Tennessee

Boundaries and Extent. — This state is bounded on the north by the States of Kentucky and Virginia, on the east by North Carolina, on the south by Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, and on the west by the States of Arkansas and Missouri, from which it is separated by the River Mississippi. It lies between 35° and 36° 40' north latitude, and 81° 40' and 90° 15' west longitude; having an average length, from east to west, of some 430 miles, with a breadth of somewhat over 100 miles, and containing an area of 45,600 square miles. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)
Place Unit Type
State or Province
Containing Unit
Name Type
Anderson County, TN County
Bedford County, TN County
Benton County, TN County
Bledsoe County, TN County
Blount County, TN County
Bradley County, TN County
Campbell County, TN County
Cannon County, TN County
Carroll County, TN County
Carter County, TN County
Cheatham County, TN County
Claiborne County, TN County
Cocke County, TN County
Coffee County, TN County
Cumberland County, TN County
Cumberland Gap, TN Location or Site
Davidson County, TN County
Decatur County, TN County
DeKalb County, TN County
Dickson County, TN County
Dyer County, TN County
Fayette County, TN County
Fentress County, TN County
Franklin County, TN County
Gibson County, TN County
Giles County, TN County
Grainger County, TN County
Greene County, TN County
Grundy County, TN County
Hamblen County, TN County
Hamilton County, TN County
Hancock County, TN County
Hardeman County, TN County
Hardin County, TN County
Hawkins County, TN County
Haywood County, TN County
Henderson County, TN County
Henry County, TN County
Hickman County, TN County
Houston County, TN County
Humphreys County, TN County
Jackson County, TN County
Jefferson County, TN County
Johnson County, TN County
Knox County, TN County
Lauderdale County, TN County
Lawrence County, TN County
Lewis County, TN County
Lincoln County, TN County
Loudon County, TN County
Macon County, TN County
Madison County, TN County
Marion County, TN County
Marshall County, TN County
Maury County, TN County
McMinn County, TN County
McNairy County, TN County
Meigs County, TN County
Monroe County, TN County
Montgomery County, TN County
Moore County, TN County
Morgan County, TN County
Obion County, TN County
Overton County, TN County
Perry County, TN County
Pickett County, TN County
Polk County, TN County
Putnam County, TN County
Rhea County, TN County
Roane County, TN County
Robertson County, TN County
Rutherford County, TN County
Scott County, TN County
Sequatchie County, TN County
Sevier County, TN County
Shelby County, TN County
Smith County, TN County
Stewart County, TN County
Sullivan County, TN County
Sumner County, TN County
Tipton County, TN County
Trousdale County, TN County
Unicoi County, TN County
Union County, TN County
Van Buren County, TN County
Warren County, TN County
Washington County, TN County
Wayne County, TN County
Weakley County, TN County
White County, TN County
Williamson County, TN County
Wilson County, TN County
Date Title
New York Times, "From Washington," March 9, 1857
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Western Trade,” September 28, 1858
New York Herald, “The Presidential Question,” January 24, 1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Hand Writing on the Wall,” March 11, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “New Danger To Douglas,” September 29, 1859
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Sketch of Captain John Brown," October 27, 1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Insurrectionists in West Tennessee,” November 15, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Is It True or False?,” November 16, 1859
(Jackson) Mississippian, “Violations of the Constitution,” June 15, 1860
New York Times, "Politics at the South," August 10, 1860
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “The South for Bell and Everett,” August 20, 1860
New York Times, “Mr. Yancey's Speech,” August 21, 1860
New York Times, “Disunion Ravings,” September 20, 1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Fear of Insurrection,” October 24, 1860
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 23, 1860
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Another Strong Blow for the Union," February 14, 1861
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Bad For Virginia,” February 20, 1861
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Enforcement of the Laws,” February 24, 1861
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Premonitions of a Storm,” March 8, 1861
New York Times, “Rushing to Ruin,” April 26, 1861
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Brave Words from Brownlow,” April 30, 1861
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Good Bye, John Bell,” May 2, 1861
(Concord) New Hampshire Statesman, “Andrew Johnson,” July 6, 1861
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Kentucky Neutrality to be Disregarded,” July 7, 1861
Andrew Johnson and William B. Carter to Abraham Lincoln, August 6, 1861
Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Kentucky Victory,” August 10, 1861
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “East Tennessee,” August 16, 1861
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