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Tennessee State Library and Archives MURDOCK COLLECTION Of
State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 MURDOCK COLLECTION of JOHN OVERTON PAPERS 1780-[1797-1820]-1908 (THS Collection) Processed by: Archival Technical Services Accession Number: THS 4 Date Completed: September 4, 1954 1982 Addition Accession Number: THS 406 Date Completed: July 15, 1983 Microfilm Accession Number: 803 Location: THS I-B-1 and I-C-2 MICROFILMED INTRODUCTION The original part of this collection of Overton papers were inherited by Mrs. J. O. Murdock, of Washington, DC, from her ancestor, John M. Lea, a son-in-law of John Overton and were donated by her to the Tennessee Historical Society. The 1982 addition to the collection was given by Overton L. Murdock, of Bethesda, Maryland. The collection consists of 2.52 linear feet of shelf space and numbers approximately 1,025 items and three volumes. These papers are the property of the Tennessee Historical Society and are available on microfilm at the Joint Universities Library and the Manuscript Division of the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Single photocopies of documents may be made for individual or scholarly purposes. However, for commercial use, or use that may constitute a copy right infringement, the user should obtain permission from the historical society. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE This collection of papers of John Overton, numbering approximately 900 items, are composed of correspondence, two promissory notes, a Masonic document and a small diary of Nashville events listed yearly beginning in 1780, ending in 1851. The correspondence deals primarily with land cases of John Overton as lawyer and judge with some Tennessee politics intermingled. -
Music and the American Civil War
“LIBERTY’S GREAT AUXILIARY”: MUSIC AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR by CHRISTIAN MCWHIRTER A DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the Graduate School of The University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 2009 Copyright Christian McWhirter 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ABSTRACT Music was almost omnipresent during the American Civil War. Soldiers, civilians, and slaves listened to and performed popular songs almost constantly. The heightened political and emotional climate of the war created a need for Americans to express themselves in a variety of ways, and music was one of the best. It did not require a high level of literacy and it could be performed in groups to ensure that the ideas embedded in each song immediately reached a large audience. Previous studies of Civil War music have focused on the music itself. Historians and musicologists have examined the types of songs published during the war and considered how they reflected the popular mood of northerners and southerners. This study utilizes the letters, diaries, memoirs, and newspapers of the 1860s to delve deeper and determine what roles music played in Civil War America. This study begins by examining the explosion of professional and amateur music that accompanied the onset of the Civil War. Of the songs produced by this explosion, the most popular and resonant were those that addressed the political causes of the war and were adopted as the rallying cries of northerners and southerners. All classes of Americans used songs in a variety of ways, and this study specifically examines the role of music on the home-front, in the armies, and among African Americans. -
Timeline 1864
CIVIL WAR TIMELINE 1864 January Radical Republicans are hostile to Lincoln’s policies, fearing that they do not provide sufficient protection for ex-slaves, that the 10% amnesty plan is not strict enough, and that Southern states should demonstrate more significant efforts to eradicate the slave system before being allowed back into the Union. Consequently, Congress refuses to recognize the governments of Southern states, or to seat their elected representatives. Instead, legislators begin to work on their own Reconstruction plan, which will emerge in July as the Wade-Davis Bill. [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/states/sf_timeline.html] [http://www.blackhistory.harpweek.com/4Reconstruction/ReconTimeline.htm] Congress now understands the Confederacy to be the face of a deeply rooted cultural system antagonistic to the principles of a “free labor” society. Many fear that returning home rule to such a system amounts to accepting secession state by state and opening the door for such malicious local legislation as the Black Codes that eventually emerge. [Hunt] Jan. 1 TN Skirmish at Dandridge. Jan. 2 TN Skirmish at LaGrange. Nashville is in the grip of a smallpox epidemic, which will carry off a large number of soldiers, contraband workers, and city residents. It will be late March before it runs its course. Jan 5 TN Skirmish at Lawrence’s Mill. Jan. 10 TN Forrest’s troops in west Tennessee are said to have collected 2,000 recruits, 400 loaded Wagons, 800 beef cattle, and 1,000 horses and mules. Most observers consider these numbers to be exaggerated. “ The Mississippi Squadron publishes a list of the steamboats destroyed on the Mississippi and its tributaries during the war: 104 ships were burned, 71 sunk. -
