view gallery E3.9 km | A Family Tragedy-The Execution of Pvt. Elvis B. Parker - Lafayette TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Thousands of Tennessee families were caught in the crossfire of the Civil War. Dempsey Parker’s family, which lived in the Hillsdale community here in Macon County, is one of many examples of a family sharply divided between North and South. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/28/2023 last visited: 05/28/2023 |
view gallery E3.9 km | A Family Tragedy-The Execution of Pvt. Elvis B. Parker - Lafayette TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Thousands of Tennessee families were caught in the crossfire of the Civil War. Dempsey Parker’s family, which lived in the Hillsdale community here in Macon County, is one of many examples of a family sharply divided between North and South. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/09/2020 last visited: 10/06/2021 |
view gallery E3.9 km | The Home of William Dunn - Lafayette TN in Signs of History On Feb. 7, 1842, the Justices of Smith and Sumner Counties met at the home of William Dunn, located in this vicinity, for the purpose of forming a new county. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/24/2020 last visited: 09/25/2021 |
view gallery E7.6 km | Macon County in the Civil War-Division and Conflict - Lafayette TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, about 500 Macon County men served on each side. The Highland Rim ridge, as well as family loyalties, generally separated Confederates from Unionists. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/09/2020 last visited: 10/06/2021 |
view gallery E7.6 km | Macon County in the Civil War Division and Conflict - Lafayette TN in U.S. Civil War Sites During the Civil War, about 500 Macon County men served on each side. The Highland Rim ridge, as well as family loyalties, generally separated Confederates from Unionists. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/28/2023 last visited: 05/28/2023 |
view gallery E7.6 km | Macon County in the Civil War-Division and Conflict - Lafayette TN in Battlefields Three engagements took place in Macon County. On May 3, 1863, at Meadorville, four miles south of Lafayette on Highway 10, elements of two Federal units, the 11th Kentucky Infantry and 8th Kentucky Cavalry, fought Confederate guerrillas. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/27/2023 last visited: 05/27/2023 |
view gallery E7.6 km | You Are Here Maps-Macon County in the Civil War-Division and Conflict - Lafayette TN in 'You Are Here' Maps The You Are Here map shows that you are at the courthouse lawn, 201 County Courthouse, Lafayette TN posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/27/2023 last visited: 05/27/2023 |
view gallery E7.6 km | Macon County - Lafayette TN in Tennessee Historical Markers Established 1842; named in honor of Nathaniel Macon, North Carolina statesman. This place was selected as the county seat, named for Marquis de LaFayette. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/14/2020 last visited: 10/20/2021 |
view gallery E7.6 km | Macon County Confederate Soldiers Monument - Lafayette TN in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials This monument dedicated in memory of the men who served in the Confederate States Army from Macon County, Tennessee during the war between the states 1861-1865. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/27/2023 last visited: 05/27/2023 |
view gallery SE8.5 km | Ambush at Meadorville Conflict in Macon County - Lafayette TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During the Civil War, Macon County experienced internal strife as did many other areas of Tennessee. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/09/2020 last visited: 10/06/2021 |
view gallery SE8.5 km | Ambush at Meadorville-Conflict in Macon County - Lafayette TN in U.S. Civil War Sites In the spring of 1863, a Confederate partisan band established itself in this part of the county, where it harassed Federal units and threatened local Unionists. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/28/2023 last visited: 05/28/2023 |
view gallery SE8.5 km | Ambush at Meadorville-Conflict in Macon County - Lafayette TN in Battlefields This rural hamlet experienced a serious firefight between Union cavalry and infantry and the Confederate irregulars on May 2, 1863. Confederate guerillas hidden in the brush of Goose Creek ambushed Union Cos. D and E, 11th Kentucky Infantry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/26/2023 last visited: 05/26/2023 |
view gallery NW9.5 km | Epperson Springs-Resort and Wartime Enlistment Center - Westmoreland TN in U.S. Civil War Sites Because of its prominent location near the Kentucky line, the resort became an enlistment center and a Confederate training camp in the autumn of 1861. It was known as Camp Jim Davis. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/20/2023 last visited: 06/20/2023 |
view gallery NW9.5 km | Epperson Springs-Resort and Wartime Enlistment Center - Westmoreland TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Because of its prominent location near the Kentucky line, the resort became an enlistment center and a Confederate training camp in the autumn of 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 07/05/2020 last visited: 10/05/2021 |
view gallery W11.6 km | William Owen Bradley - 1915-1998 -3A 220 - Westmoreland, TN in Tennessee Historical Markers Located at U.S. 31E and TN 52, Westmoreland posted by: Markerman62 location: Tennessee date approved: 05/01/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery W12.7 km | Veterans Memorial - Westmoreland, TN in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials Impressive memorial to veterans of all wars in small town America. posted by: horizon seeker location: Tennessee date approved: 07/17/2008 last visited: 07/20/2008 |
view gallery W12.9 km | Little Tunnel - Westmoreland, TN in Abandoned Train Tunnels Small abandoned train tunnel built in 1886 near downtown Westmoreland. posted by: Glimmer Goddess location: Tennessee date approved: 07/17/2008 last visited: never |
view gallery S15 km | "The Hartsville Races" - Hartsville TN in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials The Marker is in Hartsville, Tennessee, in Trousdale County. Memorial is on West McMurry Street (SR25) west of Thoroughbred Lane, on the left when traveling west. It is in this post office area: Hartsville TN 37074, United States of America. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/26/2023 last visited: 05/26/2023 |
view gallery S15 km | "The Hartsville Races" (3B 21) - Hartsville TN in Tennessee Historical Markers Attacking the Federal 39th, (DuMont's) Brigade from south & west, a task force of 1300 cavalry & infantry under Maj. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, in a running fight, killed, wounded, or captured 2200 men. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 10/14/2020 last visited: 10/20/2021 |
view gallery S15.4 km | Surprise at Hartsville - Hartsville TN in U.S. Civil War Sites On the morning of December 7, 1862, the Confederates attacked the Union garrison camped on a bluff overlooking the Cumberland River two miles south of here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/25/2023 last visited: 05/25/2023 |
view gallery S15.4 km | Surprise at Hartsville - Hartsville TN in Battlefields On the morning of December 7, 1862, the Confederates attacked the Union garrison camped on a bluff overlooking the Cumberland River two miles south of here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/24/2023 last visited: 05/24/2023 |
view gallery S15.4 km | You Are Here Maps-Surprise at Hartsville - Hartsville TN in 'You Are Here' Maps The You Are Here Map shows that you are on the grounds of the Chamber of Commerce, Broadway and White Oak Street, Hartsville, TN USA
37074 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/23/2023 last visited: 05/23/2023 |
view gallery S15.4 km | Surprise at Hartsville "...by whose fault" - Hartsville TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On the morning of December 7, 1862, the Confederates attacked the Union garrison camped on a bluff overlooking the Cumberland River two miles south of here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/01/2020 last visited: 10/06/2021 |
view gallery S15.4 km | L&N 41 Caboose in Hartsville, TN in Train Cabooses Solitary caboose behind the old L&N station posted by: doc_tracker location: Tennessee date approved: 06/11/2024 last visited: never |
view gallery S15.8 km | Captain William Alexander 3B 86 - Hartsville, TN in Tennessee Historical Markers A Tennessee Historical Commission marker on E Main St in Hartsville about Captain William Alexander. posted by: Team Geologynut location: Tennessee date approved: 06/28/2023 last visited: never |
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