century, those who lived in the city came from all walks of life. Nashville's population was comprised of a combination of independent business owners, slaveholders, poor whites, Irish an german immigrants, free Blacks, and . . . — — Map (db m205371) HM
Nearby are ten fieldstones marking the graves of members of the allied Whitlow and Bradley families, buried in their family graveyard between 1850 and 1925, and re-interred here in the Old City Cemetery in 1998.
The old family burying ground . . . — — Map (db m179825) HM
An old Campbell County crossroads cited in James P. Snell’s Diary as “a one-horse settlement with no pond, but two or three houses & blacksmith shop” — a landmark in the movement of Howard’s Army of the Tennessee from the Atlanta siege lines to the . . . — — Map (db m19095) HM
The Civil War in Campbell County was often personal. Few residents owned slaves, and a large majority – 1,094 to 60 – voted against secession in June 1861. Local men formed what became Co. A and Co. B, 1st Tennessee Infantry (US), at the . . . — — Map (db m119921) HM
Completed in December, 1909, this chapel was erected for and by a small colony of Italian, Bavarian, and English Catholic families answering the call of Indiana industrial baron, Harvey M. Lafollette, to labor on the railroad, dig coal, and . . . — — Map (db m155314) HM
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