Episode 2435.3 | Bleak House | Tennessee Crossroads
Virtually every town in Tennessee became a battleground during the Civil War and Knoxville, TN was no exception. Tennessee Crossroads' Gretchen Bates take us to a Knoxville Mansion that was right in the middle of the fight. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Bleak House.
Knoxville Campaign
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The Knoxville Campaign was a series of American Civil War battles and maneuvers in East Tennessee during the fall of 1863 designed to secure control of the city of Knoxville and with it the railroad that linked the Confederacy east and west.Union forces under Maj.Gen.Ambrose Burnside occupied Knoxville, Tennessee, and Confederate forces under Lt.
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Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins November 17, 1863 This Day in History
Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins November 17, 1863 This Day in History
On this day in 1863, Confederate General James Longstreet places the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege. After two weeks and one failed attack, he abandoned the siege and rejoined General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
City cleans Confederate monument in Fort Sanders
A crew of workers form the city of Knoxville power washed a Confederate monument in Fort Sanders which was defaced with paint last week, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.
Knoxville National Cemetery
Knoxville National Cemetery established in 1863, is this day rededicated to the memory of all the patriotic men and women who answered their country's call to service. Video by Talid Magdy/Knoxnews.com
Tennessee Centennial memorial
The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition (May 1, 1897 - October 31, 1897) memorial at Nashville's Bicentennial Mall.
Knoxville historian shares the history of The Vol Navy
Jack Neely discusses the Vol Navy. He'll host a lecture at The University of Tennessee Alumni Memorial Building at 7pm on Oct. 25. Oct 19, 2018-4pm
Inside Bleak House
Carlene Johnson, President of Chapter 89 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, talks about the Bleak House and its importance to Knoxville.
Tennessee Military Museum
Even though it is small, this is one of my favorite museums ever.
CIVIL WAR FORT ON MOUNT RACHEL
In early 1863 after the Confederate Army retreated from Missionary Ridge. Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston started building the lines of defense with trenches and earthworks while encamped in Dalton. Mount Rachel has undisturbed Confederate, artillery platforms. That guarded the East Tennessee Railroad & Georgia Railroads running south from Knoxville. This earthen structure is thought to have been manned by a artillery battery belonging to Lt.Col. Samuel Williams's battalion.
Find things to do in Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee
Having two world class theaters within a couple of blocks of each other keeps Downtown Knoxville hopping. There's always a show you don't want to miss and if they are sold out, don't worry. There are plenty of other places downtown where the music never stops.
Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup Washington, a beautiful place.
They had actors of the residence telling about themselves.
Celebration over newly-installed historical marker at the Bleak House
The United Daughters of the Confederacy celebrate the newly-installed historical marker at the Bleak House
Fort Dickerson
This Federal work was a major factor in the defense of KNoxville against Lt. Gen. Longstreet's assault in Nov. 1863. The fort and neighboring hills were manned by the 2nd Brigade (Cameron), 3rd Div., XXIII Corps, which repulsed by fire from Sweetwater and Maryville. Video by Talid Magdy/Knoxnews.com
Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, TN
The 19th Century - Like all Appalachian communities, religion played a major role in the early history of Pigeon Forge. In the early 19th century, circuit riders were preaching in the valley, creating a large Methodist following that remains to the present day. On October 20, 1808, Bishop Francis Asbury delivered a sermon at what is now Shiloh Memorial Cemetery in the northern half of Pigeon Forge, where a crude log church had been erected. Among the first tourists to visit Pigeon Forge came for the extended revivals that were held in the Middle Creek area (on the grounds of what is now Middle Creek Methodist Church) as early as 1822. These revivals could last for weeks at a time.
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The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States (U.S.) from 1861 to 1865. The Civil War is the most studied and written about episode in U.S. history. Largely as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people, war broke out in April 1861, when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after United States President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. The loyalists of the Union in the North proclaimed support for the Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights to uphold slavery.