Lire MALADMINISTRATION of LIBBY and ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CAMPS
'lIRE MALADMINISTRATION OF LIBBY AND ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CAMPS A Study of Mismanagement and Inept Log1st1cal ~olic1es at Two Southern Pr1soner-of-war Camps during the C1v1l war In Accordance w1th the Requirements and Procedures of Interdepartmental 499.0 Under the Direction and Gu1dance of Doctor Will1am Eidson. Associate Professor of H1story. Ball State University Presented as a Senior Honors 'rhes1s by Dan1el Patrick Brown w1nter Quarter, 1971-72 Ball State Univers1ty i 7/::; I rec.ommend this thesis for acceptance by the Ball state Univers1ty Honors Program. Further, I endorse this thesis as valid reference material to be utilized in the Ball state University Library. ,i William G. Eidson, Department of History Thesis Advisor (Date) 'rHE MALADMINISTRATION OF LIBBY AND ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CAMPS INTRODUCTION Pr1soner-of-war suffer1ng has been perhaps the most un fortunate ram1ficat10n of war itself. It 1s th1s paper's purpose to analyze the orig1nal cause of pr1soner-of-war suffer1ng in the Confederate states of Amer1ca during the Amer1can C1v1l war. Certa1nly, the problem of leg1t1mate treatment of prisoners··of-war st1ll plagues mank1nd. The respons1bli ty of po11 tic:al states in the1r treatment of these pr1soners, the naturEI and character of the Confederate leaders accused of pr1sonElr cruelty, misappropr1at10n. and m1smanagement. and the adverse conditions naturally inherent with war; all, over a century after they became 'faits accomplis,' loom 1n the minds of po11t1cal and mi11tary leaders of today's world. In countlE~ss examples, from the newly estab11shed countr1es of Africa and As1a to the world's oldest democratic republic,* war crime::;' tr1als clearly demonstrate man' s continued search for the reasons of maltreatment to the victims of capture. -
The Other Side of the Monument: Memory, Preservation, and the Battles of Franklin and Nashville
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MONUMENT: MEMORY, PRESERVATION, AND THE BATTLES OF FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE by JOE R. BAILEY B.S., Austin Peay State University, 2006 M.A., Austin Peay State University, 2008 AN ABSTRACT OF A DISSERTATION submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of History College of Arts and Sciences KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Manhattan, Kansas 2015 Abstract The thriving areas of development around the cities of Franklin and Nashville in Tennessee bear little evidence of the large battles that took place there during November and December, 1864. Pointing to modern development to explain the failed preservation of those battlefields, however, radically oversimplifies how those battlefields became relatively obscure. Instead, the major factor contributing to the lack of preservation of the Franklin and Nashville battlefields was a fractured collective memory of the two events; there was no unified narrative of the battles. For an extended period after the war, there was little effort to remember the Tennessee Campaign. Local citizens and veterans of the battles simply wanted to forget the horrific battles that haunted their memories. Furthermore, the United States government was not interested in saving the battlefields at Franklin and Nashville. Federal authorities, including the War Department and Congress, had grown tired of funding battlefields as national parks and could not be convinced that the two battlefields were worthy of preservation. Moreover, Southerners and Northerners remembered Franklin and Nashville in different ways, and historians mainly stressed Eastern Theater battles, failing to assign much significance to Franklin and Nashville. Throughout the 20th century, infrastructure development encroached on the battlefields and they continued to fade from public memory. -
Mount Olivet Cemetery Other Names/Site Number N/A______
i\ro t-orm lu-suu ! r UIVID \\o. 0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form j ' ••"• «-'~'WW This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for indifceUjaMaroj^rjI.^^ in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). ComplefeTeaeri item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property_________________________________________________ historic name Mount Olivet Cemetery other names/site number N/A____________________________________________________________ 2. Location street & number 1101 Lebanon Pike not for publication city or town Nashville N/A[H vicinity state Tennessee code TN county Davidson code 037 zip code 37210 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this E3 nomination Q request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set for in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property E3 meets D does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant Q nationally D statewide ^ locally. -
