Charleston, TN | House Divided

Headnote

CHARLESTON, p. v., Bradley co., Tenn., 167 ms. S. E. of Nashville; from W. 570 ms. (Fanning's, 1853)

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City or Town

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Events

Date		Type
11/08/1861 - 11/09/1861	In Eastern Tennessee, local Unionists burn five railroad bridges prompting a furious Confederate response	Battles/Soldiers
11/30/1861	In Greeneville, Tennessee, the Confederate military executes two local Unionists for burning railroad bridges	Battles/Soldiers
12/26/1861	In Knoxville, Tennessee, a condemned Unionist saboteur receives an eleventh hour reprieve from President Davis	Lawmaking/Litigating

People

Documents

Date	Title
11/25/1861	Judah P. Benjamin to Colonel W.B. Wood, Instructions concerning Eastern Tennessee, November 25, 1861

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