Hardin County, TN

Headnote
HARDIN COUNTY, situated on the southerly boundary of Tennessee, and traversed by Tennessee river. Area, 700 square miles. Seat of justice, Savannah. Pop. in 1820, 1,462; in 1830, 4,867; in 1840, 8,245; in 1850, 10,328. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Tennessee

Hardin County, Tennessee (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
HARDIN COUNTY, situated on the southerly boundary of Tennessee, and traversed by Tennessee river. Area, 700 square miles. Seat of justice, Savannah. Pop. in 1820, 1,462; in 1830, 4,867; in 1840, 8,245; in 1850, 10,328.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 149.
Date Type
Albert Sidney Johnston becomes the war's highest ranking casualty when he bleeds to death at Shiloh Personal
At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh Battles/Soldiers
At Savannah, Tennessee, experienced Union division commander Charles F. Smith dies of illness Personal
Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston reorganizes the Army of the Mississippi into three corps Battles/Soldiers
Irving Carson, Chicago Tribune war correspondent, is killed on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh Battles/Soldiers
Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing Battles/Soldiers
Wisconsin Governor Louis P. Harvey drowns in the Tennessee River while visiting Wisconsin troops Personal
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