Williamson County Historical Society Journal Article Titles 1970-2018
Williamson County Archives Williamson County Historical Society Journal: Article titles by issue Page 1 No. 1, Fall 1970 The Williamson County Historical Society by Campbell H. Brown The Courthouses of Williamson County by Herbert L. Harper Recollections of 78 Years in Franklin by Martin Tohrner General N. B. Forrest Cavalry Raid on Brentwood, Tennessee, March 24, 1863 by Buford Gotto The Order of Pale Faces by Virginia Gooch Watson The Franklin Treaty of 1830 by Stephen S. Lawrence Historic Moran Home: Enjoyed by Members of the Same Family for 111 Years by Virginia McDaniel Bowman No. 2, Spring 1971 The Crockett House by George R. Knox The Battle of Franklin by Marion Pearson Kinnard Memories of Sunny Side School by Lula Fain Major Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church by Louise Gillespie Lynch Sumner’s Knob by John Weakley Covington The Tenth Tennessee’s “Battle Flag” by Campbell H. Brown No. 3, 1971-1972 The Edmondson Family by Howard Vallance Jones A Short History of Saint Philip Catholic Church by Valere B. Menefee Green Hill by Walter Stokes, Jr. Soldiers of the War of 1812 by Louise Gillespie Lynch First Inhabitants of Brentwood by Mary Sneed Jones Thomas Stuart by Dorothy Norman Carl The Presbyterian Church in Williamson County by Helen Sawyer Cook The Fates of Three Cousins by Thomas Vance Little Williamson County Archives Williamson County Historical Society Journal: Article titles by issue Page 2 No. 4, 1972-1973 Early Settlers of Williamson County by Helen Sawyer Cook Physicians of Williamson County, Tennessee, 1800-1832 by S. R. Bruesch 1850 Mortality Schedule by Louise Gillespie Lynch The Brown, Ervin, and McEwen Families of Fort Nashborough and Franklin by Dr. -
“Never Was I So Depressed”
The Army of Northern Virginia in the Gettysburg Campaign “Never Was I So Depressed” James Longstreet and Pickett’s Charge Karlton D. Smith On July 24, 1863, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet wrote a private letter to his uncle, Augusts Baldwin Longstreet. In discussing his role in the Gettysburg Campaign, the general stated: General Lee chose the plan adopted, and he is the person appointed to chose and to order. I consider it a part of my duty to express my views to the commanding general. If he approves and adopts them it is well; if he does not, it is my duty to adopt his views, and to execute his orders as faithfully as if they were my own. While clearly not approving Lee’s plan of attack on July 3, Longstreet did everything he could, both before and during the attack, to ensure its success.1 Born in 1821, James Longstreet was an 1842 graduate of West Point. An “Old Army” regular, Longstreet saw extensive front line combat service in the Mexican War in both the northern and southern theaters of operations. Longstreet led detachments that helped to capture two of the Mexican forts guarding Monterey and was involved in the street fighting in the city. At Churubusco, Longstreet planted the regimental colors on the walls of the fort and saw action at Casa Marta, near Molino del Ray. On August 13, 1847, Longstreet was wounded during the assault on Chapaltepec while “in the act of discharging the piece of a wounded man." The same report noted that during the action, "He was always in front with the colors. -
The Battle of Middleburg and the Fight at Goose Creek Bridge
"The Sentinel" September 2020 Newsletter of The James Creek Guards "Clubs Are Trump!" This Month: 1. The Battle of Middleburg and The Fight At Goose Creek Bridge 2. New Proposed Drill Event!! 3. Levi Fritz Letter 4. From The Desk Of The President 5. Upcoming Events 6. The Civil War Merchant I am always looking for newsletter content, so please forward your 7. Event Schedule articles, book reviews, event summaries/photos, stories, 53rd memories, rd etc. to me for inclusion in a future edition of “The Sentinel”. Matthew 8. 53 PVI Contact Info Steger, editor The Battle of Middleburg and the fight at goose creek bridge By Dan Welch – posted on nps.gov Explosion of a Rebel Limber at the Battle near Middleburg, June 21, 1863, by Alfred Waud (Library of Congress) The fighting on June 19, 1863, at Middleburg, Virginia, and the movements of Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s Confederate cavalry during the following day, led Army of the Potomac cavalry commander, Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, to believe that Stuart’s cavalry was supported by infantry. Because of this, Pleasonton requested infantry to support his mounted command. The request was approved and orders were filtered down the chain of command. The assignment fell to Brig. Gen. James Barnes’s division of the Federal Fifth Corps, which was Page 1 of 9 “The Sentinel” The newsletter of the 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry marched toward Middleburg. The scene was now set for yet another day of fighting in the Loudoun Valley all due to the Army of the Potomac’s push to gather intelligence on the movements and intentions of the Army of Northern Virginia. -
