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Foster attacked at noon and in the four-hour battle shelled the town and initiated a flanking movement, compelling the Confederates to withdraw. Blountville was the initial step in the Union’s attempt to force Confederate Maj. Gen. Sam Jones and his command to retire from East Tennessee. [2] [3]
In the late 1850s, there was an open and violent feud between two rival factions which included the local Durden family. At one point, the Durdens and their rivals had a "pitched battle" at the courthouse square in Blountstown. [10] On October 10, 2018, Blountstown was nearly annihilated when Category 5 Hurricane Michael struck the town. [11]
6th Florida Infantry Battalion at the Battle of Olustee, Florida; Abell's Artillery at the Battle of Olustee, Florida; Gamble's (Leon Light) Artillery at the Battle of Olustee, Florida; 2nd Florida Cavalry at the Battle of Olustee, Florida; 5th Florida Cavalry Battalion at the Battle of Olustee, Florida
Blountville is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat [5] of Sullivan County, Tennessee. The population was 3,074 at the 2010 census [ 6 ] and 3,120 at the 2020 census. It is the only Tennessee county seat not to be an incorporated city or town.
Rousseau's column rode through Blountville, across Sand Mountain, through Oneonta, and across Strait Mountain. On July 12, the raiders caught up with an advance party of the 4th Tennessee at Ashville. Late on July 13, the column crossed the Coosa River at Ten Islands Ford and was joined by 200 more cavalrymen who crossed elsewhere in a ferry boat.
A scathing obituary published in a Florida newspaper over the weekend described an 81-year-old father's death as proof "that evil does eventually die."
Gov. Bill Lee visited Blountville on Saturday to survey the damage from Tropical Storm Helene. ... people are cut off and isolated," Lee told reporters in Blountville, Tennessee on Saturday ...
William Bennett Scott Sr. (died 1885) was a pioneering newspaper founder and publisher, mayor, and civil rights campaigner who helped found Freedman’s Normal Institute in Maryville, Tennessee. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was the first African American to run a newspaper in Tennessee and had the only newspaper in Blount County, Tennessee for 10 years. [ 1 ]