SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE IN THE CIVIL WAR

Topics

• Tennessee in the Civil War

• Slavery in Southeast Tennessee

• Notable Southeast Tennesseans in the Civil War

• Those Who Left

Select Key Events

• 1860 presidential election

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• 9 February 1861 statewide referendum on holding a constitutional convention

• Knoxville Unionist Convention (May 1861)

• 8 June 1861 statewide referendum

• Greeneville Unionist Convention (June 1861)

• appointment of Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee

• captures of Forts Henry and Donelson (February 1862)

• Battle of Shiloh(6-7 April 1862)

• Battle of Stones River(30 December 1862-2 January 1863)

• Battle of Chickamauga(19-20 September 1863)

• Battles of Chattanooga(23-25 November 1863)

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