The Ire I M R Rtl 8L Tr 0
The ire I m r rtl 8l tr 0 Lieutenant Cabnet ary B. Griffin “War is the redm of chance. No other human activity gives it greater scope: no other has such incessant and varied dealings with this intruder. Chance makes. everything more uncertain and interferes with the whole course of events.” So wrote Karl von CIausewitz in his clas.sie, On WQ~. This inherent uncertainty in war, when combined with exertion, danger, and chance, produces an ever- present friction. The commander’s role throughout military ?&story has been to reduce the uncertainties of war for his own side and increase them for his enemy. Notwithstanding great advances in the arts and sciences of command and control, the best commanders have traditionally used trusted subordinates as extensions of their own minds as a way of penetrating the fog of war. This technique has come to be called the “directed telescope.‘” The Directed TeiescQpe: A ~~~~~~~om~~Element orf .E:fectiue Command, by Lieutenant Colonel Gary I3 Griffin, was first pubhsbed by the Combat Studies Institute in I985 a8 a CSL Report. Since its publication, 2Yz.eDirected TePescope has been widely read across our Army and quite a few others, amd as the Persian Gulf operatians began several months ago, the study took on a particular relevance and timeliness. Lientenant~ Colonel Griffin examines the historic rote played by liaison officers, aides-de-camp, and staff observers as extensions of the commander. The study focuses on the relationship between several great commanders and their liaison of&ens, as well as the systems, techniques, and organizations they employed. -
Travels of a Country Woman
Travels of a Country Woman By Lera Knox Travels of a Country Woman Travels of a Country Woman By Lera Knox Edited by Margaret Knox Morgan and Carol Knox Ball Newfound Press THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LIBRARIES, KNOXVILLE iii Travels of a Country Woman © 2007 by Newfound Press, University of Tennessee Libraries All rights reserved. Newfound Press is a digital imprint of the University of Tennessee Libraries. Its publications are available for non-commercial and educational uses, such as research, teaching and private study. The author has licensed the work under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/>. For all other uses, contact: Newfound Press University of Tennessee Libraries 1015 Volunteer Boulevard Knoxville, TN 37996-1000 www.newfoundpress.utk.edu ISBN-13: 978-0-9797292-1-8 ISBN-10: 0-9797292-1-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007934867 Knox, Lera, 1896- Travels of a country woman / by Lera Knox ; edited by Margaret Knox Morgan and Carol Knox Ball. xiv, 558 p. : ill ; 23 cm. 1. Knox, Lera, 1896- —Travel—Anecdotes. 2. Women journalists— Tennessee, Middle—Travel—Anecdotes. 3. Farmers’ spouses—Tennessee, Middle—Travel—Anecdotes. I. Morgan, Margaret Knox. II. Ball, Carol Knox. III. Title. PN4874 .K624 A25 2007 Book design by Martha Rudolph iv Dedicated to the Grandchildren Carol, Nancy, Susy, John Jr. v vi Contents Preface . ix A Note from the Newfound Press . xiii part I: The Chicago World’s Fair. 1 part II: Westward, Ho! . 89 part III: Country Woman Goes to Europe . -
Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers
Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers Numbe Civil War Year Erected Marker Text r Site? 6 1968 Loring's division of Stewart's Corps, Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee, fought behind this TRUE stone wall Dec. 16, 1864. All Federal attacks were beaten back until the Confederate line was broken a mile to the west. The division retreated south through the hills toward Brentwood. 90 1992 Founded in 1915 as the successor to The Winthrop Model School at the University of Nashville, Peabody Demonstration School was established at this site in 1925 to utilize the teacher training methods developed at George Peabody College for Teachers. It became an independent institution in 1975 and was renamed University School of Nashville. 168 2018 Revolutionary War Pvt. John Alford built a two-room house on this land c. 1810, expanding it in 1812 and 1820. The Alford cemetery retains three markers that were placed as early as 1822. The c.1830 brick two-story Federal dwelling was home to James F. May, grandson of Knoxville founder Gen. James White. May purchased the land in 1837 and resided here until his death. James T. Granbery inherited and restored the house in 1939, and established Seven Springs Farm on the estate. 19 1969 Meharry Medical College, established in 1876 through the efforts of Dr. George W. Hubbard, Dr. William J. Sneed, and Samuel Meharry, is the only AMA Accredited, privately endowed, predominantly Negro medical school in the world. During its first 90 years of service, it trained more Negro physicians and dentists than any other institution.