Knoxville, TN

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Knox County, TN
Date Type
A large tornado hits Knoxville in the early morning causing heavy damage. Crime/Disasters
- In Eastern Tennessee, local Unionists burn five railroad bridges prompting a furious Confederate response Battles/Soldiers
In Greeneville, Tennessee, the Confederate military executes two local Unionists for burning railroad bridges Battles/Soldiers
In Knoxville, editor "Parson" Brownlow famously rejects invitation to enlist in Confederate army Campaigns/Elections
In Knoxville, Tennessee, a condemned Unionist saboteur receives an eleventh hour reprieve from President Davis Lawmaking/Litigating
In Tennessee, a massive dawn Confederate infantry attack on Knoxville's defenses fails completely Battles/Soldiers
Residents in 1860
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Date Title
New York Times, “The Convention of the Southern New School Presbyterians,” August 31, 1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “The Seceders,” September 17, 1857
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Western Trade,” September 28, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Specimen Preacher,” April 2, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Brave Words from Brownlow,” April 30, 1861
Andrew Johnson and William B. Carter to Abraham Lincoln, August 6, 1861
Raleigh (NC) Register, “Arrest of a Traitor,” August 14, 1861
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “East Tennessee,” August 16, 1861
Judah P. Benjamin to Colonel W.B. Wood, Instructions concerning Eastern Tennessee, November 25, 1861
Lincolnites and Rebels: A Divided Town in the American Civil War
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