Nashville, TN

Tennessee State House, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1863

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Containing Unit

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Date span		Type
05/08/1824	William Walker is born in Nashville, Tennessee	Personal
11/18/1859	Newspaper feud in Nashville over Harpers Ferry results in murder on the street	Battles/Soldiers
01/18/1860	Tennessee Democrats nominate Senator Andrew Johnson as their candidate for president	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/24/1860	Entire legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee gather in Louisville, Kentucky	Business/Industry
01/25/1860	Entire legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee leave Louisville, Kentucky for Cincinatti, Ohio	Lawmaking/Litigating
01/26/1860	The legislatures of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee meet in convention in Columbus, Ohio	Business/Industry
01/27/1860—01/28/1860	The legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee are hosted lavishly in Cincinatti, Ohio	Business/Industry
06/02/1860	Governor of Ohio refuses extradition request of Tennessee for two "negro-stealers"	Lawmaking/Litigating
08/06/1860	American Scientific Association closes its fourteenth annual meeting in Newport, Rhode Island	Science/Technology
10/19/1860—10/28/1860	Stephen Douglas makes his final campaign tour, through the Deep South	Campaigns/Elections
09/18/1861	U.S. Post Office excludes "disloyal" Louisville newspaper from its mails and post offices	Lawmaking/Litigating
02/23/1862	In Tennessee, Confederate forces evacuate Nashville, the state capital	Battles/Soldiers
02/25/1862	In Tennessee, Nashville becomes the first Confederate capital to fall to the Union	Battles/Soldiers
03/25/1862	Tennessee military governor Andrew Johnson removes the entire Nashville city council	Lawmaking/Litigating
04/21/1862	Supreme Court Justice John Catron returns to Nashville to reconvene the U.S. District Court there	Lawmaking/Litigating
05/15/1863	In Tennessee, Julius Mileke, Union Army deserter, is executed at a public crossroads outside Nashville	Crime/Disasters
05/15/1863	President Lincoln commutes the death sentence of an Indiana private soldier caught sleeping on guard	Lawmaking/Litigating

People

Birthplace of

Adams, John

Full name

John Adams

Campbell, Alexander William

Full name

Alexander William Campbell

Cheatham, Benjamin Franklin

Full name

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham

Cooper, Charles R. C.

Full name

Charles R.C. Cooper

Rains, James Edwards

Full name

James Edwards Rains

Walker, William

Full name

William Walker

Wharton, John Austin

Full name

John Austin Wharton

Burial place of

Anderson, Samuel Read

Full name

Samuel Read Anderson

Bilbo, William N.

Full name

William N. Bilbo

Polk, James Knox

Full name

James Knox Polk

Polk, Sarah Childress

Full name

Sarah Childress Polk

Smith, Thomas Benton

Full name

Thomas Benton Smith

Taylor, Preston

Full name

Preston Taylor

Places

Contained places

Name	Type
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN	Location or Site
Old City Cemetery, Nashville, TN	Location or Site
University of Nashville, Nashville, TN	Location or Site

Documents

Subject

Date	Title
06/22/1859	Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Virginia Will Lead,” June 22, 1859
04/21/1860	New York Herald, "A Mishap on the Underground Railroad," April 21, 1860
05/02/1861	Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Good Bye, John Bell,” May 2, 1861

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Adams, John

Campbell, Alexander William

Cheatham, Benjamin Franklin

Cooper, Charles R. C.

Rains, James Edwards

Walker, William

Wharton, John Austin

Anderson, Samuel Read

Bilbo, William N.

Polk, James Knox

Polk, Sarah Childress

Smith, Thomas Benton

Taylor, Preston

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Nashville, Tennessee, surrounding area, 1857

Nashville, Tennessee, 1861, artist's impression

Tennessee State House, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1863

Nashville, Tennessee, 1864, view from the Capitol