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Henning is located at (35.673563, -89.577366 [ 7 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km 2 ), all land.
Henning: Tennessee: 277–297 Black Union troops were killed by Forrest's Cavalry Corps while trying to surrender. Centralia massacre: 1864 Sep 27 Centralia: Missouri: 24 Unarmed U.S. soldiers murdered by their Confederate captors including Jesse James. 123 killed in ensuing Battle of Centralia. [15] Saltville massacre: 1864 Oct 2–3 Saltville ...
The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-684-84944-5. Fisher, John E. They Rode With Forrest and Wheeler: A Chronicle of Five Tennessee Brothers' Service in the Confederate Western Cavalry. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1995. ISBN 0-7864-0083-8. Foote, Shelby. The Civil War: A Narrative.
October 22 – A Tennessean and an Arkansan are arrested, foiling their plot to assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama in Tennessee. December 22 – The Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill, the largest coal ash disaster in US history, releases over a billion gallons of coal fly ash slurry next to the city of Kingston.
He was tied to an iron stake, covered with tar, and set afire. The family of the victim shot him as he was burning [329] According to the New York Sun report, "The Rucker lynching was the most spectacular in the history of Mississippi and there was no attempt at concealment or evasion." [330] [328] Green, Joe: 16: African American: Heath ...
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.
Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee. In the 16th century, three Spanish expeditions passed through what is now Tennessee. [12] The Hernando de Soto expedition entered the Tennessee Valley via the Nolichucky River in June 1540, rested for several weeks at the village of Chiaha (near the modern Douglas Dam), and proceeded southward to the Coosa chiefdom in northern ...
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