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Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
ced in 1845, completed......1855 Aaron V. Brown appointed Postmaster-General......March 6, 1857 Memphis and Charleston Railroad completed, joining the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River......March 27, 1857 Southern commercial convention at. Knoxville, by vote of 64 to 27, recommends abrogation of the eighth article of the Ashburton treaty, which requires the United States to keep a naval force on the coast of Africa......Aug. 10, 1857 Constitutional Union Convention at Baltimore, Md., nominates John Bell, of Tennessee, for President......May 9, 1860 Call for a State convention at Nashville, to consider secession, is defeated by a vote of the people......Feb. 9, 1861 Gov. Isham G. Harris replies to President Lincoln's call for troops, Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but 50,000, if necessary, for the defence of our rights, or those of our Southern brothers ......April 18, 1861 Governor Harris orders the seizure of $75,000 worth of Tenne
Long Island City (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
une, 1739 Party of Virginians, Dr. Thomas Walker and others; discover the Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Gap, and Cumberland River......1748 Fort Loudon founded about 30 miles from the present Knoxville......1856 Colonel Bird builds Long Island Fort on the Holston River, where the American army winters......1758 Cherokees capture Fort Loudon. The garrison, after the surrender, start out for Fort Prince George; after proceeding about 15 miles they are massacred by the Indians.....hey call Transylvania......March 17, 1775 Watauga purchased from the Indians, and deed of conveyance to Charles Robertson executed......March 19, 1775 Watauga settlers march against advancing Cherokees, and disperse them in a battle near Long Island Fort......July 20, 1776 Cherokees under old Abraham attack the fort at Watauga, but are repulsed......July 21, 1776 Forces under Col. William Christian destroy the Cherokee towns in east Tennessee......1776 Washington county, includin
Fort Loudoun (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
.1714 Bienville makes a treaty of peace with the Chickasaw Indians at Fort Assumption......June, 1739 Party of Virginians, Dr. Thomas Walker and others; discover the Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Gap, and Cumberland River......1748 Fort Loudon founded about 30 miles from the present Knoxville......1856 Colonel Bird builds Long Island Fort on the Holston River, where the American army winters......1758 Cherokees capture Fort Loudon. The garrison, after the surrender, start outFort Loudon. The garrison, after the surrender, start out for Fort Prince George; after proceeding about 15 miles they are massacred by the Indians......Aug. 7, 1760 Capt. James Smith and others explore the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers from above Nashville down to the Ohio......1766 By treaty at Fort Stanwix the Six Nations cede the country north and east of the Tennessee......Nov. 5, 1768 Capt. William Bean settles on Boone Creek, near Watauga......1769 Company formed to hunt and explore middle Tennessee, with camp at Price's Meadows
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
e Cumberland and Tennessee rivers from above Nashville down to the Ohio......1766 By treaty at Ftution framed by a convention which meets at Nashville, May 19, and completes its labors Aug. 30, 1....1842 National Whig Convention held at Nashville......Aug. 21, 1844 James K. Polk elected t......June 8, 1845 James K. Polk dies at Nashville, aged fifty-four......June 15, 1849 Memphay 9, 1860 Call for a State convention at Nashville, to consider secession, is defeated by a vot......Feb. 20, 1862 Confederates evacuate Nashville, and the Federals under Nelson enter......Fe...April 6-7, 1862 Union meetings held at Nashville, May 12, and at Murfreesboro......May 24, 18 Dec. 1; Hood advances and partially invests Nashville......Dec. 3-14, 1864 Thomas defeats Hood ed......February, 1867 Fisk University at Nashville, opened 1866, chartered......1867 Petitio Ex-Gov. Albert S. Marks dies suddenly at Nashville......Nov. 4, 1891 National Real Estate As[32 more...]
