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Cleveland (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
hey first had communication with Colonel Minty's cavalry, on Rosecrans's extreme left. At Loudon bridge General Shackelford had a skirmish with Confederates, and drove them across the stream, they burning the magnificent structure, 2,000 feet long. Early in September a force of Confederates, under General Frazer, holding Cumberland Gap, surrendered to the Nationals, and the great valley between the Cumberland and Alleghany Mountains (of which Knoxville was the metropolis), extending from Cleveland to Bristol, seemed to be permanently rid of armed Confederates. The loyal inhabitants of that region Burnside's army at Cumberland Gap Lookout Mountain in September, 1863. received the National troops with open arms. After the battle of Stone River, or Murfreesboro, the armies of Rosecrans and Bragg lay confronting each other, the former at the scene of the battle and the latter below the Duck River. Bragg's main base of supplies was at Chattanooga. In that relative position th
Bristol, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
d communication with Colonel Minty's cavalry, on Rosecrans's extreme left. At Loudon bridge General Shackelford had a skirmish with Confederates, and drove them across the stream, they burning the magnificent structure, 2,000 feet long. Early in September a force of Confederates, under General Frazer, holding Cumberland Gap, surrendered to the Nationals, and the great valley between the Cumberland and Alleghany Mountains (of which Knoxville was the metropolis), extending from Cleveland to Bristol, seemed to be permanently rid of armed Confederates. The loyal inhabitants of that region Burnside's army at Cumberland Gap Lookout Mountain in September, 1863. received the National troops with open arms. After the battle of Stone River, or Murfreesboro, the armies of Rosecrans and Bragg lay confronting each other, the former at the scene of the battle and the latter below the Duck River. Bragg's main base of supplies was at Chattanooga. In that relative position the two armies
United States (United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
r Blount to tender to the President of the United States the services of himself and 2,500 men of hW. Hilliard, a commissioner of the Confederate States of America, clothed with authority to negotiadoption of the constitution of the Confederate States of America. The governor was empowered to raegotiated a treaty with the agent of the Confederate States, Henry W. Hilliard, and on the 7th a copes of Tennessee were to turn over to the Confederate States all the public property, naval stores, at then be in possession, acquired from the United States, on the same terms and in the same manner 66,000 and $5,000 in cash belonging to the United States in the hands of the collector at Nashvilleinance of secession, and all acts of the Confederate States government were annulled, and the paymeBenton McMillinAssumes officeJan., 1901 United States Senators. Name.No. of CongressTerm. Wile W. Campbell14th to 15th1815 to 1818 United States Senators—--continued. Name.No. of Congre[1 more...]
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
y command of the district now comprised in east Tennessee. In 1790 it was organized, together witame famous. On Dec. 10, when the weather in Tennessee was intensely cold and deep snow lay upon thention Interior of a Mountaineer's home in Tennessee. or No convention ; also, that any ordinanceority to negotiate a treaty of alliance with Tennessee, appeared (April 30) and was allowed to addrof Jefferson Davis. It A corn-mill in East Tennessee. was done on May 7. The eighteen members the Kentuckians true to the South to go into Tennessee and there rally and organize. East Tennesplace, and Mitchel could have marched into east Tennessee. But Buell would not allow it. The Confednd Gap voluntarily, and the inhabitants of east Tennessee were jubilant with hope of deliverance. Bneral Buckner, upon his advance, evacuated east Tennessee and joined Bragg at Chattanooga. Early inston River, but did not entirely abandon eastern Tennessee until the next spring, when he again joi[15 more...]
