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YesterYear Featured
Located next door to the entrance of the Stones River National Battlefield park, Yesteryear is a fun shop to stop off and view or buy artifacts from the Civil War. Many of the artifacts were recovered from non-park battlefield land. Larry Hicklen, owner o ...
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Stones River National Battlefield Featured
A fierce [[Battle of Stones River|battle]] took place at Stones River between December 31, 1862 and January 2, 1863. General Bragg's Confederates withdrew after the battle, allowing General Rosecrans and the Union army to control middle Tennessee. Althoug ...
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Oaklands Historic House Museum Featured
An elegant mansion caught in the crossfire of the Civil War. This nationally registered, historic landmark reflects a time of prosperity in the Old South, as well as the hardships suffered during the Civil War. The Oaklands is a magnificent representatio ...
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Carnton Plantation Featured
Carnton, built in 1826 by Randal McGavock, was a center or social and political activity early in its existence. However, on the afternoon of November30, 1864, the house took its permanent place in history as it became a hospital for the wounded soldiers ...
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Stones River National Cemetery Featured
The Stones River National Cemetery was established in 1864 by order of General George Thomas. It took until 1867 to complete disinterring Union soldiers from within a 90-mile radius and reburying them in the cemetery. The remains of soldiers who died in t ...
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Thomas Paine Home Featured
Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England on January 29, 1737 and his life up until he came to America was rather unremarkable except for the fact that he seemed to fail at just about everything he tried - from school and apprenticing for his father to s ...
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Hazen's Monument Featured
Built in 1863, during the war, Hazen's Monument is one of the oldest Civil War monuments in the US. Erected by men of Colonel William B. Hazen's brigade, the monument was built to honor their fallen comrades lost in the Battle of Stones River and the earl ...
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The Cravens House Featured
The Cravens House is the location of the "Battle Above the Clouds". This was the location of some of the fiercest fighting during the Battle of Lookout Mountain. A drive up to the house will give any visitor a new respect for what both side ...
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Antietam National Battlefield Featured
In September 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched his first invasion of Northern soil. Lee decided to take the fight North in an attempt to force the Union army to follow him and relieve Virginia of the massive Union occupation. He knew the Un ...
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Sam Davis Home & Museum Featured
Visit the home where Confederate hero Sam Davis was born and lived his life. Davis was a member of the 1st Tennessee Infantry and eventually joined the "Coleman's Scouts". These scouts, despite being uniformed and having passes from appropriate Confederat ...
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News & Views
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers Safe - For Now Late last year, historic preservationists began decrying a plan from Arlington National Cemetery to replace the historic Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers with a modern replica. It seems the Tomb has deteriorated some and suffered non-structural cracks in ... |
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