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1. I65ELK_140525_02.JPG: Tennessee Civil War
2. I65ELK_140525_09.JPG: The American Civil War in Tennessee The Cost of War, the Price of Freedom, a State Reunited "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln uttered these words during the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, three years before the first shots were fired in the American Civil War. Lincoln's words became an enduring metaphor for a devastating four-year war that would leave hundreds of thousands of Americans dead or wounded yet also make new US citizens of millions of former African American slaves. From 1861 to 1865 Tennessee was "a house divided," as it experienced hundreds of battles, large and small, and the wide-reaching devastating of "total war" on its farms and towns. The state supplied more soldiers to the Confederacy than any other state except Virginia -- it also provided more men for the Union cause than all the other Southern states put together. Tennessee was the last state to secede and the first to rejoin the Union after the fighting stopped. The war years brought misery to almost every Tennessean. The violence and terror of guerilla warfare, disease and malnutrition, heartbreak and loss, and military rule by both sides touched every corner of the state. The human costs of the conflict were considerable. 66,000 Confederates and 58,000 Federal soldiers were killed or wounded on Tennessee battlefields. Two of the bloodiest battles of the entire Civil War, Shiloh and Stone's River, were fought in Tennessee. The division that made Tennessee a reflection of the rift between North and South also made it a testing ground of political reform after the war. The state's many Unionists took power during Reconstruction and proceeded to abolish slavery, ratify the Reconstruction amendments to the Constitution and return Tennessee to the Union earlier than any other ex-Confederate state. The sacrifices of African-American troops for the Union side strengthened the former slave's claim to a full share in postwar society. These first steps toward emancipation and citizenship were the most hopeful legacy of the Civil War in Tennessee. At war's end, 275,000 Tennesseans formerly enslaved were free. There are hundreds of battlefields, historic sites and museums across the state that explore both the tragic history and hopeful symbols of heroism and kindness. Explore first-hand how the Civil War transformed Tennessee by visiting and discovering these sites throughout the Volunteer State.
3. I65ELK_140525_13.JPG: A Strategic Location: Tennessee held enormous strategic importance because of its agriculture, industrial and economic resources. The state was, in Lincoln's words, the "keystone of the Southern arch," and controlling it became a paramount aim of Union strategy. Geographically and economically, the state was destined to be at the center of the conflict. Tennessee was a crucial border between North and South, and three major rivers -- the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland -- flowed across the state. Through Tennessee ran the South's main east-west rail lines as well as the western Confederacy's principal north-south line.
4. I65ELK_140525_23.JPG: The Confederacy's Last Gasp in Tennessee Following the loss of Atlanta in early September 1864, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood led his 38,000-man army north toward Middle Tennessee. He hoped a daring invasion would divide the Union army at a critical time, forcing US Gen. William T. Sherman to divert his "March to the Sea." If the Confederacy could regain Tennessee, Hood reasoned, then it could take the fight into Kentucky and Ohio where he could find plenty of food for his hungry soldiers. Screened by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry, Hood's troops crossed the Tennessee River at Florence, Ala., on Nov. 21. His first objective was Columbia on the Duck River and the turnpike to Nashville. Opposing Hood were Gen. John Schofield's 30,000 troops, assigned by Sherman to join Gen. George Thomas (then in Nashville with about 30,000 men of his own) to neutralize the Confederate threat. Hood saw a chance to get his army between the two Federal forces, possibly defeating Schofield, then Thomas. Schofield won the race to Columbia, but Hood managed to slip around Schofield's flank and created an opportunity to trap the Union Forces at Spring Hill. There was some fighting at Spring Hill during the afternoon of Nov. 29, but in one of the war's most famous and still-argued-about blunders, the Confederates let Schofield's troops march past them that night -- right under their noses. Hood gave chase north toward Franklin, but Schofield waited for him there behind sturdy defenses. Unleashing his army in an ill-considered attack on Nov. 30, Hood battered his army against these defenses at Franklin for five hours, losing more than 6,000 men. Six Confederate generals, including the brilliant Gen. Patrick Cleburne, were killed or mortally wounded. Following the battle, Schofield again marched north, joining Thomas in Nashville, now a fortress after nearly three years of Union occupation. Hood, his army now badly wounded, limped after him and deployed south of the city. As the Union army gathered strength in the Tennessee capital, the Federal high command pestered Thomas to attack and get rid of Hood, who they feared might sidestep Nashville and continue to the Ohio River. On Dec. 15 and 16, Thomas unleashed his army -- with US Colored Troops at the forefront -- and forced Hood's broken forces away from Nashville. What remained of the once-grand Confederate Army of Tennessee headed south. About half the Southerners who fought around Nashville later joined their former commander Joseph Johnston opposing Sherman in North Carolina. But outside of skirmishes and guerilla fighting, the major fighting in Middle Tennessee was over.
