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Bulls Gap became a fortified town and between 1863 and 1865 many battles were fought to gain control of the town and its railroad. Throughout most of the war, the Union Army retained control of Bulls Gap and the railroad.
Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad Company was incorporated under special act of Tennessee on February 27, 1852. [ 2 ] In 1860, the company completed construction of 12.1 miles (19.5 km) of 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ) [ 3 ] gauge railroad line between Bulls Gap, Tennessee and Holston River , Tennessee.
The Bell's Gap Railroad Company was incorporated under the general law of Pennsylvania on 11 May 1871, to construct a railway from Bell’s Mills, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, to Lloyds in Cambria County. The construction began in 1872, and the 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (13.7 km) long line was put in operation in June 1873. [1] [2]
Breckinridge, with most of his force, retired back to Virginia. The Confederate victory at the Battle of Bulls Gap was a setback in the Federal plans to rid East Tennessee of Confederate military presence, though temporary following Breckinridge's withdrawal to Virginia.
[51] [52] On June 27, the locomotive pulled the Lonesome Pine Special excursion from Bristol to Bulls Gap, Tennessee, and ran the Radford Rambler again on June 28. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] On September 12 and 13, No. 4501 ran a round trip excursion from Chattanooga to Cleveland, during TVRM's 2015 Railfest, [ 51 ] [ 52 ] but on Sunday, the locomotive was ...
He wished to take Bulls Gap on the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad. On October 3, while advancing on Bulls Gap, he fought with Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Carter's Union Cavalry Division, XXIII Corps, at Blue Springs, about nine miles from Bulls Gap, on the railroad. Carter, not knowing how many of the enemy he faced, withdrew.
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Bulls Gap is a town in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 756 at the 2020 census. The population was 756 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area , which is a component of the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the " Tri-Cities " region.