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The Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook is a searchable collection of over 7,000 articles chronicling the Civil War in Tennessee from September 1, 1861
through September 30, 1865.
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| Date | Title | Article |
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| December 7, 1864 | Reconnaissance and engagement, Wilkinson's pike near Murfreesborough, a.k.a., "Battle of the Cedars" |
Report of Major-General LOVELL H. ROUSSEAU, on activities December 58, 1864.
HDQRS. DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, Murfreesborough, December 12, 1864. Dispatches from Gen. Thomas of ... read more |
| December 7, 1864 | ". . . and then began a scene which I shudder to recall:" depredations at the Washington tobacco plantation "Wessington," in the Springfield environs; Mrs. Jane Smith Washington's letter to her son, a student in Toronto, Canada |
Springfield, December 18, 1864
My dear son, I su... read more |
| December 15, 1864 | Capture of railroad train near Murfreesborough |
Report of Maj. Jerome B. Nulton, Sixty-first Illinois Infantry, of operations December 12-15, 1864.
HDQRS. SIXTY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY, Murfreesborough, Tenn., December 22, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to make the following rep... read more |
| February 1, 1865 | Circular Order relative to the organization of home guard companies in South-central Middle Tennessee and Northern Alabama for the purposes of exterminating bushwhackers |
CIRCULAR
HEADQUARTERS DEFENCES N. & C. R. R. TULLAHOMA, TENN. Feb. 1st, 1865 To the people of Coffee, Li... read more |
| March 8, 1865 | Skirmish at Jackson County | No circumstantial reports filed. ... read more |
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March 21, 1865 April 25, 1865 |
Expedition from East Tennessee into SW Virginia and |
Western North Carolina [Stoneman's]
Excerpt from the Report of Brig. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem, U. S. Army, commanding Cavalry Division, District of East Tennessee, of operations in the Expedition from East Tennessee... read more |
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March 22, 1865 April 25, 1865 |
Federal anti-guerrilla sweep in West Tennessee |
No circumstantial reports filed.
Excerpt from SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 22. HDQRS. JACKSON'S CAVALRY DIVISION, Near West Point, Miss., March 22, 1865, relative to guerrilla activity in West Tennessee. II. Col. John F. Ne... read more |
| March 2, 1865 | Civil authority restored in Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner, Smith, Mason and Jackson counties |
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 13. HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, Nashville, Tenn., March 2, 1865.
I. In order to aid the people of Tennessee in their efforts to restore the laws of the State, it is... read more |
| April 19, 1865 | An appraisal of Nathan Bedford Forrest |
Forrest—The Guerrilla Chief.
After the storm of this Revolution has swept over the insurgent States, and the institution that struck so fierce a blow, at the has been itself trampled over by the heel of victory it will remain for some future... read more |
| April 27, 1865 | Capture of guerrilla leaders near Rutledge |
RUTLEDGE, TENN., April 27, 1865. Maj.-Gen. STONEMAN, Cmdg. District of East Tennessee: GEN.: I have the honor to report that I have been scouting the country on both sides of the mountains; that I have captured two very notorious char... read more |
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