Among the 34 U.S. states in February 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the country to form the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy grew to include eleven states, all of them slaveholding. The Confederacy was never diplomatically recognized by the United States government, nor was it recognized by any foreign country. The states that remained loyal to the U.S. were known as the Union. The Union and Confederacy quickly raised volunteer and conscription armies that fought mostly in the South over the course of four years. Intense combat left 620,000 to 750,000 people dead, more than the number of U.S. military deaths in all other wars combined.The Union finally won the war when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Appomattox Court House, followed with a series of surrenders by Confederate generals throughout the southern states. Much of the South's infrastructure was destroyed, especially the transportation systems. The Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and 4 million black slaves were freed. The Reconstruction Era (1863–1877) overlapped and followed the war, with the process of restoring national unity, strengthening the national government, and granting civil rights to freed black slaves throughout the country.
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John C. Breckinridge | Wikipedia audio article
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John C. Breckinridge
00:03:50 1 Early life
00:06:39 2 Early legal career
00:09:04 3 Mexican–American War
00:11:47 4 Political career
00:11:56 4.1 Early political career
00:13:19 4.2 Kentucky House of Representatives
00:17:00 4.3 U.S. Representative
00:17:05 4.3.1 First term (1851–1853)
00:21:03 4.3.2 Second term (1853–1855)
00:24:34 4.3.3 Retirement from the House
00:26:24 4.4 Vice Presidency
00:32:55 4.5 Presidential campaign of 1860
00:39:24 4.6 U.S. Senator
00:44:15 5 Civil War
00:44:24 5.1 Service in the Western Theater
00:52:41 5.2 Service in the Eastern Theater
00:58:10 5.3 Confederate Secretary of War
01:02:31 6 Escape and exile
01:07:53 7 Return to the U.S. and death
01:12:13 8 Legacy
01:12:22 8.1 Historical reputation
01:13:18 8.2 Monuments and memorials
01:15:05 9 See also
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John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever Vice President of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He was a member of the Democratic party. He served in the U.S. Senate during the outbreak of the American Civil War, but was expelled after joining the Confederate Army. He was appointed Confederate Secretary of War in 1865.
Breckinridge was born near Lexington, Kentucky to a prominent local family. After non-combat service during the Mexican–American War, he was elected as a Democrat to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1849, where he took a states' rights position against interference with slavery. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1850, he allied with Stephen A. Douglas in support of the Kansas–Nebraska Act. After reapportionment in 1854 made his re-election unlikely, he declined to run for another term. He was nominated for vice-president at the 1856 Democratic National Convention to balance a ticket headed by James Buchanan. The Democrats won the election, but Breckinridge had little influence with Buchanan and, as presiding officer of the Senate, could not express his opinions in debates. In 1859, he was elected to succeed Senator John J. Crittenden at the end of Crittenden's term in 1861. As vice president, Breckinridge joined Buchanan in supporting the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution for Kansas, which led to a split in the Democratic Party.
After Southern Democrats walked out of the 1860 Democratic National Convention, the party's northern and southern factions held rival conventions in Baltimore that nominated Douglas and Breckinridge, respectively, for president. A third party, the Constitutional Union Party, nominated John Bell. These three men split the Southern vote, while more anti-slavery Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won all but three electoral votes in the North, allowing him to win the election. Breckinridge carried most of the Southern states. Taking his seat in the Senate, Breckinridge urged compromise to preserve the Union. Unionists were in control of the state legislature, and gained more support when Confederate forces moved into Kentucky.
Breckinridge fled behind Confederate lines. He was commissioned a brigadier general and then expelled from the Senate. Following the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, he was promoted to major general, and in October he was assigned to the Army of Mississippi under Braxton Bragg. After Bragg charged that Breckinridge's drunkenness had contributed to defeats at Stone River and Missionary Ridge, and after Breckinridge joined many other high-ranking officers in criticizing Bragg, he was transferred to the Trans-Allegheny Department, where he won his most significant victory in the 1864 Battle of New Market. After participating in Jubal Early's campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley, Breckinridge was charged with defending supplies in Tennessee and Virginia. In February 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed him Secretary of War. Concludi ...
Hood's 1864 Tennessee Campaign Tour - Part 2
A tour of Hood's 1864 Tennessee Campaign taken by members of the Louisville Civil War Round Table on April 3 - 5, 2014. Our tour guide was famed historian Thomas Y. Cartwright.
Sites and Topics on This Segment:
Running commentary while we are enroute to our first stop at Mt. Carmel Church:
The composition of the armies; The Commanders of the armies
The march to Spring Hill
The 5th Confederate Infantry - General Cheatham gets into a fight with a private soldier.
General Hood's Previous Wounds
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