5. I65ELK_140525_26.JPG: The Civil War Trail in Tennessee Exploring the Volunteer State's role in America's Greatest Challenge. Designated by Congress, the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area is home to hundreds of historic sites, museums, and landscapes that convey the stories and experiences of the state's Civil War era. Our location, river routes and rail paths, industries and farmlands all combined to make Tennessee a crucial state for both sides. Almost 1,500 engagements, large and small, took place across the landscape, touching each of Tennessee's 95 counties and transforming our farms, businesses, homes and way of life. Yet, out of the ashes of war, Tennesseans black and white built a new society where slavery was abolished and citizenship redefined. The Tennessee Civil War Trails is a partnership program of the Tennessee Department of Transportation and Department of Tourist Development, along with the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area. The trails include hundreds of historic sites and museums. Each site is interpreted and accessible, encouraging you to explore diverse locations and themes about how the Civil War years shaped Tennessee. Shop at nearby specialty and antique shops, enjoy classic southern cooking or walk along trails and greenways. Let the stories you've discovered ignite your imagination as you envision how now-peaceful landscapes and places were once the scenes for deadly battles and emotional community divisions over preserving the Union. Along the Civil War Trails stretching from Memphis to the Tri-Cities, you can visit the national battlefields at Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Chattanooga, and Stones River. But you can also explore the stories from the battles of Franklin, Parker's Crossroads, Fort Pillow, Johnsonville, and Knoxville as well as the many stories of home front, occupation, and emancipation found at such places as Promise Land and Charleston.
6. I65ELK_140525_29.JPG: Map [by Steven Stanley] courtesy of Civil War Trust
7. I65ELK_140525_36.JPG: Ardmore Regional Site Map Mapping the Campaign: Local Destinations: Wherever you are in the state, you are never far from one of the hundreds of battlefields, historic sites and museums that tell the Tennessee Civil War story. The sites listed here are all within 50 miles of this Welcome Center. So get started! History is out there -- waiting for you. (1) The Matt Gardner Homestead: This site, 100 Dixon Town Rd. in Elkton, is the restored farm museum of an emancipated slave who became a leader of the African American community of Elkton, serving as a minister, merchant and successful farmer. The site contains his two-story house, smokehouse/store, chicken coop, outhouse and cow barn. (2) Eastern Flank Battlefield Park: Eastern Flank Battlefield Park, 1343 Carnton Lane in Franklin, contains both driving and walking tours that interpret the beginning of the Battle of Franklin. (3) Fort Granger Park: Fort Granger Park, on Fort Granger Ave. in Franklin, was the town's primary Union military base built in 1862. Named for Gen. Gordon Granger, the fort overlooked Franklin, the Harpeth River, and the Nashville and Decatur Railroad. The fort's cannons fired on the advancing Confederates in the Battle of Franklin. (4) Rippavilla Plantation: Rippavilla Plantation, 5700 Main St. in Spring Hill, is a historic property on the Spring Hill battlefield from November 1864. The antebellum Green revival house was occupied by both Union and Confederate officers during the Civil War. Additional buildings on site include an original slave cabin and Freedmen's Bureau school. (5) The Carter House and Cotton Gin and the Lotz House: These sites, all in downtown Franklin, are located at the heart of what was the most vicious and bloody combat of the Battle of Franklin on Nov. 30, 1864. The Carter House, a stylish brick home, was the Federal command post while the family took refuge in the basement. The Carter Cotton Gin lies at what was the heart of the defensive line and was the target of Confederate Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne's division. (6) Carnton Plantation and McGavock Confederate Cemetery: Carnton Plantation, 1345 Carnton Lane in Franklin, is the restored home of John and Carrie McGavock. This vibrant plantation home became a field hospital to hundreds of wounded and dying Confederates following the Battle of Franklin in 1864. The house, grounds and garden are open for tours daily. The adjacent Confederate cemetery was established by the McGavock family in 1866.
8. I65ELK_140525_60.JPG: Civil War in Tennessee Hood Campaign of 1864 Middle Tennessee experienced small-scale battles and engagements throughout the war. Many occurred along present day I-65. At Elkton (Exit 6), Federal forces controlled the Elk River Bridge and protected the Prospect Railroad Bridge with a fort. Pulaski (Exit 14) and Columbia (Exit 46) were major Union command centers. Fighting intensified in September 1864 when Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry passed through here to attack a Union post at Athens, Alabama. He then returned, engaged Federal forces outside Pulaski, and destroyed a camp of escaped slaves near the town. Less than two months later, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood invaded Middle Tennessee, intending to capture Nashville and then advance through Kentucky and across the Ohio River. Union Gen. John M. Schofield maneuvered from Pulaski to Columbia, briefly engaged Hood, and then escaped at Spring Hill (Exit 53) to fortified positions at Franklin (Exit 65). There, on November 30, 1864, Hood suffered more than 6,000 casualties in a futile frontal assault that failed to break the Union line. The Federals next defeated Hood at Nashville (Exit 80) in mid-December, virtually eliminating his army as a fighting force. Follow the routes of the armies along the Tennessee Civil War Trails. Colorful markers at each stop tell the story of the war's interesting people, places, and events. A free map guide to the Tennessee Trails network is available in the Welcome Center. Please drive carefully as you enjoy the beauty and history of the Tennessee Civil War Trails.
9. I65ELK_140525_69.JPG: First Section of Tennessee Interstate On November 15, 1958, the first 1.8 mile section of interstate highway in Tennessee was opened to traffic. The section including an interchange is located at Ardmore, Tennessee on the Tennessee side of the state line. It cost $1.3 million to construct. Legislation creating the interstate system was passed on June 29, 1956.
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2014 photos: Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Winchester, VA, Nashville, TN, and Atlanta, GA), Michigan to visit mom in the hospice before she died and then a return trip after she died, and my 9th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City, Sacramento, Oakland, and Los Angeles). Ego strokes: Paul Dickson used one of my photos as the author photo in his book "Aphorisms: Words Wrought by Writers". Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: just over 470,000.
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