November 12, 2009 | Posted by javal To make way for a planned renovation, city officials have removed six cannons from Downtown’s Confederate Park.
The removal is part of a $1.5 million plan to make the park more compatible with the adjacent University of Memphis Law School, scheduled to open in January in the former post office.
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November 12, 2009 | Posted by javal The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga invites the public to attend the 17th annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression. The symposium is scheduled for November 12-14 and is free to the public. Thursday night sessions are held at The Read House, and Friday and Saturday presentations are in [...]
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November 4, 2009 | Posted by javal 5th Annual Skirmish at Zollicoffer will be this weekend, November 7-8, 1/4 mile from Bluff City Middle School on Old Elizabethton Road. This is Sullivan County’s biggest Civil War event and was featured in the opening of the movie “Freedom” a couple of years ago.
Hosted by 61st TN Company K Infantry CSA, reenacting group and [...]
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October 29, 2009 | Posted by javal Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend special programs commemorating the anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga the weekend of Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, 2009.
Battlefield staff and volunteers will offer a variety of educational programs; walks, talks, guided tours, and living history demonstrations throughout the weekend. These programs [...]
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October 28, 2009 | Posted by javal The board of directors of The Carter House and The Historic Carnton Plantation recently entered into a joint venture to manage the operation of Franklin’s two key Civil War sites in an effort to better coordinate heritage tourism. The Battle of Franklin Trust is the new nonprofit whose board is comprised of comprised of five [...]
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October 28, 2009 | Posted by javal Although there were many skirmishes in the Civil War, the conflict in Thompson’s Station was a full-fledged battle resulting in 1,800 casualties.
This is one of several reasons the small rural town deserves to be part of a new self-guided tour called Old Tennessee: Settlers to Soldiers Trail, said Thompson’s Station resident Marcia Franks.
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October 26, 2009 | Posted by javal Marching over the horizon of Piperton Hills, soldiers emerged through the smoke of launched cannons, took a knee and fired their rifles.
Rebels yelled and Yankees cheered over the blare of bugles and shots of artillery fire.
It was the Nov. 4 Confederate-led attack on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Collierville guarded by Union soldiers during [...]
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October 23, 2009 | Posted by javal This month in 1863, a Confederate general led an attack on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Collierville guarded by Union soldiers during the Civil War.
A surprise appearance by a Union general, William T. Sherman, and troops aboard a train that Oct. 11 made history.
This weekend, hundreds of re-enactors who take pride in historical accuracy [...]
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October 22, 2009 | Posted by javal The soldiers died by the hundreds, the blue and the gray, buried in graves mostly unmarked and now forgotten.
Three new markers around Jefferson County commemorate their stories as part of the state’s Civil War Trails program.
“For 145 years, the stories of what happened in Jefferson County lay hidden,” said Bob Jarnagin, county historian. “We’re proud [...]
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October 20, 2009 | Posted by javal The Friends of the Fort Donelson Campaign, Inc. will host the first annual Civil War Days for Stewart County, Tennessee schools on October 23, 2009. Historians, re-enactors, Friends members, National Park staff, and other educators will provide interpretive programs and activities for 200 students.
The event will bring 5th grade students from North Stewart Elementary and [...]
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