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
which he bore through life, of Old Hickory. Drawn up in the public square at Nashville, the Tennessee volunteers were presented with an elegant stand of colors from the ladies of Knoxville, and were there disbanded, May 22, 1813. The people of Tennessee—the daughter of North Carolina—like those of the parent State, loved the Union supremely; but their governor, Isham G. Harris (q. v.), had been for months in confidential correspondence with the Confederates in the Gulf States and in South Carolina and Virginia. To further this cause he labored incessantly to bring about the secession of Tennessee. He called a special session of the legislature at Nashville, Jan. 7, 1861, and in his message he recited a long list of so-called grievances which the people of the State had suffered under the rule of the national government. He appealed to their passions and prejudices, and recommended amendments to the national Constitution favorable to the perpetuation and protection of the slav
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
spectively by Cols. William Hall and Thomas H. Benton, and a corps of cavalry, 670 in number, under the command of Col. John Coffee. These troops were composed of the best physical and social materials of the State. On Jan. 7, 1813, the little army went down the Cumberland River in boats, excepting the mounted men, whom Coffee led across the country to join the others at Natchez, on the Mississippi. In a letter to the Secretary of War, General Jackson, alluding to the conduct of some Pennsylvania and New York troops on the Niagara frontier who had constitutional objections to going into a foreign country by invading Canada, said: I am now at the head of 2,070 volunteers—the choicest of our citizens—who go at the call of their country to execute the will of the government, who have no constitutional scruples, and, if the government orders, will rejoice at the opportunity of placing the American eagle on the ramparts of Mobile, Pensacola, and Fort Augustine, effectually banishing fr
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
State of Tennessee, Was originally a part of North Carolina, and was claimed as a hunting-ground by the Chickasaws, Choctaws, Shawnees, and even by the Six Nationmates being murdered or reduced to captivity. Armed men from Virginia and North Carolina retook the fort in 1761, and compelled the Indians to sue for peace. Immigrants from North Carolina, led by James Robinson, settled on the Watauga River, one of the head streams of the Tennessee, in 1768. It was on lands of the CherokeesIn 1785 the State of Frankland (q. v.) was organized, but was reunited with North Carolina in 1788, and the next year that State ceded the territory to the national gis recorded in the story of the trial of Sevier by the State authorities of North Carolina, for high treason and outlawry, and his ingenious and dramatic rescue by a e there disbanded, May 22, 1813. The people of Tennessee—the daughter of North Carolina—like those of the parent State, loved the Union supremely; but their govern
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
and outlaw as he was—to the Senate of North Carolina, and within twelve months Washington gave him the rank of general, with the supreme military command of the district now comprised in east Tennessee. In 1790 it was organized, together with Kentucky, as The Territory South of the Ohio. A distinct territorial government was granted to Tennessee in 1794, and in 1796 (June 1) it entered the Union as a State. The constitution then framed was amended in 1835, and again in 1853. The seat of g1861) the seizure of Tennessee bonds to the amount of $66,000 and $5,000 in cash belonging to the United States in the hands of the collector at Nashville. At about that time Jefferson Davis, disgusted with the timidity of Governor Magoffin, of Kentucky, recommended the Kentuckians true to the South to go into Tennessee and there rally and organize. East Tennessee, where loyalty to the Union was strongly predominant, was kept in submission to the Confederacy by the strong arm of military pow
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
he Cumberland Mountains, and entered the magnificent valley of east Tennessee, their baggage and stores carried, in many places, by pack-mules. On his entering the valley 20,000 Confederates, commanded by Gen. Simon B. Buckner (q. v.), fled to Georgia and joined Bragg. General Burnside had been joined by General Hartsuff and his command. Their numbers were swelled by junction with other troops. At the mouth of the Clinch River they first had communication with Colonel Minty's cavalry, on Rhim there (April 10) with 9,000 Confederates. The latter intended if successful to push on and seize Nashville, but he was repulsed with a loss of about 300 men. Rosecrans sent Col. Abdel D. Streight (q. v.) on an extensive raid in Alabama and Georgia in April and May, which resulted in the capture of the leader and his men. Late in November, 1863, Gen. Sherman (q. v.) arrived in the neighborhood of Chattanooga. It was imperative that he should get his army over the river without being di
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry state-of-tennessee
These troops were composed of the best physical and social materials of the State. On Jan. 7, 1813, the little army went down the Cumberland River in boats, excepting the mounted men, whom Coffee led across the country to join the others at Natchez, on the Mississippi. In a letter to the Secretary of War, General Jackson, alluding to the conduct of some Pennsylvania and New York troops on the Niagara frontier who had constitutional objections to going into a foreign country by invading Canada, said: I am now at the head of 2,070 volunteers—the choicest of our citizens—who go at the call of their country to execute the will of the government, who have no constitutional scruples, and, if the government orders, will rejoice at the opportunity of placing the American eagle on the ramparts of Mobile, Pensacola, and Fort Augustine, effectually banishing from the Southern coasts all British influence. Jackson was then forty-six years of age. The troops, after many hardships, reached Na
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