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Follow day-by-day events during Tennessee's Civil War sesquicentennial (2011–2015) National Park Service map showing Civil War Sites in Tennessee; The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (extensive site) Bibliography of Tennessee Civil War Unit Histories at the Tennessee State Library and Archives; The McGavock Confederate Cemetery at Franklin
Most of what was the battlefield is now developed land. The only remnants of the battle is Bethesda Presbyterian Church, which was a hospital used during the fighting, and numerous graveyards in Hamblen County. [4] There is a Civil War Trails sign outside of the Hamblen County Courthouse describing the battle. At Bethesda Presbyterian Church ...
The Somerville Historic District is a 52 acres (21 ha) historic district in Somerville, Tennessee which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [ 1 ] It included 75 contributing buildings , including the Fayette County Courthouse .
Map of Memphis II Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. At 4:00 a.m. on August 21, 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest made a daring raid on Union-held Memphis, Tennessee, but it was not an attempt to capture the city, which was occupied by 6,000 Federal troops.
The Tullahoma campaign (or Middle Tennessee campaign) was a military operation conducted from June 24 to July 3, 1863, by the Union Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, and is regarded as one of the most brilliant maneuvers of the American Civil War.
The engagement at Jackson occurred during Confederate Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Expedition into West Tennessee, between December 11, 1862, and January 1, 1863. Forrest wished to interrupt the rail supply line to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 's army, campaigning down the Mississippi Central Railroad.
Map of Dover Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program "The Confederates set out for Dover and began an attack between 1 and 2 p.m., on February 3. The 800-man garrison, under the command of Colonel Abner C. Harding , was in and about the town of Dover where they had chosen camps that commanded the area and ...
Map of Blountsville Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The Battle of Blountville , sometimes (incorrectly) spelled Battle of Blountsville , took place during the American Civil War , occurring on September 22, 1863, in Sullivan County, Tennessee .