Suwanee River (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
lifications for electors abolished......February, 1867 Fisk University at Nashville, opened 1866, chartered......1867 Petition for removal of disabilities, signed by nearly 4,000 citizens, including leading men of the State, is presented to the legislature, but not granted......1868 Act to suppress the Ku-klux Klan, entitled An act to preserve the public peace, punishes membership by a fine of not less than $500 or imprisonment for five years......1868 University of the South at Suwanee, chartered in 1858, opened......1868 Governor Brownlow calls out the State militia to suppress the Ku-klux Klan, and proclaims martial law in nine counties......Feb. 20, 1869 Southern Commercial Convention held at Memphis; 1,100 delegates from twenty-two States......May 18, 1869 Constitution, framed by a convention which sat at Nashville, Jan. 10 to Feb. 22, ratified by a popular vote of 98,128 to 33,872......March 26, 1870 Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of America organized
Shiloh, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
t of government removed to Memphis......Feb. 20, 1862 Confederates evacuate Nashville, and the Federals under Nelson enter......Feb. 23, 1862 Andrew Johnson, commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers and appointed military governor of Tennessee, March 5, arrives at Nashville......March 12, 1862 Governor Johnson suspends the mayor and other officials in Nashville for refusing the oath of allegiance to the United States......April 5, 1862 Two days battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh......April 6-7, 1862 Union meetings held at Nashville, May 12, and at Murfreesboro......May 24, 1862 Memphis surrendered to Commodore Davis......June 6, 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro......Dec. 31, 1862–Jan. 4, 1863 Battle of Spring Hill; Confederates under Gen. Earl Van Dorn victorious......March 5, 1863 Van Dorn repulsed by Federals under Gen. Gordon Granger at Franklin......April 10, 1863 Federal raid under Col. Abel D. Streight starts from Nashville......April 11, 1863
Bean's Station (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
federates under Gen. James Longstreet defeat Federals at Philadelphia, east Tennessee......Oct. 20, 1863 General Grant arrives at Nashville, Oct. 21, and at Chattanooga......Oct. 23, 1863 Gen. W. E. Jones, Confederate, defeats Colonel Garrard at Rogersville......Nov. 6, 1863 Longstreet besieges Knoxville and is repulsed......Nov. 17, 1863 Grant defeats Bragg in battle of Chattanooga.......Nov. 23-25, 1863 Longstreet repulses Federals under Gen. J. M. Shackelford at Bean's Station, east Tennessee......Dec. 14, 1863 Fort Pillow captured by Confederates under Gen. N. B. Forrest, and garrison of colored troops annihilated......April 12, 1864 Federals under Gen. A. C. Gillem surprise the Confederate Gen. John H. Morgan at the house of a Mrs. Williams in Greeneville, east Tennessee. In attempting to escape he is killed......Sept. 4, 1864 Federals under Schofield repulse Confederates under Hood at Franklin......Nov. 30, 1864 Federals retire from Franklin and occupy
Greenville, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
.....April 14, 1785 Constitution for Frankland, or the State of Franklin, accepted by a convention of the people at Greeneville, which chooses John Sevier as governor......Nov. 14, 1785 Capt. James White and James Connor settle on the site of f North Carolina or the State of Frankland ......March 20, 1787 Legislature of Frankland meets for the last time at Greeneville, and government reverts to North Carolina......September, 1787 Deed conveying to the United States territory west once of the provisional government of the Confederate States......June 8, 1861 Eastern Tennessee Union convention at Greeneville declares its opposition to the Confederate government......June 21, 1861 Governor Harris proclaims Tennessee out ofderals under Gen. A. C. Gillem surprise the Confederate Gen. John H. Morgan at the house of a Mrs. Williams in Greeneville, east Tennessee. In attempting to escape he is killed......Sept. 4, 1864 Federals under Schofield repulse Confederates und
Holston (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
near the present site of Nashville......1714 French erect Fort Assumption on the Mississippi at the fourth Chickasaw bluff......1714 Bienville makes a treaty of peace with the Chickasaw Indians at Fort Assumption......June, 1739 Party of Virginians, Dr. Thomas Walker and others; discover the Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Gap, and Cumberland River......1748 Fort Loudon founded about 30 miles from the present Knoxville......1856 Colonel Bird builds Long Island Fort on the Holston River, where the American army winters......1758 Cherokees capture Fort Loudon. The garrison, after the surrender, start out for Fort Prince George; after proceeding about 15 miles they are massacred by the Indians......Aug. 7, 1760 Capt. James Smith and others explore the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers from above Nashville down to the Ohio......1766 By treaty at Fort Stanwix the Six Nations cede the country north and east of the Tennessee......Nov. 5, 1768 Capt. William Bean set
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-tennessee
ghany Mountains on the east and the Mississippi River on the west. It is bounded on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, east by North Carolina, south by Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, and west by Arkansas and Missouri. It lies between lat. 35° and 36° 35′ N., and long. 81° 37′ and 90° 15′ W. Area, 42,050 square miles, in ninille......June 3, 1850 Convention meets at Nashville, Nov. 11, 1850, and adjourns after recommending a congress of slave-holding States by a vote of six States—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Virginia, opposed to Tennessee......Nov. 19, 1850 James Campbell appointed Postmaster-General......March 5,kson and 25 acres of land......Jan. 7–April 8, 1889 National Teachers' Association meets at Nashville......June 15, 1889 Remains of John Sevier removed from Alabama and interred at Knoxville......1889 Special session of the legislature held at Nashville by proclamation (Feb. 11) of the governor......Feb. 24–March
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