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re: Who Lives Near A Civil War Battlefield?
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:40 pm to BigOrangeBri
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:40 pm to BigOrangeBri
UT campus was a civil war battlefield as was Knoxville. Hell Tennessee actually has more civil war battle sites than anywhere besides Virginia. In fact the vast majority of the fighting took place in Tennessee and Virginia. Even the mountains up near Cumberland Gap were heavy with bloodshed.
You really can't find many places in E. TN that weren't a civil war site.
You really can't find many places in E. TN that weren't a civil war site.
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:42 pm to 12
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12 Who Lives Near A Civil War Battlefield? I live less than a mile from the Battle of Thompson's Station. It was a small battle. Nathan Bedford Forrest's horse Roderick was killed in the battle. There is a memorial statue where the horse was buried.
So you're close to the battle of Franklin as well. I used to work in Franklin and went a lot. Really cool Mansions that served as bases during the war
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:44 pm to BigOrangeBri
Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove are part of the metro area here.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:46 pm to BigOrangeBri
I live close to Kennesaw Mountain battlefield, and Allatoona pass
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:47 pm to BigOrangeBri
I live in Richmond, so I live near lots of battlefields
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:49 pm to BigOrangeBri
True story I have an originalprint of the BattleI of Stone River at home I bought at a yard sale for 20 bucks a few years back.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:50 pm to BigOrangeBri
I live in Centerville, TN (hometown of Minnie Pearl, and my home of record, being in the military), which is about an hour from Parker's Crossroads.
It is absolutely intriguing to think about what a battle must have been like there based on the geography of the surrounding area, and also to think that a battle of that scale occured in a place that so many people walk around/drive through on a daily basis. I-40 runs right through the middle of the battlefield.
It is absolutely intriguing to think about what a battle must have been like there based on the geography of the surrounding area, and also to think that a battle of that scale occured in a place that so many people walk around/drive through on a daily basis. I-40 runs right through the middle of the battlefield.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:52 pm to skrayper
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skrayper
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Appomatox Court House
Legit question - is this historical landmark in decent shape in 2014? I truly want to visit this place before I die.
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The Battle of the Wilderness
Is there much here in terms of landmarks?
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:55 pm to DoubleDown
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Legit question - is this historical landmark in decent shape in 2014? I truly want to visit this place before I die.
Not skrayper but yeah it's in good shape. If you want to see it, I'd plan it as part of a larger trip. There's really not much to it
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:57 pm to BigOrangeBri
Wassup neighbor? I drive by it every day and think of that long blue line to the right of the road waiting on that gray line coming out of the cedars.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:57 pm to 12
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Nathan Bedford Forrest's horse Roderick was killed in the battle.
Too bad that son of a bitch did not die. I live about 10 miles from Pea Ridge, used to live within 5 miles of Wilson's Creek
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:58 pm to DoubleDown
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The Battle of the Wilderness
Yeah. There's a pretty big preserved battlefield and small museum at Chancellorsville that includes markers and history for the Battle of the Wilderness
Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:01 pm to Crowknowsbest
Tennessee is desperately searching for the East's Union Battle Flags. Every group/town in the East had one that represented where they were from (designed and sewn by the women of their town to carry into battle) but ever since reconstruction ended and the republicans/unionists of E. TN left the capital to return home they've been missing. They probably took them with them. So if anyone comes across some old flags at a yard sale snatch 'em up and have them checked out. The state would love to have them back.
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:01 pm to BigOrangeBri
I grew up less than 5 miles from multiple parts of the Battle of Atlanta. The "Noon Under the Trees" historic marker (McPherson was meeting with his subordinates there when the battle began, he rode off to the sound of musket fire and was subsequently killed) was literally two blocks away. My g-g-grandfather was wounded in action in what is now the parking lot for the Inman Park MARTA station, again less than 5 miles from where I grew up.
Have visited a few of the parks - Sumter, Shiloh, Chattanooga, Gettysburg, Stones River, Kennesaw, Andersonville.
I really want to get to Chickamauga - apparently there are markers that plot every movement of another g-g-grandfather's artillery battery from the start of the battle until they shelled the retreating Federals at the end.
I can put someone in my family tree (either direct ancestor or g-g-uncle/cousin) at most every major battle of the war except for Ft. Sumter and Franklin and several smaller/lesser known battles as well (Roanoke Island, NC, Cheat Mtn. etc.)
Have visited a few of the parks - Sumter, Shiloh, Chattanooga, Gettysburg, Stones River, Kennesaw, Andersonville.
I really want to get to Chickamauga - apparently there are markers that plot every movement of another g-g-grandfather's artillery battery from the start of the battle until they shelled the retreating Federals at the end.
I can put someone in my family tree (either direct ancestor or g-g-uncle/cousin) at most every major battle of the war except for Ft. Sumter and Franklin and several smaller/lesser known battles as well (Roanoke Island, NC, Cheat Mtn. etc.)
Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:05 pm to BigOrangeBri
I guess I live about 30 minutes from the Battle of Galveston. There wasn't a whole lot of Civil Warring in Tejas.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:08 pm to BigOrangeBri
Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:09 pm to AgCoug
Columbia was a battlefield
Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:09 pm to BigOrangeBri
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So you're close to the battle of Franklin as well.
Yes. We are not far from the park. There are some cool mansions that are still around that served as officer's quarters and hospitals.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:09 pm to BigOrangeBri
About 3 miles from Vicksburg National Military Park.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:10 pm to PJinAtl
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I really want to get to Chickamauga - apparently there are markers that plot every movement of another g-g-grandfather's artillery battery from the start of the battle until they shelled the retreating Federals at the end.
You really should go. It is amazing. I remember digging in the woods by my grandmas house and finding rounds and bottles. She lived like 2 miles from the battlefield. We used to go almost weekly and climbing the tower.
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