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Tennessee
Volunteer State · Capital: Nashville
Volunteer State. Capital: Nashville. The Cherokee Indian name for
Entered the Union · June 1, 1796Volunteer State · Capital: Nashville
Volunteer State. Capital: Nashville. The Cherokee Indian name for
Entered the Union · June 1, 1796The 17th President of the United States is buried in downtown Greeneville. The cemetery together with Johnson’s tailor shop and the two homes that he lived in make up this historic site.
On February 16, 1862 Union troops commanded by General Ulysses S Grant captured Fort Donelson from the Confederate forces. It was the first Union victory in the west. Today the 543 acre park preserves many of the earthworks and other structures of the battlefield.
The national park the largest East of the Mississippi covers the highlands of the Appalachian mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina. Today the area looks much as it did before the first settlers arrived. The park covers 522,000 acres has 800 miles of trails, 700 miles of streams and over sixteen peaks over 6,000 feet.
The first truly bloody battle of the war was fought here on April 6 and 7th 1862. Federal casualties totaled 13,000 while confederate casualties were 10,700. This park tells the story of that battle
This battlefield tells the story that took place between December 31, 1862 and January 2 1863 at Stones River near Murfeesboro. The battle was a Union victory.