Tennessee

Headnote
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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