THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.; A Dashing Cavalry Affair Surprise and Capture of a Rebel Camp at Linden A Number of Prisoners Secured. Share full article. May 17, 1863.

” Commanding the Seventh Tennessee Cavalry in the western theater during the Civil War, Forrest was wounded several times and captured about 31,000 prisoners. He estimated that he killed 30 men ...

On December 6, 1861, a special dispatch from Stanford, Kentucky to the Louisville Daily Journal warned that a sizeable ...

1821–77 Tennessee Cavalry Officer. An uneducated farm-boy who became the Civil War’s most brilliant cavalry officer, Nathan Bedford Forrest reportedly had 30 horses shot out from under him.

The 2D OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY, 1861-65, was organized at Camp Wade (see CIVIL WAR CAMPS IN CLEVELAND) during Aug.-Sept. 1861.The regiment, which contained 317 Cleveland men, was mustered into federal ...

Two reenactors unveil a veteran's headstone for Civil War solider Lt. John T. McMahan, ... McMahan, who served in the Second Tennessee Cavalry, was killed in action on Feb. 11, 1865, ...

Tennessee will soon debut an online map that brings together more than 1,000 points of interest that detail the role of African-Americans in the Civil War.

The Tennessee Wars Commission, a division of the Tennessee Historical Commission, is responsible for administering grants through the Civil War Sites Preservation Fund. The fund was established in ...