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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008


JUNE 1, 1796

 

The Tennessee Civil War experience

On October 7-9, 1890, thousands of Union and Confederate veterans from across the nation thronthe streets of Knoxville. Putting the bitterness of the Civil War behind them, the former soldiers celebrated their unity as citzens of one nation.

It was appropriate that Tennessee should be the site of the nation's first Blue-Gray Reunion. The last state to join the Confederacy, the first to rejoin the Union, Tennessee furnished more men to the Union army than all other southern states combined and was second only to virginia in the number of men who fought for the confederacy. more battles were fought on Tennessee soil than in any other state (except virginia), with some 66,000 Confederates and 58,000 Federals killed or wounded here and many more dying of disease and malnutrition.

The Tennessee Civial War experience was as varied as igeography. From raging battles and occupying armies to bushwhakers and divided families, the stories of Tennessee's Civil War families mirrored the national tragedy. Equally dramatic were the stories of the hundreds of thousands of solfiers from other states who fought here. Thankfully, most survived the conflict to return to their homes in New York, North Dakota, Alabama, and elsewhere, but others lost their lives here; many are buried here.

From the Tennesseeans who defended their native land and those who fought in distant battles, to the hundreds of thousands of solidiers from other states who fought in Tennessee, each is an essential part of the Tennessee story. Individually and collectively, they comprise the state's Civil War history, one family at a time.

"Their memories we hold in equal reverence whether they died beneath the beloved banner of the south or fell under the shadow of the stars and stripes. Those who returned we hold in equal honor whether they marched home with shouts of victory or plodded their weary way with their paroles in their pockets."

-Knoxville Daily Tribune, October 7, 1890


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